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I'm planning on brewing a some IPA's, pale ales and a double IPA soon and i'm looking for some feedback on yeast choice. I've been using WLP-001 almost exclusively for my hop forward pale ales and amber ales. But, i've been hearing great things about WLP-090 from this forum and my local...

The last couple batches i've had to toss down the drain due to infection. I've tried soaking them in bleach, then rinsing, then soaking with Oxyclean, rinse and finally StarSan. And again i've had issues. Are there other methods of sanitizing glass carboys? (It may potentially be my...

I've been itching to buy some EC20 from love2brew.com. Unfortunately, I live in Canada, and they don't ship here. I was going to get it shipped to the border and pick it up by the ferry (close to where i work) has been shut down due to ice in the river. And now it looks like they are out. I...

I'm currently fermenting an Oud Bruin using Jamil's recipe from CYBI. I'm wondering, is it necessary to transfer off the primary yeast (I used US-05), before adding my Roselair blend? Or can I keep the beer on the yeast, and just pitch the blend on top? I should be in the fermenter for about...

A friend made me an STC-1000 to help control the temperature of a freezer. It was working fine for a couple of weeks. But when I got home today, my freezer wasn't cooling (I tested the freezer and plugged it directly to the wall, and it started cooling). The lights on the STC were all...

Has anyone had any experience using Chrome Plated faucets, or stainless steel? I'm looking to buy three faucets, and for the price of one stainless faucet I can buy three chrome. Is there a flavour difference? Will the chrome affect my beer in any way? These are the two i've been looking...

I have usually stayed away from brewing IPA's in the past because of a bunch of failures when I started brewing. But, i've changed up my technique a bit, and I also got into kegging, so that's going to quickly change. This past weekend I went to Cleveland for the long weekend, and got to...

I just got the Danby DAR440W to be used to turn into a kegerator. But, when I took off the seal on the door to unscrew the moulding I found out there weren't any screws. Has anyone else bought the DAR440W/DAR440BL recently? How did you remove the door moulding? did you just use a dremel? or...

I was looking at wine tanks and was wondering if they would be good candidates to be used for fermenting beer. Sure the tank doesn't have a conical bottom. But other than that is there any reason these tanks could not be used for larger batches? I found some "inexpensive" tanks and it got my...

I just moved to a new basement apartment, and the stove doesn't have a vent hood. Will this be an issue for steam? Will I be creating an environment for mould? Any ideas of what i can do? Would a dehumidifier be enough? Or am I just over-paranoid? I'll be doing small batches (4g), I don't...

I just got back from traveling in southern France, and two beers that I found really interesting were: La Blonde D'Occitanie, and Bourgogne des Flandres (bruin). I've been looking around for recipes online, but can't find anything. Would anyone have any suggestions where I should look? Thanks

I've been toying with the idea of brewing in a coffee urn for a while now. It seems to me that it would be very similar in idea to the Braumeister electric system. I was wondering if it would be feasible or practical? I figured the best way to do this would be to have a 100-cup urn, figure...