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Grrr... So I check the milk stout that I had brewed about a month or so ago and realize that I have a definite infection. It's swimming the drain right now, so I have no pictures, but it tasted/smelled like rot/nail polish. What I'm trying to figure out is how/why it happened. Last I...

Transferring a batch of Vanilla Porter off of the beans and I saw what I THOUGHT was the beginnings of an infection! Looked white, a little webby, worrisome. After closer inspection, I'm PRETTY sure that it was a combination of Star-San/oil/bean residue that was floating on top. Regardless, I...

Do these things actually exist? The apartment I live in is, like many others, has strict rules on propane burners, so I can't just throw a kettle outside and do work. On the other hand, I can't do full boils on my stovetop. There just is not enough juice. If they don't or are prohibitively...

Man, I feel like such a slacker. Just finished my first batch this year, a take on Jamil's brown porter with vanilla added. Moving and brewing do not go together. Glad to finally have everything set up so I can get back to brewing on the regular! Woohoo!

Figured I'd get some advice here before I did any real work. I recently acquired a chest freezer that I had planned on using for a keezer build. But it just occurred to me that I might be better off using said freezer for lagering/storage/etc. and buying a small fridge to make a kegerator...

So this is my first time kegging (surprise, surprise!) and I hit quite the stumbling block right away. I definitely had a leak in one of my gas plugs. After trying every single O-ring and poppet permutation, I finally got the keg to stop hissing like a pissed off snake. I tested it with...