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Long story short, I'm carbonating in my Beer Machine, but 12 hours after I put my primed beer in the keg, I lost all pressure (my fault). Is it too late for the priming I just did to carb up my beer? Do I need to add more sugar? What's my next move oh beer masters? also...It spent a couple of...

Has anybody used Kay 5 sanitizer? It's got sodium dichloro s triazinetrione dihydrate 6%

My hubby is not a big beer drinker. So when he put in a request, I was all over it. He wants a good German (preferably Austrian, the snob) amber ale. He rather disdains ales from England and the Isles, but that seems to be about all I can find in kit form (except for one from midwest, which I...

I picked up a beer machine set up from my local thrift store for 15 bucks. It was complete (minus the beer mix, but that was no big loss. As far as I could tell it was just a cheap DME kit, and the reviews are universally bad) and had a spare co2 cartridge. The one thing it was lacking was the...

Well, after losing my entire first batch (it was only a mr beer batch, so it may not seem like a big loss to you guys, but it is to me) I have done some angry brewing. The results may be interesting. This month, and next month are badbadbad for my family money wise, so I couldn't buy any...

Never leave the tap open on your bottling bucket when you are racking to it. (also, pay closer attention to the bucket while you are racking) I've got no beer now. :(:(:(:(:(:(:(:( And no money to buy beer either.

As long as it's properly sanitized, do y'all think there would be any problems with using a hand blender to aerate the wort?

I racked my Mr Beer batch to a secondary today. I was going to bottle as it's been two weeks, but it was just so cloudy still that I decided to rack it to my secondary instead. I have no air lock as of yet, so the lid is simply not snapped on. I've got it sitting in a bed of salt to keep the...

Yes my friends, short of a 2ish hour drive to the nearest big liquor store in the nearest big city...I can't get Grolsch beer. I asked at my local liquor store, and they said they used to carry it and would be happy to order me a case. I came back the following week, and they said they...

I've been talking about bottling re-using glass bottles for my beer (not the twist on type). I have no plans to do it soon, as I don't have a bottle capper yet, however my husband has been rather...distrustful of anything besides grolsch style bottles. He is insisting that any re-used bottles...

I understand that light can skunk your beer, and that brown bottles help prevent that. I want to use the grolsch style bottles, and I know that the green glass isn't as good at filtering out the light as the brown. I've found the grolsch style bottle in cobalt blue, and I love cobalt glass...

Is there a place that will suggest good beers to brew based on commercial beers you already like?

So, uh, Hi there! I'm Bobbie, and I live in south east Texas. Poverty's a ***** and so I have no brewing equipment just yet. I'm working on it, and researching what I'd like to have and do so I can brew a good batch my first go-round. I am learning, asking dumb questions and learning some...

So...does it? I'd have to order the corn sugar online, but my grocery store carries corn syrup. Is it still just dextrose? What amounts should/could it be used in? Other sugars Anybody used honey? (I'm sure many of you have) Would using honey for carbing be okay? I like honey and the...

I'm limiting myself to one annoying question per day ;) Ok, so I'm a lightweight. Frankly I kinda like being a lightweight because it makes getting totally smashed when I want to a much cheaper affair. It also means that I can drink MORE BEER! :mug: So is there a way to limit the amount...

Hello again, your local poor equipmentless newbie with another question! I live in south Texas. I don't have central air. I'm sitting at my computer and it's currently... 75* degrees (just got warmer!). I'm quite comfortable. Often times it's 80+ and still comfy. No reason to turn on...

Other than getting the wort to yeast-pitching temperature quickly, is there any advantage to using a chiller? Does it improve the taste of the beer somehow? What happens if you don't use a chiller?

I've made mead before, but it's been years and I've long since sold my set-up. (it wasn't very extensive anyway. A bucket, an air lock, a carboy and a tube for racking) What are some good inexpensive ways to start brewing? I am on a very limited budget, so this is the critical limitation for me.