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Went to my nephew's birthday party at the local Chuck E Cheese's with the SWMBO yesterday. With all the rug rats running around screeming, me and the baby daddy went to get a beer. All they had was Miller Lite, :drunk:. Well SWMBO had a couple of sips at the party. When we got home, I poured a...

When ramping up a starter, should subsequent additions of wort be aerated before dumping in the initial starter?

I got all my AG equipment together and Gave it a "dry run" today. I vave a 10 gal Coleman cooler for my MT. I pre-heated then let the temp stabalize, and noticed a 10F degree temp loss over an hour with plain water. Is this because I don't have the mass of the grains to help hold the temp a...

I'll be brewing my first AG as soon as my buddy finishes welding a bulkhead on my new keggle. I'm sure my efficiency will be off, so I have dome DME on hand. My question is how much does 1 lb of DME increase the gravity in a 5 gal batch? I know 1 lb in 1 gal of water is 1.040 sg or 40 points...

I'll be kegging into a Corney from the secondary for the first time in a couple of weeks. Any last second tips?

Since hurricane Katrina, we don't have a local HBS in the New Orleans area. There is a little shop run our of a house about an hour and a half from me, but they are limited on what they have. Got a kit in from AHS (took 2 days), but when UPS finally got it to my doorstep the "ice pack" and the...

OK, I've searched an read all the threads on this forum about using medical betadine on this forum. But I'm anal about f-ing up a good batch of brew (a Turbodog Clone this weekend), what's everybodys final opinion on using Medical Betadine(Providone-iodine) as a sanitizer. I can get the stuff...

We've all heard the pros & cons of all the areation methods, pure O2, agitation, aqurium pump, ect. And some say too much pure O2 may not be good. The question I have is enriched O2. What I am refering to is forced areation with a difuser stone with say 32% O2. I am a scuba diver and have access...

I just got a good deal on a 9 gal. SS brewpot with a SS ball valve(I can finally start doing full boils). I am looking for sugestions on trub seperation. I've allways racked after the coolng and whirlpool. Still allways seem to get a bit of trub in the primary. Just looking for a little help on...