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So I have a brew that's going nutty in the fermentor, it's blown the top off my fermentation bucket twice. After the first lid release, I put a blow-off tube into a jug of water, but it appears that the kraussen is clogging the airlock I have in place prior to the blow-off tube? What can I do...

So about 4 months ago I had kegged a nice brown ale and then went away on business. Upon my return I broke out a glass to try my recently kegged brown only to find a slow stream of beer pouring into my glass. I checked the co2 tank and found that it had completely emptied. Obviously it leaked...

I am in the midst of my first 15 gallon day with three different 5 gallon batches and I miss-timed something. I have 16 pounds of grain mashing at 153 degrees in my cooler at one hour now, but I still have nearly 40 minutes left on my boiling wort for batch number 2. What can I do with my...

So I created a brown ale in late October and transferred it to the secondary on November 5th. Now before you ask, I have not even looked at this since putting into the secondary so I have no idea what it looks like. I assume that it will be fine if there is nothing nasty floating around in it...

So today I created a American Brown Ale and wanted to try my new oxygen set-up prior to pitching the yeast. So I hooked up my medical grade o2 cylinder to the regulator, broke out the 1/4 inch tubing and aeration stone and turned the regulator first to 2lpm and then seeing it was bubbling...

So I threw together the following IPA two weeks ago and am looking for some dry hop suggestions for it. Heebs Hopplosion Grains 11lbs Pale Malt 1.60lbs Caravienne 1.10lbs Cara-Pils/Dextrine Hops .25oz Warrior (FWH) .50oz Cascade (60min) .50oz Chinook (45min) .50oz Amarillo (35min) .25oz Citra...

So when Huricane Irene hit my town I decided to try my hand at brewing my first all grain recipe. It's a hybrid style beer that was based on the Cream of Three Crops recipe found within these forums. The recipe I threw together is below... 7.5 lbs 2 Row 2 lbs Flaked Maize 1 lb Flaked Rice .5...

So my LHBS gave me some printed instructions on Force/Burst Carbing, where the techniques are somewhat different than what I have read on here or other sources and I am hoping for some clarification. 1. After adding the beer to the sanitized keg, set regulator gauge to the proper pressure for...

I have been brewing beer for a year and my aeration techniques have consisted of whisking the wort, along with shaking the primary until my arms feel like they are about to fall off. I have access to oxygen tanks and regulators that are used to treat medical patients and was wondering if I am...

Sitting in my local BJ's and seeing a single valve kegerator with co2 Bottle (display model) for $199. Should I get it? I don't know much about these as I have bottled everything so far.

Sitting in my local BJ's looking at a Nostalgia Electrics Kegerator with the display unit selling for 199.00 includes single tower and co2 bottle. Is this a good deal? Need some help quickly!

So I did my first all grain brew yesterday and after I was finished it left me with a few questions. My LHBS and I created a modified version of the "Cream of Three Crops" recipe found here in these forums. It was a 5 gallon batch and I included the recipe below. 8 lbs - 2 Row .5 lbs - Cara...

So I have about 9 partial mash batches down and I have yet to have this issue. So I brewed a red 8 days ago and racked to the secondary, like I have done my previous 8 brews, and then took a gravity reading. Problem is, gravity is way off or should be slightly lower at a minimum. OG was...

So I did a Red Lager Partial Mash BIAB yesterday and I had issues maintaining mash temps. My strike temp calculation was off, so after stirring I was reading about 162 degrees. I figured that I would be ok by placing it in my oven and leaving the oven off (I usually pre-heat it to 170 degrees...