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Hello! My wife is a potter and she uses a 50 amp electrical receptacle for her kiln. I would like to build my own electric kettle and use that outlet for my kettle and element. My question is this. If I am using the standard 5500w 240 element and cord rated for 30amps and attach the...

I'm planning on making a Scottish Ale 80 Shilling and I'm trying to figure out what yeast to use. Obviously WLP028 is the natural choice, but I'm wondering why WLP007 isn't used more often. White Labs has several suggestions for WLP007 and Scottish Ale only got a 2 (see here...

Hey everyone, I'm in the initial stages of creating a house brew for myself. :rockin: I know everyone has different tastes and opinions, but I wanted to see what you all think a perfect house beer is. I have a few ideas but I want to hear from you! For me the house beer needs to fit in these...

The title says it all. I currently use dextrose because it's cheap and available at my LHBS. I'm interested in what others use. One recipe calls for honey as the priming sugar but I wonder if it actually make a difference in taste/health benefits. So what do you use? Maple Syrup...

Hey everyone, I'm wondering what beers you have made with this yeast. If you haven't actually used this strain, what beers do you think you would make with it? I got a packet of this for a dollar and want to know what beers this makes! Thanks :mug:

I'm in the process of trying to find a suitable boil kettle for 10 gallon batches. Unfortunately money is tight so I can't just buy whatever. However, I want to the most bang for my buck and for about $200 I can get a 55 gallon SS drum. Alternatively I can buy a 15 gal SS Bayou classic for $107...

Ok, I thought these beers were just carbing up and I was seeing the carbonation, but it looks like something is growing on top. When I gently swish the bottle the top "scum" breaks up and floats on the top. Is the beer in these bottles infected? The first picture is a picture of an...

OK, everyone. Let's hear your tips on how you penny pinch yet still make great homebrews. What do you do to save a few dollars? I reuse my yeast. I wash my yeast and I use other pre-fermentation yeast harvesting methods. Each batch that I don't have to buy yeast saves me about $8 dollars. I...

Hi all, So as I've read lots of threads I've realized that people prefer clear beer over beer that is cloudy. Why is this? Does the clarity of the beer affect the taste? Is this just an aesthetic issue? I've never really thought about clarity in my beers because I either drink from the...

This is the first brew that I actually made myself, but I wanted some criticism and encouragement. Take a look and let me know what you think and see if you can answer these thoughts I had 1. How do I get my SRM down a bit lower? According to Beersmith this is near the upper limits of the...

Hi all, I was wondering if you had a favorite informational thread here on HBT. I know that there have been a few for me that always seem to give some great information. Do you have one that you always refer back to or was there a thread which really influenced the way you do your brewing? If so...

Hi All, My friend got an old farm and discovered that in the 1950's it also had lots of bees and produced quite a bit of honey. They got out of the farming business but kept the honey in a dark cellar for all these years. My friend said that there's got to be about 1000 jars of honey or so...

In the thread "Yeast starter - airlock or tinfoil" the general consensus is that tinfoil on starters is superior to airlocks/bubble locks because tinfoil lets oxygen into the container and thus the yeast will multiply and perform better than a container with a bubble lock. I'm not convinced...