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Does anyone have a suggestion on what I could use to fill Growlers with my faucets? They are: CMB V3S Faucet with Bent Nozzle Basically the nozzle is too small for ordinary growler fillers.... Any ides would be appreciated!

So I went to dry some hops yesterday and noticed that I had some hops still in the dehydrator.... ooops... these had to be in there for two weeks! Should I package them or toss em? I have plenty of hops coming, just no hallertaus....

I have a excellent brown ale that I want to use as a base for a Christmas ale. Basically this brown ale tastes like Moose Drool. What would you guys suggest I add to this recipe to "spice" it up to be like a Christmas treat? Cinnamon? Nutmeg? Ginger? All spice? Orangezest peal? Any...

Hello, I have been soaking 1 oz of medium toast oak chips for a week in some American Honey Bourbon. (I failed to measure the bourbon that i used). Anyways, last night I added the chips and bourbon to the secondary for my porter. (moose drool clone). Today I came down to the basement and...

Hello, I started a yeast starter with wyeast irish ale yeast and 1600ml of wort on tuesday. I am usually pretty good with sanitation. I decanted and stepped this guy up to 2000ml on Friday afternoon... (didnt have time to step it during the week.) I am brewing today so I had this guy in my...

I am planning on doing a yeast starter for my next brew. It is a boston lager. When would you start a yeast starter for a lager? I plan on brewing saturday. Also do you do the same for ales?

So, I created a you tube video (my first one) on my first all grain brew. Is this something I can post on here as a link and have people critique or comment on what I should do or what I am doing right? I want to make sure this is withing the guidelines of hbt.

The other day I went and cleaned my brew pot with bar keepers friend. I thoroughly rinse the pot. And I let set for a week. when I came back and look at the pot I saw what you see in the picture. These are not chips but more less discoloration. this is a stainless steel brew kettle. Is there...

Hello all, I have a4 gallon batch of brown ale. I want to prime this in my 5 gallon keg. How much DMe would I use ? Is this going to be the same as doing 5 gallons? Or do I use less. This will be my first time using DM me so I am not sure on how much to use. Any help would be appreciated...

Hello, I am curious as to what the difference would be to carb with dme vs sugar. Is there a big taste difference? Also, I have a batch of brown ale (I will have to check the final gravity) that is down to about 4 gallons. Is there a way I could bump this up to 5 when I keg this? I want...

Hello I just recently bought a plate chiller. I was wondering if there was anything special I need to do to get any oil off of this guy. I did boil him for 15 minutes the other day. It has never been used. Any thoughts?

hello all I currently have 2 buckets I am using for primary fermenter and two 5 gal glass carboys I use for secondary if I need to. my bucket's are looking old and grungy, I don't want to risk having infection if I get a scratch or something of that nature. can I use my 25 gallon carboys as...

My buddy at work and i were talking today. He transfer his beer into a secondary after 3 or 4 days. mainly he keeps an eye on it and once the initial rush done he transfers to the secondary. He usually has great beer. What does this do to the beer? I usually leave mine in the primary three to...

I found one of these bad boys on target for 14 bucks. Will this work for a make shift fermentation chamber? I use the buckets.

So I opened up my fermenter today and saw the attached picture. This is a little whiter than I am used to on top. I know that most batches will have the foamy chunky stuff, but this was like a white film. I attempted to harvest my own yeast with this batch. I am wondering if this is the issue...

So I got a new brew kettle from Austin home brew. It seems to have some type of oil or dust on it. Is there a way to clean this quickly? I may use it to brew tonight. If not I can use my aluminum pot that I have had been using. Any quick insight would be great? Do I just boil some water in...

Hello all, I have been researching a bit and narrowed things down to two brew pots. Basically, I am wanting to stay under the two hundred dollar range but also want to be able to do a 10 gal batch if need be in the future. What are the pros and cons of both of these pots...

Hello all, I have a few batches of ale under my belt. I have attempted one lager that is bottle conditioning right now. When I tasted it before it got bottled, it tasted really sweet (its a boston lager). Anyways, I brewed this guy up, fermented it at 48 to 52 degrees for two weeks, brought...

Hello, So this year I am going to attempt hops. I think I may have went overboard with my order. I ordered the following: 4 Nugget 4 Cascades 2 Chinook 2 Sterling I am going to attempt to grow 4 of these guys at home in my garden (plan on making a hop fence with these). The guys...

This is my third batch that I am doing. I have had this in the fermenter for 4 weeks. I was planning on bottling this weekend, but instead of being brewer, I was babysitter. I pit this in the secondary glass carboy. I heard leaving this in the bucket too long can be bad. Can I bottle this...