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I've got a beer in my keg that is obviously infected. It popped the bung out of my barrel and spewed beer everywhere and it self-pressurizes in the keg. Am I okay bottling this? Unless it's truly disgusting, I'd like to keep it. I can't keep it in the keg, since it belongs to my friend.

Has anyone ever made hot sauce by fermenting peppers in brine? I got a bunch of peppers from my garden and cut the tops and the seeds out, then put them into a jar and filled it up with a salt water brine. First time I've done this. I read that you just leave it out for a few weeks then puree...

Just about half an hour ago, I just ran downstairs armed and ready. Turns out my barrel is doing something interesting. I've had my toasted coconut porter in the barrel for about 3 weeks now. Just today the cork blew off and it started spewing like this... What happened!? Prior to this beer...

So I made a porter recipe found in the recipes section. Moved the beer to secondary and added a bunch of coconut I toasted. It's floating on top of the beer. Is there a way I can get it to sink to the bottom? Seems like it would be easier to get the beer out that way.

So I made an IPA using entirely homegrown hops, but it is definitely not bitter enough to be considered an IPA. I'm not sure what exactly to classify it as to be honest. It's a recipe I've made a dozen times before and it always turned out awesome, but I always used pellet hops. I thought I...

I harvested some yeast from the end of a cantillon bottle hoping to cultivate some more of it to use for a beer in a few months. After 2 days or so on the stir plate, i crashed it and when decanted, this is what I got. It doesn't look like any yeast I've had before..

I kinda want to put a little santa figure in there

I just transferred my batch of mead using NB Artisanal Standard Semi-Sweet Mead Kit from Northern Brewer to secondary and took a small sample and it is very bland. Very watery, kinda sweet and a bit dry. Too bland. I've been reading about backsweetening and found that there are things you can...

Has anyone tried burning a part of the mash grains before mashing to get a bit of a burnt flavor in the beer? I'm going to make a porter next weekend and was thinking about putting a quarter pound or so of the 2-row in the oven to toast it until its slightly burnt. I'm curious if anyone has...

I saw it today at AHS ( http://www.austinhomebrew.com/Beer/Pellet/Magic-Hop-Dust.html ) Has anyone tried using this stuff in a brew? I'm curious how it would come out. If using it, would it be better to use it for bittering or flavoring or aroma?

The last several recipes I've done were 12-15 pounds of grain, and I mashed it to a thickness of 1.25. However, I'm going to be brewing a lighter beer tomorrow with only 8 pounds of grain. I can fit a whole lot more water in my brew pot than the 3.15 gallons of water called for (plus a half...

I plan on brewing a lambic soon. Will I be able to kill all the bugs in a better bottle after it's finished and bottled, or would it be smarter to use my glass carboy instead? I'd rather not have future batches infected. I always sanitize my fermenter and tools with starsan before they get...

I brewed a wheat IPA last night, one of my best brew nights to date. Got my hands on some Azacca hops and wanted to feature them in a brew. 6# 2-row 5# white wheat malt 8oz flaked wheat 4oz crystal 20L 1oz Azacca @ 60min 1oz Azacca @ 20min 1oz Azacca @ 10min 1oz Azacca @ 5min 2oz...

Back in May I brewed dcHokie's Rapture RIS and aged it in a bourbon barrel until mid-July then bottled it. It's been sitting in bottles in a rather warm room since then. I opened two bottles tonight, one capped and a grolsch bottle. Both were uncarbed. I used four of those conditioning tabs in...

Turns out I messed up when ordering the grains for the Rapture RIS from AHS. Accidentally added 1#4oz of carawheat that was intended for another. It's all mixed up now. What can I expect this to do to my brew?

I plan on brewing a porter soon and letting it age in a barrel I recently acquired until the fall. I plan on fermenting in my carboy and transferring it into the barrel after it's finished fermenting. When it comes time to transfer it to the barrel, what is the best way to sanitize the barrel...

My last brew gave me difficulty. I added the grains to the mash water after we heated it up. Then, it was completely dry on top. I didn't add any additional water because we were at the correct temperature and I didn't want to lower it. The recipe called for 1.25 quarts per pound of...

What is the best way to measure the OG? I always use a starter now and rather than decanting it I've just poured the whole thing in, so I presume I should measure before I do that. Should I measure it when all the floating flavor bits are still floating around, or wait for them to sink and then...

Hey dudes, Figured that it was about time to start working on figuring out how to make my own recipes. Thought I would start with a rye IPA since they're delicious. Been reading up on grains and hops and I think I have a rudimentary idea of what needs to go in and when.. Not sure though...

Hey guys, Just did my first all grain brew last week and am preparing to bottle it sometime next week. It went well, but there were some difficulties I encountered. After the mash was complete, I turned the lever on the kettlevalve to let the wort run out, but it wasn't coming out very...