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I am moving in six weeks or so, and most of my brewing equipment is at the new place, and that's where I am going to brew periodically until I officially move. I have easier temperature control at the new place, can use NG outside instead of stovetop messiness (I'm a particularly messy person, I...

I am very new to wild brewing, so I appreciate any input. I made a smoked robust porter that was quite delicious a few weeks ago on tap, but has recently taken on a tart/almost sour smell and taste. It has to be lacto, my first known infection. There is ~2.5 gallons left. I need the keg (I am...

One of the most amazing things about homebrewing is how the learning literally never ends. It can't. You can read every book out there, brew every style 1,000 times and get a 40 on everything you submit to a competition, but unbeknownst to you, somewhere else in the world someone is discovering...

SWMBO and I thought we had a gallon or two of a Heady Topper-inspired DIPA in the kegerator. Had shrimp biryani last night, looking forward to pairing them.... But it was all gone. First time I've felt a real sense of sadness. Both bummed, still angry, too generous with my friends. She was a...

I'm brewing a Smoky Boktoberfest as soon as the grains arrive from AHS courtesy of patthebrewer here on HBT. Anyone else?

It sometimes occur to me that brewing has taught me skills that are seeping into other areas of my life in very random ways. One thing I just noticed is that when I am putting dishes in the dishwasher that have liquid left in them, I always swirl the liquid and dump it before I put it into the...

This doesn't really pertain to those of you who keg with tons of taps, or who exclusively bottle, but for those of you (like me) who keg with ~2 taps, do you utilize a pipeline strategy? I've recently decided that my thought process for beer goes like this: "Do I want a hoppy pale ale or do I...

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Hi all, My fiance and I started brewing beer together but it has become more my hobby than hers. I think I am just more passionate about it. She loves beer, but also loves wine, so I was thinking of getting her a wine kit for Christmas so she has her own thing. We have a lot of the...

Hi all. I'm trying to adjust my brewing water to make better beer. I've looked up my local water report, plugged it in to the spreadsheets recommended in other threads, and have come up with this: Estimated Mash pH is 4.77, which is lower than the desired 5.4-5.6. The water is soft, and the...

Ugh. Just spent the better part of the afternoon switching my 5 ft. beer lines to 10 ft. lines in my kegerator. Everything seemed to go smoothly. Was able to tighten everything, used plumber's tape, lube, etc. As soon as I hooked the beer lines to my 2 carbonated kegs, beer started dribbling...

... felt a keg and thought 'Gee, it's almost kicked, I should finish it so I can get a new keg carbed for the weekend,' started drinking a lot, only to realize there must have been more in there than you realized? Whoops. :drunk:

Alrighty, so I've had a pumpkin conditioning in a keg for about a month or so, waiting for a beer to kick. I hit it with CO2 and purged before I put it aside. I took it out because one of my kegs is about to kick. A voice in the back of my head then shouted out "What if there was a leak this...

Hi all, I have a couple thoughts I've been wrestling with, and am unable to find consensus elsewhere. I am making a chocolate bock. The diacetyl rest is complete and I am currently lowering the temperature back down to lager it. I am adding 4 oz. of cacao beans and 2 vanilla beans, but am...

As homebrewers, we probably get deliveries more often than the average non-homebrewer. (My driver thinks I am an alcoholic.) Even if we use a LHBS, sometimes they don't have this or that, or are charging more for it, etc. So, my question is, which do you prefer: UPS or FedEx? I almost always...

I brewed an Iced Coffee Ale (basically an amber with some strong coffee flavor, may even experiment adding a little milk to it, anyways...) using coffee, but some of the grounds must have found their way from the secondary to the keg. I probably should have used a grain bag or cheese cloth, but...

Yesterday my kegerator and corny kegs arrived. At the same time, I had two extract batches to brew before I went away for the long weekend. So I had a very ambitious plan of: 1.) setting up kegerator 2.) transferring three batches to keg 3.) brewing an IPA 4.) brewing a chocolate bock 1...

I have a dilemma, though not the worst dilemma to have. I have a brew from months ago, a mango blonde, that is not great. It is not good. But it is definitely passable. I almost wish it was a total failure so I could dump it, but it isn't a total failure. However, I have other homebrews now and...

Long time lurker here, finally decided to pony up and get in the mix. Been brewing ~3 years, I think? From Boston, that's about all that is interesting about me. See you on the boards!