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I am brewing this weekend and I did my usual starter ritual by going to yeastcalc.com first. I got an error page when the site loaded. Does anyone know who hosts this site? Can we donate to bring it back? Has it moved? I searched all over the forums and couldn't find anything related to this...

I haven't posted anything here in a while but wanted to write a little 'diary' type post. I am finding myself digging out of a brewing "funk". I think what I'm going through now a lot of home-brewers experience. Starting out with the first few extract kits lead to an early stage of...

I planted seven hop plants this year. Most of them are doing very well for first year hops. However one of them is giving me trouble. The hop cones have little white spots on it and the leaves have yellow spots all over them. I'm wondering if anyone has seen this before on their hops and had...

I'm guessing no based on the view count. But this reminded me of the "TakeSomeAdvice" videos a bit... Rather than being psychotic about sanitation this guy just makes me smack my head and say, doh!! :smack: Wiping things down with plain paper towels, rinsing sanitized equipment with tap...

So I bought a bunch of falconers flight hops on sale from my LHBS. They were 2011 from Hopunion. I made a Rye-IPA with them; 1oz Columbus at 60, 1 oz FF at 30 and 1 oz FF at 1 minute. I took a sample last night and WHOA, it literally smells like my armpits after a run in July. The taste is...

Almost a year of brewing/development including two iterations I'm finally comfortable sharing this recipe. The rauch flavor was a bit heavy for me the first time around. I tuned it down and added a half pound of wheat for a heftier head and a bit more body. Tweak the rauch malt based on your...

My garage looks like a sauna with all the steam coming out. Hopefully my neighbors don't think I'm doing anything suspicious... Gotta love upstate NY!

Kris Kringle Stout Brew Method: All Grain Style Name: Foreign Extra Stout Boil Time: 60 min Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume) Boil Size: 7 gallons Efficiency: 75% (brew house) STATS: Original Gravity: 1.067 Final Gravity: 1.018 ABV (standard): 6.41% IBU (tinseth): 40.21...

I have Krome faucets and have been looking around for a growler filler adapter that will work with them. The few that I've found have explicitly said they dont work with Krome. Has anyone found any that they know work with Krome faucets? Here is an example...

I made a dopplebock two weeks ago expecting the usual freezing cold weather in Upstate NY to ferment in my basement without much effort. It was nice and cold the week up to when I brewed and of course it's been around 50 every day since then... Usually this time of year I can follow the Ron...

I bought a nitrogen setup for my keezer. I have everything except the nitro tank and beer gas. I've read through this thread https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/rochester-ny-co2-tank-refill-274450/index2.html but havent found anything about beer gas? I just wondered if anyone had any...

I use light DME for my yeast starters. Since DME is so reactive to water I was wondering how some folks store it, as well as how long they keep it once it has been opened? I buy 1 pound bags of light DME for starters and just tape it back up and store it in a ziploc bag until it's gone. I...

So I searched the forums and was unable to find anything relating to this... My last batch has this strange viscous property to it. When CO2 bubbles come up from the brew, I can see little liquid balls form on top of the beer, usually near the side of the glass. It doesn't affect the taste of...

I'm starting to think of my Fall recipes and I'm thinking of adding some spices to them. I want to add cinnamon, nutmeg or a similar spice but I"m not sure what quantity to use. Has anyone added cinnamon or a similar spice to their secondary with success? If so what quantity would be good for a...

I'm starting to think of my Fall recipes and I'm thinking of adding some spices to them. I want to add cinnamon, nutmeg or a similar spice but I"m not sure what quantity to use. Has anyone added cinnamon or a similar spice to their secondary with success? If so what quantity would be good for a...

So I am fortunate enough to have availability to as much wheat as I want (my stepdad owns a farm). I asked him to save me a bag or two for my homebrew adventures. My question is this: How do you clean/prepare wheat for the homebrew process? I'm sure wheat that I buy from my local homebrew...