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My parents grow a lot of fruit and veggies in their garden, especially red currants. Come harvest time my father takes the red currants and puts them in jars with lots of sugar, and later on uses the resulting syrup for drinks and such. The thing is, he doesn't pasteurize anything. Isn't it...

Just for a bit of background... I've brewed many good/decent batches of beer, but still consider myself a beginner. This has me a bit confused though, because I really didn't do much different and stayed as sanitary as I normally do, and yes I have a blow off tube. The other morning I...

Ive been having nothing but trouble pouring beers from the tap. I recently built my kegerator that contains my co2 tank, kegs and lines. The taps run through the door, and everything is at 41 F inside. I have 10ft plastic lines, the typical ones u get from brew and grow, and no matter what I do...

Steeping: 2lbs Caramel 80L Malts: 3lbs Muntons Plain Light DME 3lb Muntons Wheat DME (55% wheat) Hops: 1oz Centennial Leaf (60 mins) 0.5 oz Warrior Leaf (30 mins) 0.5 oz Warrior Leaf (5 mins) 0.5 oz Fuggles Leaf (dry hop/secondary) Yeast: US-05 Dry Other: 5lbs Freshly...

So I bought another used ball lock keg because I've started brewing more than a single batch at a time. I did the usual cleaning, rinsing, checking for gas leaks under pressure, etc as I did with my other kegs before I decided to use them. Everything looked fine. So I went on and kegged one...

Recipe I used, one of my first. Looking back I wonder if I should have put more thought into it: Steeping: 1 lb Chocolate 12 oz Barley Flakes Malt/Sugars 6lb Dark DME 2 lbs Dark Brown Sugar 1 lb Honey Hops: 1oz Fuggle (60 min) 1oz Vanguard (30 min) 0.5 oz Vanguard (20-5 mins, sprinkled in...

I started making my first brew ever, using the Brewer's Best Robust Porter recipe. I'm foregoing the secondary stage fermentation, as an acquaintance (knowing I'm not the most patient person when trying new things) told me it isn't entirely necessary for my first brew. I'm afraid I may have...