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I'm brewing this today. 10lb Golden Promise 1/2 carapils 1/2 british med crystal 1/2 aromatic 1/2 dom wheat 1/2 mclanoidin 1oz chocolate 1oz kent goldings 60min 1 1/2 uk fuggles 15 1/2 " " 0 Safale 04 Since i'm brewing today and dont know how to get calculations...

I recently took out 2 old bathroon heaters that ran off gas. Both heaters had 20ft of copper tubing connected that the gas ran through. Is it worth scrubing down to use as an simple wort chiller? Would there be a solution i ran run through the copper to clean the inside for a counterflow...

A buddy gave me an aluminum pot that has a crack in the bottom of it. I took it thinking i could easily "patch" it. I'm really not sure what to use on it. JB weld or ? Would that contaminated the water? I plan on using it to heat sparge water.

I've had a pale ale bottled for about 7 weeks. I tried it after the initial 3 weeks after bottling and it had a brutal bite. Tasted like crap basically. after letting it sit for 7 weeks i decided tonight to throw one in the fridge to check it out. Seems that the super bitter puntch is almost...

I'm going to bottle my first batch tonight. I bought a kit, and have 4oz of corn sugar for priming and the little directioins sheet i got from the homebrew store didnt say anything about boiling it with water (which i have seen before). Can anyone direct me as what to do? Initial thoughs from...

I was curious how long the yeast cake would be good sitting in the primary after racking to the secondary. Maybe a day or 2(hopefully). Or how would i save and store it if possible?

I'm using a 7 gal bucket for a primary. Airlock is going crazy with bubbles so i decided to replace it with some tubing. When i went to put the tubing in, it pushed the airlock o-ring into the batch. So now the tube doesn't fit and neither does the airlock. Would it be ok to just tape the...

I know copper is prefered for wort chillers. Is there something i can use to substitute that isn't as costly without putting a batch at risk?

I just bought my first peice of equipment today. I picked up a use 15.5 gal keg from the scrap yard for just under $50. Fair price? I'm looking forward to buying the rest later this week. Thanks to all the posters on here for all the great info. CHEERS:rockin: