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I made a 10 gallon batch of an all grain IPA. The total into the secondarys (two carboys) is a less than 10 gallons. I want to keg the beer not bottle. Both are dry hopped at this time. One carboy has less volume than the other. Is it possible to equalize the dry hop by putting the two...

I started carbing my keg last sunday so that it would be ready for today to fill a couple of growlers. The problem is that I screwed up and left the gas disconnected for a few days which through off my carb. schedule! I need to take some beer tomorrow for a road trip that I promised a few guys...

During my brew day yesterday I took two gallons of second runnings and saved to make starters with. I did this to save money on using DME all the time. I had a gravity reading of 1.020. I would like my gravity to be at 1.040 for starters. I froze the wort in .5 gallon batches. My...

I'm making an all grain orange kolsch today and need to know if I can add my orange bitter and sweet orange peel right into the hop bag. I thought that would be the best to cut down on the trub but I want to make sure I won't be taking anything away from my beer. The addition is in the last 5...

I getting ready to pitch dry yeast for the first time. Do I just leave it on top or mix it up with the wort. Thanks

I'm making a all grain pumpkin ale this Friday and would like some input on using Safale US-05. I haven't used a dry yeast before and need to know how to use it. 1/4 cup of warm water to dissolve it and then pitch? Thanks in advance for the input.

I'm looking to brew tomorrow morning and make a orange kolsch using White Labs German Ale/Kolsh yeast WLP 029. My question is will I have enough time from brew day to carbed keg by the fouth? Please share your thoughts. I was looking at the following schedule...Please critique and help a...

I made Ed Worts recipe Bavarian Hefeweizen yesterday. The brew went great and I transferred into a 5 gallon fermenter bucket. Tonight I noticed my placed smelled a little to much like fermentation. At high krausen it blew through the airlock. My question is do I need to replace the airlock...

I have a used keg that held CO2 upon shipment to me. When I sanitized and put pressure to the keg to empty the sanitizer and clean the tap I didn't notice any leaks. I filled the keg and chilled it along with the CO@ tank for a few hours. When I connected the CO2 to the in post of the ball...

I just got my first set of corny kegs in today. Everything is great about them except they smell like cola inside. Does anyone have any input on how to remove that cola smell? I didn't want to use anything on them that would affect the taste of the beer. Thanks.

So I decided to make a wit and didn't realize the work of using unmalted wheat when I was at the LHBS. I initially figured my recipe using flaked wheat on beersmith at 62% efficiency. When I got to my LHBS they did not have enough flaked wheat for what I needed. So the guy suggested I use...

I plan on doing a recipe that calls for unmalted wheat that I purchased at my LHBS yesterday. I'm trying to enter the grain bill into beersmith. Is there another name for unmalted wheat? Thanks

I'm planning on making a Belgian Wit and the recipe calls for 0.75oz. of orange bitter. My question is what type of orange would you buy in the store to get the bitter needed? I don't want to buy the wrong style of orange. Is it common to find bitters in LHBS? Thanks.

Since it is so cold outside up here I would really like to avoid going outside to brew of the simple fact of opening and closing the door a 100times and letting cold air inside. Lets face it, heating your home in the winter time isn't cheap!! My question it how much CO does a standard...

I brewed an IPA three weeks ago yesterday. The OG was 1.054 and I did make a yeast starter. Now I must say that my starter was very high gravity by accident. However, the started took just fine and I pitched my yeast without a problem. After one week I transferred into the secondary and dry...

I have my brew in the kettle and the OG of my all grain batch is 1.050. It needs to be 1.068. How much DME do I add to get it up to my OG? Thanks

I would like to know how much water 1 pound of grain will absort. I'm brewing tomorrow and my grain bill is 12.5 pounds. Thanks.

I made my first yeast starter last night. The OG of the starter was 1.114. Yikes!! I didn't realize at the time that the OG should not be that high and I could be possibly stressing out the yeast. The yeast is White Labs American Ale Yeast Blend. It was pitched last night around 09:30pm...

Hi all, I plan on doing my first all grain brew on Sunday. I do not want to use my tap water because it is not that good. My question is what brand of bottled spring water/drinking water should I use? I'm not really interested in changing the profile of the water so I'm looking for a...

I would like to start using reverse osmosis water for brewing since it is a lot cheaper than spring water. Is this possible for all grain brewing? Somewhere I thought that I read to stay away from RO water. However, that could have been when I first started brewing if that has anything to do...