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Made my first Barleywine back in January. Have been trying it from time to time to see if flavors develop or change to my liking. Very, very boozy. About 3 months ago, I added some French oak chips. I tried it this morning and you can definitely taste the subtle flavor of french oak...

Entering into my first beer competition and need some advice. I need to submit 2 12 oz or 1 22oz bottles. I hate bottle conditioning so should I submit carbonated beer from my keg in grolsch bottles instead? Any advice would be most appreciated.

Wondering if anyone knows of any competitions held around Chicagoland or a website that shows upcoming events for home brewers.

Have a couple of beers that are waiting on empty kegs. How long can a beer last in a secondary?

Have a bourbon porter in primary for 2 weeks. Recipe says to put in secondary with 2oz wood chips and 16 oz bourbon for 4 weeks. Do I really need to rack and put in secondary or can I just add ingredients to primary and let sit for 4 weeks? I hate all the cleanup!!!!

I'm making a bourbon barrel porter. It calls for 2oz of bourbon soaked oak chips along with 12oz of Makers Mark. Has anyone used wood chips before and do you have any pros and cons of using them? It will be a good 6-8 weeks before I get to try it, so I want to make sure I don't screw it up.

I accidentally left the hop sack from the boil in my primary last night. It won't do anything to the fermentation process, right?

Looking for a great Hefeweizen recipe. Made an all grain recipe I found on Northern Brewer. It was just ok. If there are any all grain recipes out there please share.

Just bought my first single keg brewing system. I was wondering what I would need to carbonate 2 kegs at the same time? Can I do it off of one CO2 tank?

Heading to the Portland are for the first time in September. Looking of some great breweries to visit. Any ideas?

Ran out of corn sugar. Want to bottle my 5 gallon of Hefe tonight and was wondering how much table sugar I should use. Any suggestions?

Brewed last night and was disappointed that I didn't hit my OG of 1.08. Used 13.5 pounds of pale malt for a 5 gallon batch. Used a multi step infusion and the temps seemed good. My OG was 1.06, which wast bad but wasn't what I wanted. Only my 5th batch. I'm sure I could have added some...

Seems every place I have called is out of Amarillo Hops. Any idea of what I can you in place of Amarillo?

Noticed today that my airlock stopped jumping after just 4 days of fermentation. Should I be concerned?

Looking for a recipe for a citrus flavored summertime beer. One that uses a combo of specialty grains and extracts. I'm not ready for mashing. New at this game.

I am going to do a secondary fermentation and have a question. In order to transfer the beer to the carboy from the fermentation bucket, should I siphon the beer to the carboy or should I pour it into the carboy using a funnel?