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Is only my 3rd time with a partial mash, and both of those oatmeal stouts turned out great! The bit I'm concerned about is the lagering, as I've only done ales to this point. I'm using the Imperial Octoberfest/Marzen from Austin. My fermentation room is under my porch, solid concrete...

Is there any reason to use campden or some other finishing additive at bottling time to prevent bottle bombs? I'm figuring that after using the white labs sweet mead yeast, it only attenuates to 16% or something and at that point the yeast is asleep anyway. I'm a long time brewer, first time...

I made Orfy's hobgoblin clone back in October, which was the first time I have used Irish Moss. That batched turned out incredibly cloudy, in fact I have had much more success with the late extract method in getting a clear beer than with first try with Irish Moss. I'm wondering if what messed...

Curious if anyone has a suggestion on how to pull off a stuck ball lock. The release moves, and i can kind of twist it side to side, but it's tight. I did have some trouble getting it on, and the top of the post was dented. Maybe i should just get a replacement post, just wanted to save the...

http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=kentucky+breakfast+founders&category0= This brewery is local to me and they make some dang good brew, but man I can't see 20 bucks a bottle for it when I paid 20 for my 4 pack, and once a year get to drink this stuff on tap...

I've washed 2 batches thanks to the stickied how to above, and i have a question. I was making room for my 3rd keg/faucet in the fridge last night and had to move my jars of yeast. All were clear liquid wise with the yeast setteled out nicely on the bottom except for one, it was cloudy and...

I'm new to kegging (first of the year). I have 2, custom built splitter, pretty much dispensing at 12-15ish PSI. I have 2 on tap right now and when i fill a glass i get a good head, but no residual bubbles out of the glass and it's kind of flat. Doesn't bother me much because I'm a sipper and...

I'm wanting to make a batch, and I wonder about starting with a northern brewer kit, one of the sweet mead kits. I'd like to add some fruit, and havn't really figured out what would be best. I'd like to hear some recomendations if i should just start with like wildflower, or what not...

Need some opinions/advice Here's my recipie: 4lbs Wheat Malt .5 oz warrior (60 minute, pellet) .5 oz hallertrau (60 minutes, plug) 1oz bitter orange (15 minutes) .5 oz tettenger (10 minutes, pellet) I also want to dry hop with some whole leave earl grey tea to try and get some of...

What do you all use to prime the remainder of the wort with? Primetabs, or has someone figured out how much cornsugar to dilute in an ammount of boiled water to mix with?

I left my carboy with starsan in it for a couple weeks and now I have what kind of looks like hardwater stains in it. Am I safe to use a little CLR to clear that up and then rinse with starsan again? I don't yet have a brush long enough to reach the bottom of my carboys as it hasn't been a...

Is this style keg worth converting to a keggle? the one i have access to is aluminum and before i spend any time on it, does anyone use one of these styles for a keggle I can see how the dip tube chamber at the bottom is perfect for the spigot hole, and the plug in the side is about the...

While I'm waiting to hear back from the Virgin islands brewing company if they will share a 5 gallon recipe... Has anyone drank/seen a clone recipe for it? It's been a year+ since I drank it last but it's supposed to be a traditional Amber Ale. Digging around the interweb I've found out that...

I'm not farmilar with this yeast, and am using it in the honey kolsch kit from Northern Brewer. Should I expect much krausen? My experience so far (since this is my first time using wyeast) i made a starter, so 3 hours before i boiled the DME, i pulled the activator pack out of the fridge...

I need to bitter up this Hefe i way under hopped because it tastes way to malty. I remember seeing a post about making hop tea and blending to taste but I can't find it :( Do i need to boil the hops in some malt, or just water and the hops? I'll be adding this to about 4.5 gallons in my...

http://grandrapids.craigslist.org/for/525920261.html just found this today, and wow, that's a nice setup. I'm considering asking if he's interested in breaking up the items any. I know i can't entertain any offer for RIMS getup, and i highly doubt he'd be interested in selling just one or...

Okay, making my second yeast starter ever, and i'm making it for the 8-8-08 RIS. I've read: http://www.howtobrew.com/section1/chapter6-5.html and the yeast starter bit on the wiki, and what i'm unclear on is how soon to add the next bit of malt to the starter for stepping it up/ramping it up...

Got my 2 used cornies yesterday, as well as the rest of the missing hardware I need (still need my second beer line, and a manifold). Man is it nice not to have to wash so many bottles. Minus time to drill holes in my fridge and clean/lube/sanitise my first keg/line/tap I'm going to really...

Anyone made one? Curious if i can just get the brass fittings from homedepot/lowes/menards and go with that. I figured since i wont be running more than 30PSI or anything it doesn't have to be anything special.