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Good day to all! I have a keg that I carbed with corn sugar two weeks ago. I would like to consume the contents of said keg sooner than anticipated. If it is not at the desired carbonation level when I check it this afternoon, can I connect it to my CO2 tank and force it the rest of the way...

I am about to transfer a vanilla porter to the secondary. I would like to age it on oak chips but I am not sure the best way to go about this. Do I boil the chips? Put them in a muslin bag? Any techniques and/or suggestions are welcome. Thanks!

About 24 hours after fermentation began, I have beer in my airlock and a slightly ajar lid. 1) What happened? 2) What do I do to prevent this in the future? 3) How do I fix it now? 4) And, is my batch ruined? Is it sad that I am freakin out?

Does anyone know of a website or program available that will convert extract ingredients to all grain ingredients? I found a great recipe but it is an extract recipe.

About six months ago I bought some items in bulk. Most of the items have been used except a couple items. I have ~14.5 lbs. of crushed grain and a vile of whitelabs yeast that I have not been able to use. Question is, are they still usable? I know ingredients should be as fresh as possible...

Hello all! I made an all grain pale ale about two months ago. I strayed from my normal carbing methods and used carbonation tablets. Over a month later, the beer is flat. I put three tabs in each bottle. In an attempt to save the batch, I was thinking about popping each bottle, dumping it...

Hello all! I am treating my water using gypsum & calcium chloride today for the first time. My question is, when do I add them? Before the boil or during? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

This might be a silly question but here goes. How do I find posts tha I have prosted? I found a great recipe and prosted and now I have no idea on how to retrieve it.

Problem of the day; I recently kegged on June 30th for the first time. I checked on it this morning and the floor behind my bar was sticky and not a drop was left of the 4 gallons that was in my keg. Let me give you a run down of the situation and if there are any tips you guys can give me I...

I recently kegged my first batch of beer. I let it carbonate warm. Should I have chilled it before I carbonated it or does it matter?

After cleaning my siphon tubing and letting it dry, it had a lot of stuff on the inside wall. I figured I would boil the tube because I've used it quite a bit. After the boil the tubing was no longer clear, it was white (you can't see through it any more). Should I be worried? Can I still...

Yesterday I brewed my 1st all grain batch. 2 row / palisade SMaSH. During the boil I had a lot of white-ish particles rolling around. It started to form a film on the surface. I'm assuming this was protein but I'm not sure. Any insight? Please tell me this is normal.

I brewed a SMaSH beer yesterday and 24 hours later there is no action in my air lock. I got impatient waiting for my wort to chill and I think I pitched the yeast too soon. The temp. was about 100*. Should I worry? Should I continue to wait or re-pitch? I've been holding off on a wort...

Hello all! I'm in need of a little advice. I've done some research on this topic but I value the opinions of the folks here than any where else. I am preparing to make the transition from extract brewing to all grain. I feel that I am going way over board with my cleaning/sanitation & it's...

Good evening all! Yesterday I put a wheat beer in to the secondary. I inadvertently put ~3 oz of raspberry flavoring extract in. I intended to do this at bottling. In a rush I screwed up. Question is... will this compromise the final product?

Good evening everybody! I was just wondering if any body had any favorite SMaSH recipes. This will be my 1st all grain batch so I'm looking forward to getting to know some malt. Thanks for any and all suggestions!

I bottled a chocolate stout 2 weeks ago. it's been conditioning at ~68 degrees. tried one yesterday and when i opened it there was a small hiss but the beer was pretty flat, very little carbonation. i'm hoping i just have to be patient and wait another week or two. i just need some...

I bottled a chocolate stout using priming sugar tonight. I made the mistake of boiling my priming sugar for about 2 - 3 minutes instead of the recommended 5 mins. Will this have a huge affect on my finished beer or will it be a subtle under carbonation? I'm pretty worried!

I am an extract brewer who is preparing to make the jump in to all grain brewing within the next couple of months. Up to this point I have used dry yeast packets for extract fermentation. Question is, can I use the dry yeast packets for all grain brewing? If not, what should I use? Any...

I have been using a one step, no rinse cleanser as part of my sanitizing routine. A fellow brewer suggested powdered brewers wash instead. Any thoughts? Which do you prefer and do you use PBW the same way as the one step. Thanks for any input!