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Been out of the game for a while now (living with in-laws to save money to buy a home - home is now bought! :mug:). I also pulled the trigger on a new 10 gal Blichmann BrewEasy system which should be here in a couple weeks. I would like to brew 2 batches on the same brew day (back to...

My fermentation chest freezer has gotten fairly stinky and needs to be cleaned. However, I'm wondering if my saison fermenting in there now has been picking up any odor through the plastic of the Better Bottle? Haven't done a taste test yet but was curious to see if anyone has had this happen...

Pretty sure I messed this up but figured I'd check with you guys. I drank four sours within a few nights. I remembered people talking about saving their dregs so I thought it would be a good idea to to just sanitize some foil, leave some beer left in the bottles to keep the yeast/bugs covered...

So I tried to rush a brew session into a tight timeframe and seriously messed up in a number of areas (but more on that another time). Long story short, my main concern is that I accidentally threw in 4oz of Cascade into a 4 gal batch (don't ask) for 90 minutes with an OG of 1.048! Then .25oz at...

Does a commercially brewed beer (in this case, Lost Coast's Great White) need to stay refrigerated before tapping it in a kegerator? If it doesn't need to be refrigerated, how long will it be ok for at room temp? At work, I've had one out for a week at room temperature. I'll be putting it in...

I keep seeing fruit wine recipes that give a water measurement in "p", "pt", "pts". Are these abbreviations for "pints"? If so, how many ounces are there in a pint? I know it's 16oz in the use for beer and 20(?) in Europe. Is this the same? Thanks guys!

I was transferring to secondary to add 1oz of hops to dry hop. I let my bucket soak in PBW for a while like normal. I then rinsed it out, filled it up with water and forgot to put in my Star-San!!! I let it "sanitize" for 10-15 minutes (of course it was just sitting in warm water). I also...

My day is going to be broken up but I don't want that to stop me from brewing. Would I be able to mash, sparge, cover up my boil kettle, and then pause for like 4 hours before boil and finish? Seems like it might be ok. Thoughts? And thanks! -Jason

So I keep setting my Johnson digital temp controller (attached to a new GE 7.2 cu ft chest freezer) to a specific temperature but it is continually stays 2-5 degrees (f) cooler than what I've set the controller to. For example, right now I have it set at 42 f (I'm not fermenting right now, only...

Long time beer fan. First time brewer. For my first batch, I used a Northern English Brown Ale kit from BrewCraft. I followed the directions that it came with to a "t" but the flavor just isn't there and I'm wondering if some of you more experienced brewers can help me figure out why. To...