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Hello fellow brewers! I searched for any threads pertaining to the issue I'm having but didn't find anything close... so here's my issue. I have an old propane burner I was given from my FIL. I think it's an old bayou classic or something close to that. It used to work fine years and years ago...

I always like to check in with everyone and see what you all have planned to drink for the big day tomorrow? I'm trying to get a sub 4% bitter to finish up so I can have it on tap for the day drinking while we cook everything. I also have a milk stout on tap for dessert, a few celebration ales...

I've been bottling beer off and on for a long time and I've never had this issue before... I made a triple decoction kolsch and bottled it. The first 12 we're totally fine but the next 12 I've put in the fridge half of them were hardly carbonated so I was chalking it up to a bad seal from the...

I brewed an english style bitter and thought I was pitching some washed s04 but after I pitched it I looked closer at the label on the jar and it said "s04 ?" I totally didn't see the '?' and would have probably waited to get the correct yeast to pitch. I'm afraid it's us05 and will attenuate...

It's about that time of year when I brew my Christmas beer. I have some Belgian debittered black malt, some dark candy sugar, some Belgian yeast, and about 11 lbs of pilsner so I'm thinking about making it a dark Belgian Christmas beer this year. I've looked at several different Belgian dark...

Been wanting to do one for years so yesterday finally was the day. 9 lbs - German pils 1.50 oz - saaz- FHW @ 60 1 oz homegrown hops - WP @180 degrees wlp029 I had every intention of doing a double decoction but I doughed-in too low so it took 3 decoctions to get it to 150 degrees F. I just...

I scored a couple rhizomes from a friend that are vacuum sealed with a wet paper towel in them. I live in Northern Va so we get cold but we're often above the freezing mark. I have read it's recommended to get them in the ground asap but I've also read they store well in the fridge as long as...

The wife came up with this crazy idea of not drinking for the first month of the year and me, in a total temporary mental lapse, decided to join her. Misery loves company so I'm wondering if anyone in here is also abstaining for a month? It's day 9 and I still want a beer! Haha. With all joking...

I'm going to brew either tonight or tomorrow night and I'm brainstorming what I want to brew. I was thinking apa but now, like any good homebrewer, I'm wondering whats in my kitchen that can tweak the recipe a little. I have a pint of super dark local honey I was thinking about using somehow...

I have a 12x6 shed that I'd like to turn into a brewery but there's no power or water out there. I've done a little research on what it would cost to run them out to the shed but I'm not sure if the space would work well enough for what I'm thinking for the cost of the build-out. Have any of you...

From what I can gather I fermented wlp001 a little on the cold side, 61-62 degrees F, and it has caused an off flavor even I can't manage to choke down. I think I might have under pitched too but I'm not 100% sure. Either way I've tried to wait it out a couple of weeks in the keg and I think...

Just saw Don O post a video about how to make hop water. I had never heard of it before yesterday but it's a thing. Has anyone had it or tried to make their own? I guess I could see how it could taste decent on a super hot day. I dig carbonated water anyway but just wondering what others...

This will be my 3rd season growing hops and I'm stoked to get an actual yield this year! I've been growing them in pots since we were planning on selling the house for the past 2 years. We finally sold the house in the middle of last summer so I moved the plants to my parents house before they...

Hi All! I've had great luck with no chill brewing over the past couple of years but something happened to my most recent beer that I can't quite pin down what happened. Maybe you all can help! Brew day went a usual. When it came time to cut the heat the gravity in my refractometer said 1.069...

It's been asked but I cant seem to find the answer. I have a spare gas qd and I'm in need of a liquid qd. Can I use the gas qd on the liquid post? I don't want to get it stuck on there or have a beer shower.

Pulling together what I have to brew a beer this week. I have just under 5 lbs of 2 row and under a pound of the following.. Caramunich Special b Biscuit Aromatic Honey Victory And an unlabeled black malt of some kind. It's either chocolate, roasted or black barley. I have a lb+ of centennial...

Wish I had pics to prove it, and to make this post more exciting, but I'm selling my house and one of things I had to do per the home inspection was to replace a missing screen. I was forced to make my own since, to my surprise, you cannot go and just buy a screen off the shelf... it has to be...

I have 2nd year potted hops that are about 2 feet tall. Should I undo my jute and bring them in? Were supposed to get hotter and hotter as the week goes on- into the 80s and such. It's only 4 plants but I'd rather not have to do the work to bring them in tonight if I don't have to. Tonight is...

The wife got me a locally made mash paddle for Christmas. It's sanded smooth but there's no finish or anything on there. It doesn't really make sense to put a coat of anything on there but I'm just wondering if there's anything I need to do to it before, or even after, I use it. I know I might...

What is up with all this orange juice looking beer that's called NE IPA? It seems that's what the majority of the country, USA, is drinking and I really don't understand it. All my homebrewing life I've wanted clear beer and a bitter IPA. These NE beers are none of that. They're not bitter and...