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hey all i was just wondering wich is better stainless steal wort chiller or copper? cause im looking at grabbing a 50foot wort chiller for my new 10gallon stainless steal stock pot i just bought because its way to big to put in the sink for a ice bath.

hey all i been brewing for a little over two years and looking at buying a new stock pot. i was looking at a 32quart stock pot but was wondering is that big enoff if i want to do a 5-6gallon all grain ? also what are good brands of pots to look at i was looking at amzon but see alot of pots...

hey all im making a chocolate stout and i decided i want to try using cocoa beans this time. Now has anybody ever used cocoa bean in there brew before? if so can someone answer these questions for me 1) how many ounces woudl be good to use for a 5.5gallon batch? 2) shoudl i use it durring...

Would anybody know of any good brand and model mini fridge that i can put in a half barrel or two 5 gallon kegs that i can conver into a kegerator? i had a edge star kegerator that i spent over 500 for and ends up dieing on me wiht only being 3 years old

hey all need to find a good fridge to replace my edgestar kegerator i bought 3 years ago thta died on me... and dont want to spend a nother 500+ for something that is not going to last. so wanted to knwo if anybody know of any fridges i shoudl take a look at, so i can convet into a new...

hey was wondering if anybody would know a good clone recipe for magic hat #9 not quit pale ale. Im not set up for ag brewing so a extract recipe would be needed and I can steep.

ok I got a batch of hard cider that has been sitting in the carboy sense early November. Im going to be moving it to a secondary carboy and add honey. Now how is the best way to add the honey? should I boil some water and add the honey to the boiling water then add it to the secondary? or should...

hey all ive had my hard cider fermenting for a little over 3 weeks now and I just took a gravity reading and I got my readings between 1.05 and 1.07.. Now after three weeks I would have thought it would have been lower then that..does that sound right? or should I be thinking about doing a 2nd...

hey i made some hard cider.. but the cider i got was just sweet and had no snappy/tartness u get from apples and i want to add some citric acid to cider.. the fermenters have about 6.5 gallons in each.. Now how much shoudl i throw in ?

hey i just brewed a batch of hard cider that i put alot of sugar in to try to get a really high alcohol% and was wondering if anybody knew what safale s 04 tolerance is. Normaly i put in 1 pound of sugar to 1 gallon of cider but this time i did 2 pounds.. I also pitched two packs of safale s04...

im going to be making about 45gallons of hard cider this weekend. Im going to be fermenting in 5-6 gallon batches and want to store them in 5gallon kegs when there done. Now what is the best way to store the cider for long terms.. cause i want to be able to make the cider last for the year...

hey all im going to be making 45gallons of hard cider.. this will be my 2nd year doing this but wondring a couple things. 1) im going to be making a few differnt stysles.. 1 5gallon batch with blueberries... one 5 gallon batch wiht raspberries.. and one 5 gallon batch with honey... Now...

Hey all was wondering if anybody woudl know of a website that i can order either 6.5 or 7.9 gallon fermenting buckets for a great deal and not over priced shipping? I need six at 6.5gallons or five at 7.9 gallons..Im going to be making 45 gallons of hard cider. i have 3 now so far but need more...

ok guys normal i just keg my beer but i only have two 5 gallon kegs and i made 3 batches of beer.. pluse the batch of beer i made is a 7gallon batch but after i transfer it and with the loss i had from the beer exploding i figure i will have about 6 gallons... now how much sugar do i use ...

hey i made a batch of beer on sunday and when i got home today i found the air lock blown out of the carboy and the rubber piece that the air lock was in ... now it could have been out from 9-24 hours .. is there a chance the beer will still be ok?

ok i dont have a big enoff pot to be able to do a 5 gallon boil and add all the beer stuff into it .. so i normal do liek a 2.5 gallon boil then cool it and put in in the carboy then do the rest right after.. so my question is i already just did my 2.5 gallon boil and it is cooling off now...

so i was wondering shoudl i leave the cover of the pot on or off when im cool the beer off in the ice water bath?

hey guys was wondering if anybody has made these AHS Grand Cru Belgian Ale or AHS Devil's Brew Belgian Ale ? I had made one of there kits wich was great and goign to make again it was the AHS imperial agave wit.. the reason i asking is because i noticed that if i order bulk lme its alot...

i just went to my keg to pour a glass of hard cider that i made a few month back when i was able to still buy fresh cider from a local apple farm, but now its not apple seaon and no fresh cider is avaible, So what do i do now? i know people make cider from apple juice.. but is it really as good...

hey just wondering if im in trouble? k im in the process of making a batch of beer for st.pattys day(it will be kegged).. yes i know its last min.... but anyways i can only boil 3 gallons at time and im trying to cool off the frist batch of 3 gallons now and i put it in the sink to cool off and...