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My first all grain batch was a Westy 12 Clone. I made this batch 9 months ago and had been aging in a carboy since then. this weekend i will bottle it and in about a month i will try the first one. Stay tuned for tasting notes, I am hoping it hasnt gone to pot while aging so long. I...

:ban:Cinco de mayo... will be my first attempt at an all grain and creating my own recipe. plans are for a peach blonde ale with a guy a work with who has several all grains under his belt Looking fwd to it!

Anyone have a "fail proof" recipe for a standard mead. i am hoping to make a nice batch, but would like a nice starting point as opposed to all the cranberry / apple walnut crazy types i see in the recipe list. Thanks in advance.

who won the giant give away

not only did i get a great deal on a new dual tap tower / co2 reg / a few fittings. i ordered it yesterday at noon ET and it shipped same day! thats what i call quality service! :mug:fwiw birdman has two thumbs up from me.:mug: http://www.birdmanbrewing.com/

hong long does everyone ferment for. whether in primary or secondary the extract kits all say 2 weeks total. i have been going a bit more. thoughts?

can anyone give me a real reason to go ball lock or pin lock for corny kegs. i am leaning towards ball lock. going to order from kegcowboy or kegconnection, but need to get the conversion kit also so as most im sure i have to make the crucial decision one way or the other.

When I use my aphonyphon to rack the beer. Either from primary to secondary or secondary to bottling bucket. My auto syphon draws a lot of bibles through the tube. No matter how deep it is. I'm not sure if it's drawing co2 from the beer although how could there be co2 if it's not under...

im looking at buying a kegerator off CL. its a standard bought it from sears prefab unit. 1 tower. they guys says it comes with 2 co2 tanks and a keg. not sure if its rigged for corn or sank. 1st qustion. it comes with say a 1/2 barrel can i use that for homebrew. i brew 5 gal...

this should probably be in the keg forum, but since its my newb question of the day i posted here. what is considered the better way to cool and dispense kegs, freezer or fridge? and why if there are reasons?

Anyone selling Keg stuff. Just bottling now. Want to keg. Thanks

Hoping for a little input on a raspberry wheat. I brewed boundary waters wheat from Midwest. My buddies want to make it a raswheat so I am planning on doing half the batch -2.5 gallons. I have read as much as I can find here about raspberry-ing. But most of the info is scattered and partial...

I have a wheat that has been fermenting for 1 week. It hit fg after 5 days and is steady still. However the krausen hasn't fallen. I want to rack this into secondary on top of some raspberries. What do I do?

I brewed the boundary waters wheat from Midwest supplies on Sunday. Og was a little higher than predicted. However it's been about 5 days now and it's near / at the fg. I have to check tomorrow to see if it's still the same but is it really possible it fermented so hard?

having a hard time finding bottles. dont really want to buy them at 15 bucks a case. obviously could go to kegging but prefer bottles. any ideas on where to find cheap bottles?

Ordered 4 extract kits from ahs tonight. Sam summer clone Blue moon clone Shock top clone Ahs honey blonde ale Hope they ship quick. Looking forward to brewing. Anyone ever brew these. Comment? Thoughts?

made an apple ale kit from midwest. i opted to use the recommened 1 gallon of cider instead of the extract that came with it. this made for very cloudy beer. so i let it sit for 2 weeks in primary. and now 2 weeks in secondary. its still clearing. its got a large trub. and about half the...

hey i post this in a couple of threads but no reply. i am making the 5 day cider, going to bottle carb as per the instructions. i want to pasuerize by the dishwasher. i know mine gets to at least 150 degrees F as per the manual. however there is no way to just run the hot cycle. it...

Hi all, I would like to create a list to the absolutely needed equipment and the "optional" equipment for a new person to home brewing. The thought process being that the new person probably will start with an extract + specialty grains kit. If a solid list is complied with why you need...

i brewed midwest supplies apple ale it will be in primary for 2 weeks before i rack to secondary for a week (i have heard the arguement for and against this and have decided i want to do it for now) so im going to bottle it after 1 week in secondary. real question is that in the reviews on...