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Hey guys and gals, Just looking for a general quickie answer here, all variables aside, when I do a typical 1.050 beer, 5 gallon batch, cal ale yeast, how much should I expect to harvest once I rack the beer off the cake and proceed using the general method - I.e adding .5 gallons of boiled and...

I'm putting hops in a hop bag and sinking them to the bottom of the fermenter, but I don't know which type of steel to use. I typically hear stainless, but would alloy steel work? Like a socket from my craftsman socket wrench set? What quality does stainless have that makes it ok for sitting in...

Hey guys, I'm brewin a Belgian dubbel and was curious whether anybody recommends adding the candi sugar during the boil vs. any other time. I assume it is all unfermentable, and therefore it would be of no benefit to add it part way into fermentation after the yeast have worked their way thru a...

Hey there everyone, Would there be any benefit to letting a beer cold condition in the fridge for a week or 2 prior to attaching the co2? Or would carbonating it in the fridge from the start have the same effect, and just lead to a more quickly carbonated beer? Basically, does carbonation have...

Hey all, For anybody who has brewed the morebeer black ipa kit, have you tried it with California ale yeast 1056, versus the pack man yeast that the site recommends? They boy ferment very clean, so I'm curious how different the results would be if I just used the 1056. Thanx

I had some Jim beam lying around so I decided to soak about 1 oz of oak cubes in it. They've been soaking in it for about 3 months. I'm planning to add it to a barley wine. How long after I remove them from the Jim beam do I add them to 2.5 gallons of barley wine? I assume just adding them...

Hey guys, I'm brewing a Belgian golden strong and I plan to let it get most of the way through primary before adding the 3lbs of sugar that it calls for- in order to let the yeast develop the proper enzymes and make their way through a good portion of the maltose before the introduction of...

I have always used mr malty.com for making starters using vials of liquid yeast. I made a 1067 beer 3 weeks ago and, based off of what mr malty said for DRY yeast, all I required was 1 yeast packet. At the time that seemed incorrect for a fairly high gravity beer. But I had kinda forgotten...

I've been cold conditioning a beer for three weeks and am planning to bottle it today. First time cold conditioning. I know that it causes yeast to settle out, among other things, like poly phenols, which helps smooth out the beers flavor. Anyway, I plan to rack to my bottling bucket, and...

Anybody had trouble getting these guys out of the body connects on a newly purchased keg? They will not budge and I don't want to do too much damage with my needle nose plyers. Thanks

Ok I need an expert. Last night I brewed a 5 gallon batch, cooled it, and aerated for 40 mins. I woke up this morning and it was already pushing some crud out of the blowoff tube.... Which is too soon based on my experience (although I did used yeast that I harvested one week prior and pitched...

Who has brewed this recipe? Won't know anything about your process but was curious on your critiques... I did extract with steeping grains... Definitely feel like the Carmel malt flavor dominates, with a little bitterness on the back end... Gotta give it a few more days in the keg but that won't...

As anybody had better luck with the shank with the welded nipple vs the shank with the nipple that screws on with a gasket? Any difference between the two? Thanks, jake

In everybodys experience, what faucet is the bet bang for the buck? I think ive narrowed it down to the perlick stainless and the perlick creamer stainless. Pros/ cons? Also, is there anything else that I should get that they don't come right out and tell you ( gaskets?- as it appears they don't...

I'm looking to buy a mini fridge that I can convert into a kegerator/fermentation fridge for the upcoming summer - not simultaneously of course. When fermenting, I plan to use it with the johnson temperature controller from morebeer. Based on people's experience, is there a particular...