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So recently, I started doing test batches with different dry hops in growlers. Now I want a bottle of them but I had not thought through how much priming sugar to use. Has anybody done this?

So I've taken two FG readings to see it I'm ready to rack it and when I check the temp after taking the hydrometer reading it says 54°, will this be a problem? Should I rack it and move it upstairs from my basement to essentially do a diacetyl rest once in secondary? Thermometer read 66° when...

I am brewing tonight, and I had an idea about cooling my wort. I have not yet invested in any wort chiller, and still use the ice bath. My idea, is that (since it will be a wind chill of 18 tonight and I brew outside) that I take my Brewers Best bucket, stick it in ice and pour the wort from...

I bottled a Bell's best brown ale clone from byo mag and cracked one today after 10 days. Seems sweet (not malty) took a gravity reading and it's 1.02 what happened? FG at bottling was 1.016

So I moved my brown ale to secondary and racked black IPA onto yeast cake at like 1:00 this am. Just went to check fermentation this morning and didn't see any (thought I should being on a yeast cake) so I gave it a swirl. DOH! Swirled the brown ale that has been in primary for two plus weeks...

So, an idea I have had for a while but am not sure how it would work is this. Using food grade (similar to siphon tubing) tubing; run it through a chest cooler full of ice (two 16 lb bags) and replace drain plug with a ball valve. You could control flow rate keeping worth in ice cooler longer to...

While picking up ingredients for an all grain brew last Friday, dude hooked me up with 8 lbs of Amber LME that he had just drained off to make room for new LME. Question now is what do I do with it!?!? I am thinking about trying to do a RIS. I have the following other ingredients laying...

A former coworker of mine is partners in a vineyard and they are interested in adding a small brewery to their project. He and the other partners tried what homebrew I had available and liked it. I felt kind of like those people on shark tank. Anyway, they kept a bottle of each to try again...

Ok, winter warmer recipe idea. Adding following spices to beer in secondary. anise vanilla, allspice, juniper. Any that don't go well or are extremely strong?

I will be at a cabelas today and want to look at propane burners there. They have this Mr. Heater stove that looks like a similar burner to the bayou. Anyone know anything about them? Here is a direct link...

So, original grain bill for my recipe went unchanged, but I had to grab different yeast and hops due to what was available at local HB shop. 4 lbs wheat 3 lbs two row pale 2 lbs light Munich Hops changed from either sterling or perle to Czech saaz .75 oz at 60 min .25 oz at 15 min Yeast...

Is it possible to use a plastic water jug from a water cooler as a carboy? Anyone ever do it? Off flavors?

Thinking of doing an apricot ESB. Open to suggestions. Extract flavoring vs actual fruit. Fresh vs dried? Primary or secondary?

I had it in the primary for a week. Fermentation has stopped and I now have it racked to secondary. Should I do a second yeast pitch?

This is a favorite beer of mine, anyone have a good recipe for it or a similar beer?