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Brewed 10 gallons a blonde ale all grain on Monday. Placed into 2-5 gallon buckets. Pitched 1 packet of Nottingham ale yeast in each bucket. Bucket one has active fermentation bubbling air lick, krausen etc, bucket 2 nothing. Both dry yeast packets have same date. I'm going to pitch another...

Ok. Just finished my brew day and was chilling the wort. Turned my back for 5 mins or so and to my surprise. My 11 gallons of wort became 13. My chiller developed a hole. Ugh! Suggestion. I'm thinking bout boiling off the water. It's American wheat with ibu of 35. Thoughts?

I have never traded beer before! I want to trade some hop , terrapin or dog fish head for some pliney the elder. I don't know where to begin or how to know the people on the other end are trustworthy. Any one trade before? Some insight on we're to begin I'm in NNorth Carolina

I know this is a stupid question but I have to ask. I brewed a RIS today and a brown ale off the second running. My day started at 9 and finished at 4. As I was placing the air lock in the grommet it pushed inside the bucket. Being lazy and trying to make my dinner date with the wife and kid, I...

I'm wanting of brewing a Kate the great clone and a barley wine for my wife's 40th birthday next December. When should I get to work. My understanding they both need a long time to age! When would be the latest I could make these beers?

Ok, I'm brewing a oat mill stout which I have brewed prior and am quiet happy with it. It has 6 lbs of amber dme, 3.3 lme 12 oz of black patent, 6 oz of cara 2, 2 lb of flaked oats and 1 lb of flaked wheat and one pound of Carmel 120. 3 oz of fuggles as a 60 minute addition. This recipe is a...

I know this issue has been raised before but some help here would be welcomed. I built a keezer over the summer. I planned ahead and fit it with the ability to run CO2 or beer gas. It is a 4 tap system. I purchased a co2 and beer gas tank with regulators. I ran one five gallon keg on system...

Hi, I'm sure you all have seen a keezer build before but I want to put mine on the site for every one to see. I have some wood working skills but by far am no expert. I received a lot of the items on the cheap(kenmore 6 foot freezer for 50 bucks via Craigslist)cubic or free(2-5 gallons sanke...

Hi, I'm sure you all have seen a keezer build before but I want to put mine on the site for every one to see. I have some wood working skills but by far am no expert. I received a lot of the items on the cheap(kenmore 6 foot freezer for 50 bucks via Craigslist)cubic or free(2-5 gallons sanke...

I am in the process of building my keezer with a coffin. I have build collar, placed on base with casters and put coffin and trimmed it out. Today I went to drill holes for shanks and noticed that the rear board on the collar is wet and the front board on the coffin is moist. I used 2 x8 pine...

Have brewed a bock extract kit it has been 17 days since placing in primary. Meet OG but have been stuck at 1.028 for 6 days. I rehydrated lager yeast and pitched at 70 degrees. The temperature for fermentation was 60-63 degrees. It took 24 hours until activity in air lock was noted Activity...

10 days ago I brewed my third batch of home brew. My previous batches turned out well and i wanted to try another extact kit It was an brewmaster bock extract kit and the OG was 1.068. The final gravity wa to be 1.018 in 10-14 days. I am at 1.028 after 10 days and no visible fermentation at 60...

Hi!! All!! My wife purchased a beer kit for me for Christmas(I only asked for 3 years) and I am loving brewing beer. I have brewed 4 extracts brews so far a bitter, bock(which i did not lager) stout and a heffe! I want to move up to all grain 5 gallon batches and have the equipment to do so...

Brewed my first batch of home brew on 01/15. It was a Brewers Best kit, English bitter. I followed the directions to the letter and had a friend who brewed before their to help me with the process. My OG measurement was 1.03 which was the desired OG according to the kit. I'm brewing in a bucket...