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i have no way of getting priming sugar in the next week and there sa good chance i may be spending the next 3 months in a wonderful county prison . can i use Karo corn syrup boiled in water as a priming sugar?

my other 4 batch's i let got for 3 week usually , this time i had the patience and let them go for 6 weeks and man did it pay off , even the clarity greatly improved .

looks very interesting Home Brew Contest

im on my 5th brew now , i bought a brewers best IPA kit , every time i buy a brew kit i usually pick up a white laps yeast that goes with the kit i bought , i have had much luck with W.L. and wanted to stick with them . The kit i bought used Nottingham yeast with no specific type of yeast...

im on my third batch , the last two i did were drinkable and all but nothing great . I got a S.A. Boston Lager Clone off of beertools.com , its in its second week in the secondary now , i just took some out for a taste with a turkey baster , its not even carbonated yet and tastes EXACTLY like...

this is my 3rd batch so far in my career . im brewing a "lager" beer with WLP029 German Ale/ Kölsch Yeast . This baby has been bubbling away for 2 days now and fermentation started very quickly at about 12-15 hours. i had my first experience with a blow out of the stopper and bubbler ...

im tinkering with the idea of using a 15 gallon fish tank filter to filter the sediment out of my beer during bottling. has this been done before? would it be ok useing activated charcol and cotton in the filter? will my beer still carbonate using priming sugar?

would there be any benefits to this? i have a Sam Adams Boston Lager Clone Going Right now . i had it 6 days in the Primary . i have now had it in the second for 7 days. would there be any benefits to moving it to a 3rd carboy and leave it for another week before bottling it?

i noticed in a growler i bottled in the yeast at the bottom that was once a milky color is now black, it seems to just settle and not stay suspended long , just like the yeast . Is this an infection?

i just bottled my first brew , i noticed alot of swirling of some substance in my bottles. i used the corn sugar for carbonation . Also i tasted my brew (obviously not done yet) but it seem to taste really watery and then BAM flavor galore , are these 2 things normal?

has anyone visited this place before? I'm about 20 minutes away fromt his place and em thinking about checking it out.:drunk:

what is this copper device at the bottom of the cooler? I have seen it alot and thought it was a wort cooler but noticed there was not outlet.

Hello all ! Iam currently on my first brew ever! Irish Red Ale from Midwest Supplies (extract) . I busted my fermenting bucket's lid up so im going to order a second glass carboy and do my 2nd fermentation in there . Im on day 2 and im seeing very active and hungry yeast! im super excited but...

Im new to the brew game , I don't even have a set up yet but just like anything I do , I plan on getting a wealth of knowledge before i purchase anything! Any help directing me to the forums with basic rundowns and beginner setups will be great! thanks in advance .:mug: