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I am doing partial mash... I did the grain in bag in 154 degree water for 45 minutes... Heated up sparge water to 168 degrees, plan on doing the tea bag method. Will I get better results if I rinse my grains with the sparge water from the tea bag pot??

Gas connection on pin lock leaks, if I position the connection just right it stops, but if it gets bumped it'll leak co2... Using a new o ring kit and brand new connector.... Any suggestions? Maybe find a thicker o ring for a tighter connection?

What is a good website for finding Good beer recipes... Not just off the shirt collar recipes, but good tried and trued recipes...

I have a black ale that is ready to be bottled. My keezer will be done in a week or 2. I would just assume keg it, but I have no regulator or co2. Is it bad to let it sit in the keg without co2? I could let it sit in fermenter longer, but I dry hopped it and just assume get it out.

I brewed an AHS Belgium Wheat, pitched Wyeast Belgium Wheat 3942. I brewed everything per instructions. Brew is not making any signs of yeast working 36 hrs later. What should I do? I smacked the pack, but it didn't inflate like past packs have. It did inflate a little. I read through the...

Is it really necessary to wash bottles with soap/oxi clean and water, or can I just rinse them in my sanitizer before bottling? I always do a good rinse when they are empty... Just looking for a faster way to bottle my brew... Don't say to keg, I already know that's the fastest... Lol

I have a Smashing Pumpkin Ale kit coming from Northern Brewer. Here the list of ingredients: SPECIALTY GRAIN - 0.5 lb Briess Caramel 40 FERMENTABLES - 3.15 lbs Amber malt syrup (60 min) - 1.0 lb Pilsen dried malt extract (60 min) - 3.15 lbs Amber malt syrup late addition (15 min)...

I need to add some oak and bourbon to my porter in the secondary. I plan on soaking the chips in bourbon for a couple days and placing in the secondary for a week. Do I need to sanitize the chips first or will the bourbon kill any bacteria? I was just gonna sanitize a jar fill with the chips...

Brewed some Northern Brewer's Bourbon Barrel Porter... Just got done racking to the secondary, OG was 1.068 and finish at 1.020... The FG seems a little high yet, is this normal range for this kit??? Am I still ok?? Thanks

Looking to get a sample from primary for the hydrometer, I just sanitize my thief, pull the lid and dip? I've heard horror stories about infecting beer.

I am brewing a batch of Caribou Slobber, usin liquid Wyeast... When I add the yeast, do I dump it and stir or dump it in and leave it?