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I recently switched to my glass carboys as a unitank in order to avoid contamination during transfer (I've had a lot of suspect batches). So now I'm noticing that, after sanitizing the carboy with StarSan, the hole is rather slippery and any internal pressure, be it from the foam of the...

Four Peaks, a local AZ brewer, produces a pale called 8th Street Ale. Love it. If anyone who's tried it can take a gander at the recipe, I'd be much obliged. It's a pretty heavy pale, about on par body-wise with an English strong ale. The color is golden, neither straw nor amber. Slightly...

A friend of mine wants me to brew something with apricots, and I've been wanting to do a Kolsch for some time. Anyone tried putting them together before? I think I might just add some apricot flavoring to half the batch at bottling time, unless someone can vouch for its yumminess.

Has anyone ever heard of this beer? I've got a friend that loves it, wants me to brew it, but I can't find any information on this beer, let alone a recipe. Help, anyone?

Anybody here in Tucson? I don't even know if this is the right board to post this on, but I'm in SERIOUS need of a brewing buddy. I think I might be introducing a lot of air into my brew while racking/bottling and need to see how someone else that actually makes good beer does it. I'm sure...

So I've been getting a VERY strong off-flavor in my beer for the last five batches or so, and now I'm starting to wonder if I'm exposing them to too much UV light. The glass carboy secondaries are on the ground in my bedroom and are uncovered. There are two windows in my room that let in a...

So my friends have been wanting me to do a snake-bite... which is like a Black and Tan, but with pear cider on the bottom. Only I've noticed that pear cider has a tendency to have a very low final gravity, and it would seem that it would tend to rise to the top, or at least mix with, the...

I've had like four batches that I don't want to share with anyone because they've all got a serious cardboard taste to them. I used to be using the Mr Beer fermenter as my primary, then 'racking' (without tubing) to 1-gallon jugs as my secondary. That went very well for the first two batches...

Hey everyone, I'm a noob to the whole kegging thing, and I've got a few questions about g-mix kegging. I don't keg yet, so I'm wondering if there's any difference in equipment to do a regular CO2 keg setup versus a g-mix setup, or is it just the gas that's different? If so, what kind of...

I'm getting a little pissed off and frustrated. I ruined my last three batches. Luckily, they were mini-batches, but it still sucks. By the taste of it I can tell that they were aerated and oxidized, but I've been using essentially the same racking technique for at least twice this many...