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Hey all, Just a quick question about oxygen source. Im tired of shaking carboys so im moving up to oxygenation. Any suggestions on where to source the oxygen. A lot of people use the Red Bernzomatic tanks, but im worried that they might contain other chemicals or fuels. Medical grade is...

Sorry for makin another post but I can't find an answer to my questions. I just reveived a bunch of pure maple syrup from Virginia as a gift, so I plan to brew up a nice IPA and bottle condition with Maple Syrup. I have attempted to bottle condition with a different brand of Pure Syrup...

Overall poor efficiency just means more material cost right? It's not neccesarily a death wish for tannin extraction or anything? Ive been having issues and have a really hard time with all the math aspects of it. I have no problem paying a little extra for more grain.

Hey guys, I recently did a Cider, and I did use potassium metabisulfite o kill off any wild yeasts, but I am still just a bit concerned about infecting later batches. I LOVE sour beer, but only when I do it on purpose. So If I were to make a 5 gallon solution of Sodium Metabisulfite and let...

I brewed up a few batches of lambic over a year ago, and blended them with fruit and what not. Going to blend and bottle shortly after christmas. Any advice on how much priming sugar to use? I know you are supposed to use alot less sugar then for regular beers, s just trying to make sure I dont...

Hey guys, I am going to be doing alot of blending soon. Have a Kriek and a Blackberry Lambic. Going to blend young lambic for carbonation. Also going to blend the two together for a mashed up fruit lambic, kind of like Cantillon Rose. and eventually I will be blending a "Gueuze" Just...

Hey guys, This has happend to me before, but not since I first started brewing. I tried to use a bung too small for my carboy and it fell in my wort, everything was sanitized and everything but I cannot siphon it out until tomorrow. Will my beer be alright? I have not pitched my yeast yet...

Hey guys, I have a newb question. Ive been around the forums for a few years and been brewing a bit longer, so I feel kinda funny asking this haha. Is there any problem with fermenting in my bottling bucket? and still using it to bottle later? Im slightly worried about the yeast harboring...

Hey All, I posted a few weeks ago about my new barrel, here is the link if interested. But this post has a diffrent question. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f127/new-barrel-364182/ My question now is this, My ultimate goal for this barrel is to age Lambic, to blend into my American "Geuze". The...

Hey, I have been brewing sours for a year or two now, and Am about to jump into Barrel aged Lambic, In a project where my ultimate goal is to blend an American Gueuze. I have a brand new 6 gallon Haungarian Oak barrel. I plan to brew an English barley wine, and age that in the barrel for a...

Hey, I have been brewing a long time, and learned alot from these forums, I cannot find anything about this online. Just curious if Dry hopping extracts the preservative effect of hops? Or must they be boiled first? May be a wierd question but I have never thought about it before. Thanks...

Hey all. Just a quick question. Made my first batch of wine not long ago. I am a homebrewer But decided to try my hand at winemaking. When you use a clirifying agent for beer its usually Gelatin or isinglass. Which comes from Fish bladder or something similar. The wine kit I bought (RJ...

Hey all. How is everybody doing. Just a quick question I have always been told that sour beer and wild yeast and what not can ruin plastic equiptment, therefore have an extra set of plastic equiptment if you brew sour beers, which I do. All of my sour vessels are used up at the moment...

Hey hows it going. Me and my brother recently found out that our homebrew shops prices for grain is kind of steep. When you buy in bulk it is 1.80 a pound. 1.80x50 is right around 99 $. We found 50 lb sacks for 50 dollars. which saves a bunch of money. But we are looking to buy 150lbs of base...

I recently invested in 5.2 ph stabilizer due to suggestions from friends etc.. Ever since i started using the product my efficiency has been VERY LOW compaired to normal and i have not changed my procedures or anything. has anyone ever experienced poor efficiency when using this product...

hey all. I have made some exceptional beers using all grain and i may have even gotten on a high horse.. but my last few brews have had really poor efficiency and its hurtin my ego a bit.. i love making great beer and i love even more sharing it with my friends and family. when i plan to brew a...

Hey guys, how's it goin? I recently got a polarware kettle as a gift. I have several stainless steel kettles, that i have bought and found. and many of them have suffered the abuse of winter for weeks at a time just sitting outside. However i have never had rust develop on Stainless steel of...

Ive done a few sour beers now and im getting ready to rack one over to secondary on some fruit and what not. and i am going to brew another beer that and use the first fermenter for primary. planning to make a starter with wyeast brett. Lambicus. i know that all plastic equiptment needs to be...

Hey guys, I harvested some 3068 from a prior batch last night, washed it, and made a starter. Woke up at 1 am and it was blowing over. covered it with sanitized foil and went back to bed. Woke up this morning and decided to try to fix it. Turned on the stir plate to beat everything back down and...

Hey guys, Sorry i make alot of new topics but i cant find the answers to some of my questions elsewhere. I brewed a high gravity barleywine today, 22 pounds of grain and 9 oz of Homegrown Cascades. I calculated the batch for 5 gallons and did not compensate for the large amount of grains and...