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I am looking for some good options that will hold up to a fair amount of oak flavoring as I recently picked up a 5-gallon oak barrel. Any thoughts on a good beer recipe or style for the inaugural run in the barrel?

I came into an industrial mixing bowl and I am wondering if I can modify it to function as a hot liquor tank. All I should need to do is get a ball valve in the side. But I'm concern the natural slope isn't going to work with a weldless fitting. Thoughts? The bowl looks like this:

I am in the process of building a keggle for my brew kettle. My question is whether I should go that route for the mash tun or convert a cooler. I am leaning towards the cooler on the idea that the insulation will hold temp better. I ran a couple of searches on the forum, but did not turn up...

I succeeded in cutting the top of a keg open, but unfortunately I cut it slightly smaller than I would have liked for a tight fitting lid. So I am around a quarter inch short all the way around (see attached picture). Any suggestions on how I can make the hole wider? I cut the top off using 6...

What is the optimal temperature for secondary fermentation? Does it even matter as that point? I have an Russian imperial stout in a secondary in a room off my basement which is starting to get quite cold. Its down around 50 degrees at the moment. I was wondering if I should move it up to a...

After a fair amount of research here and running through the balancing method from the Draft Beer Quality Manual I am still having foaming issues. I usually get 2/3rds to a half glass of foam on the first pint and then it will run fine. When I come back for the next round though, I have the...

I brewed Northern Brewer's extract kit - SH2B (Single Hopped Best Bitter) - yesterday and everything went well, but the original gravity was quite a bit below what the instruction sheet thought it should be. The sheet said OG - 1.045 and my hydrometer reading came out at 1.029 (adjusted for...

I just transferred a batch of NB's Dry Dock Paragon Apricot Blonde Extract Kit to a secondary and now I have a great slurry which includes a can of apricot puree. I'm relatively new to brewing and was curious if anyone had suggestions on what I could do with it. Thank you!