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How many brew tabs would you use on a stout in a 12 ounce bottle? Im using brewest best conditioning tabs.. I have brewing experience but wanted to try tabs once.

I have finally had success with my first batch. My only question is some bottles when poured have a great heat and head retention. Some hardly any at all.. Im sure this has something to do with my priming sugar being evenly mixed. I really dont want to stir my beer after i have filled my...

ordered and aeration system the pump style.. Does it damage the stainless steel fuse at all if you sterilize it with star san?

I have just been pouring back in forth about 4-5 time between sanatize plastic buckets. Is this an alright form of aeration?:drunk:

Were do most of you go to get kegs? planning on building a kegorator out of a freezer.

K all you hard core "dont need a secondary fermentationers" when you are making something that calls for dry hopping or adding chocolate nips (for chocolate stout) to secondary fermentation. Do you all just add them to the primary fermentor when FG is reach and few weeks before bottling?

K So what do most of you do. For the last 2 bottle days (only bottled 2 brews so far), I mxi the priming sugar let cool and place in bottom of bottling bucket as directed. Have a new extract kit from a different vendor and they say on bottling day to place the prim mix on bottom of bucket at...

Been reading on here and most people are saying that generally an all yeast during fermentation should be mid 60's. Last night brewed an ale using California ale WLP001 from white labs. The instruction say to keep wert at 70-75 till fermentation begins, then always keep it above 71.. My...

If you are brewing 5 gallon recipes what size of glass carboy do you all recommend? 6 or 6.5 gallon?

So what would you all do. I have a batch of Grand Cru (extract) kit from midwest supplies. Pitched the smack pack yeast they recommend. Bubbled like crazy for first 2 weeks(via airlock).. Still bubbles every 45 seconds or so now (week 3)... Question the starting gravity was 1.062. Check...

Anyone have pics of good back yard hops growing ideas for someone with limited space? Also how the heck do you guys/girls harvest those hopes when you have them growing up a 15ft pole?

Can anyone recommend the best variety to grow in Iowa?? Avid gardener + avid beer drinking = hops grower feel free to use my formula for hops growing :)

I have 2 batches under my belt thus far. Amber Autumn Ale and Grand Cru. My mind of logic just got to thinking. I always throw my hope pellets in a bag. When you are doing a kit and they have you had hops for 60 minutes at first boil (after adding malt) and then another hop in last 5 minutes...

How long is one step sanitizer last if i leave it in a covered 5 gallon bucket mixed up?

What would you all recommend as far as wort chillers? Stainless Steel or Copper? Pros/Cons :mug:

Brewing my first batch Amber Ale kit. Anyway everything is seemingly going well. I plan on transfering from primary to secondary after 7 days then leaving it in secondary for 2 weeks. I have a hydrometer. I fouled up taking a reading when i was done with my wert and before the pitch. I will...