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Was just racking from my brew kettle to primary and my racking hose fell into the carboy by accident. Is this anything to worry about?

After I stir in my cooled priming sugar solution, I usually only let the fermented wort sit for a few minutes before bottling. For my next batch, I would like to let it set for a longer time so that sediment has a chance to settle back to the bottom of the carboy before bottling. My...

when cleaning my glass carboy, i noticed some very minor scratching on the inside of it... guess i brushed a bit too hard at some point. as long as i sanitize the carboy well is this still ok? or, is this an issue?

Been brewing for about three years and switched to all-grain this summer. All my partial mashes went great - no infection problems and some decent beer. Then I switched to all-grain…. The first all grain went great and then next three have been infected. You may ask how I know I had...

Bottling my robust porter and I for sure notice a sour / yeasty smell and taste to the uncarbonated wort. I had a hard time placing the smell / taste as it's really not that sour per say... what it reminds me most of is the smell of liquid yeast when you open the vile (although not nearly that...

I have about 30 batches under my belt and am researching the move to AG and would like some opinions on this setup.... http://morebeer.com/view_product/15633/102307/B3-200B_10_Gallon_System_Burner_Kettle_Wort_Chiller Seems about perfect to me, but want some advice from the pros... I...

A kit I recently brewed contained a small amount of wheat malt in the grain bill of a stout. What purpose would thie be for in an Oatmeal Stout?

I have an English Ale WLP005 yeast that I made a starter for yesterday morning. Do I need to be seeing surface activity or if a nice sediment is forming on the bottom is that "good enough" indicationI have a good starter? When I swirl, I get bubbles, but other than that, there just isn't...

This is probably and easy one, but I've done some searching and can't find a specific answer to this question... I am brewing the a series of IPAs over the next two months and plan on using the same yeast strain (CA Ale) for all of them. What is the most efficient, most cost effective, and...

I can't seem to find an on-line source for summitt hops. Anyone know one? Thanks!

Hello All, So I really like the Griffin Spit IPA from Big Brew Day. Hope everyone's turned out as delicious as mine! I like the ease and quickness of this all extract recipe and how it presented the Summit Hops. As a result I want to use the extract recipe as a basis for a series of 3-gallon...

I thought the common perspective was to ferment in a dark place, but in many homebrew fermentation pictures, I see carboys in the corner of ordinary rooms (i.e. not dark closets). I'd like to have my fermenter in plain view so I can watch it, it seems others do too. What is an...

I'm fermenting a Belgian Saison using White Labs Belgian Saison 1. I pitched a 700 ml starter yesterday at 7:00 pacific. I was in the other room working and heard the explosion - bam my blow off tubing attached to one of those orange carboy caps blew off... yeast all the way to the ceiling...

When I pitch yeast from a starter in a Erlenmeyer flask do I need to do some sort of sanitation to the lip before pitching? I obviously completely sanitize the flask before starting the yeast starter and keep foil or an airlock on the opening until I am ready to pitch, but wonder if there is a...