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Hey guys, what type of beer can i let in fermenter for a long time(3-4 month)? Avoiding the too strong in alcohol like barleywine lol. Weather is getting cold, snow is about to drop and i brew in my garage with open door. I would like to brew 3-4 batch before winter to load my keg and...

Hi guys, i have some brand new RTD that i bought 2-3 year ago for an other project and never used them. I would like to use one for my eBiab setup. Only concern is when i look for the wiring, every info that i found is for 3 wire ( 2 red 1 white ). But mine are 3 wire ( 1 red, 1 green and 1...

Hi guys, after 1.5 year im finaly back in brewing!! I still have an un-oppened bulk bag off pale malt sitting in a basement closet. Is it still good? Thanks!

Hi guys, someone gave me this kind of "carboy".. ( left one ) Can i use it for fermenting beer? Or to ferment anything else? I plan to make some hard lemonade. it should be 23L/6Gallon.

Hi guys, im working on my new brew setup and i was thinking about an integrated immersion chiller. Goal are to save space and be compact as much as possible. My 68qt kettle is wide (18" wide and 16" tall ). It will be a e-biab setup. So with a coil permently mounted close to the wall i can...

Hi everybody! Im planning to brew my first AG beer this weekend. I also bought a corona style mill. I already looked some picture of crushed grain but i would like to have a yes or no from you guys. Here it is. Thank you.

Hi everybody! i want to make a lemon beer using my remaining ingredient. I hope this is gonna be my last extract beer. I plan to make the jump to all grain. So i have some light DME and want to brew something with it. Here we go: 3lbs light DME ( this is what i have ) 4lbs wheat DME(...

Hi, i am from canada and i have trouble finding a good and affordable kettle. Here is what i found, please tell me wich one is better. I only do 5g batch and i plan to make a ekettle with one of these kettle. First one is a 36qt turkey fryer.( Is it big enough for 5g batch?) It come with...

Hi, Tommorow i have to keg my beer. I did this brew at a friend house. Question is, if i full the keg with my beer and travel in car for 30mins do i risk to oxide the beer? corny keg will not be full at the top so it will have air in the keg. I do not really want to bring my huge co2...

Hi all, im still doing extract batch but i am gathering everything i need to make the jump to all grain. Im still in apartment so i cant use a propane burner and stove top is not realy an option to boil 5g.. i would like to know first of all, can i do full boil in a pony keg? i'm only doing...

Hi!, i just made a yeast starter this week from yeast slurry. I was planning to use it for my IPA that i brew friday but finaly the starter wasnt ready so i used notty dry yeast. So now i do not need the yeast starter, can i just cold crash it and keep the slurry? Do i need to wash the...

Hi, tomorrow is brew day and im hesitating about yeast. I'm brewing a IPA around 1.071 OG. I did a yeast starter yesterday with old slurry but i think the yeast is all dead.. No activity for 24h. So.. i still have 1 pack of nottingham yeast. Is it enought? i will rehydrate it. Other...

Is there a probleme to make a starter 48h before pitching? I have old yeast slurry in my fridge and i wanna know if it is still viable. Making the starter tonight will let me some time to buy fresh yeast tomorrow if the yeast slurry is not good. I'm asking this because i always read " Make a...

Hi all! Its been a long time since last brew, i where really busy this winter. So last brew was in october. I had put the yeast cake into different small jar ( maybe 1 cup in each ) i did not had time to wash the yeast from the cake so i put it like that. I want to know if i can brew with it...

Hi, i'm on the way to brew my first All-grain batch. I downloaded the trial version of beersmith to learn how tou use the program before doing my first all grain batch. But here is something i try to understand in the mash steps; (this come from a beersmith recipes) Mash In Add...

Hi all, i'm an extract brewer and i want to change to all grain for my next batch! I would like to know, wich size of mash tun ( cooler type ) should i need. I read that i should have somethig that give a good grain bed, so nothing to big. I only brew 5g batch. I would like to try strong...

Hi, i'm still new to homebrew. I dit 5-6 exract batch from kit like AHS or morebeer. I have some ingredients left and i would try to make a recipe with this. I have 12lbs light DME 1lbs carafoam and i have lot of cascade and nugget in whole leaf. Yeast i got dry nottingham pack and...

Hi, i'm still new in homebrewing. I already brew like 5 batch kit from AHS. This time i bought ingredient to make a recipe from the forum. I ordered 1lbs of carafoam. Do i need to crush it? If yes, how can i do that without a mill.. When i was brewing with kit and i had to steep grain...

Hi, i would like to brew a strong belgian beer for my next homebrew. I want to know if i brew a beer with 1.101 OG do i need one or two vial of yeast to make my starter. I will be using white labs WLP530. And how big the yeast starter have to be. Thank you.

Hi, i'm still new to homebrewing. I would like to try to grow hop. I was looking on some homebrew site to find rizhome and i found that they appear to be sold out everywhere? So it is to late ? do you know somewhere to buy 2-3 rizhome? Thank you.