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I'm considering trying a decoction mash on an American dark lager that I'm brewing for the first time. The recipe I tweaked used decoction mash. I've never done a decoction, and from my (limited) knowledge of the process, it comes from "the good ol' days" when malts were under modified and...

I bought a bottle of Goose Island Halia (because the bottle was cool looking and I haven't seen it before haha). I didn't realize it was a wild ale, which I freaking love (great accident). Problem is, I chilled it, but I'd like to put some age on it before drinking it. Will it be alright to...

Hey folks. I recently got a few carboys off Craigslist and I'm trying to clean them up. The guy said they hadn't been used in awhile so I figured a good soak would do the trick. Well after about 3 Oxyclean soaks and scrubbing with a brush they still look like this. When the liquid inside starts...

I'm doing a Biere de Garde this weekend that's gonna age for a loooong time. I don't really know if it's a Biere de Garde or not, but it's similar. Anyway, I'm planning on pitching all 3 strains at once in primary and just letting it do it's thing for a long time. Should I make a starter for...

Giving this a shot on here before going to Craigslist. Located in the Cherry Point area. Here is what I have for sale: Vissani Wine Fridge Converted Kegerator - Will hold 2 ball lock kegs (or 2 pin lock probably) and a 5 lb CO2 tank+regulator. Chills nicely. Will only cool down to about...

I got a bunch of ingredients in a Craigslist buy that are "old". I'm considering them essentially free and gonna brew something that I don't care if I have to dump. May be hard to dissolve this, but I may try. What do you think? Haha

This is 0.5 oz of grain in a 1.035 starter solution to see what I could grow. Held at 100F for a few days. I'm assuming this is mold, it looks like it started on the two pieces of grain that stuck to the side of the flask at the waterline, and was exposed to the air in the flask. It...

I just filled my tank at a local Airgas. They're the only place I can find within like 40 miles of me. After tax and everything 5lbs cost me $25.72.

Brew in progress. First time I have ever totally MISSED gravity....and by missed I mean.....MISSED..... Supposed to hit 1.041 pre-boil gravity, came in at 1.018, volume spot on 6.7 gallons. Yikes. The only thing I changed with this one is my water/grain ratio. I was 3.5 gallons per 10.25...

Hey everyone. I'm in the process of building my kegerator to include two 2-tap towers with a 4-way splitter to hold 4 kegs. For the time being though, I'm using one keg with the basic picnic tap until I buy the towers, splitter and remaining kegs. I haven't kegged before so I would appreciate...

Hey folks, made a pint of extra starter last time I brewed to keep the strain I had. Now I want to use it again to make a starter (with an extra pint to keep). Any idea how many cells to expect in this much so I can calculate starter size with BeerSmith? This is a "normal" pasta sauce jar.

Hey folks. I'm going to be sour'ing a Stout by filling my 5 gallon glass carboy to the brim with wort and adding a couple ounces of malted grain and hold it at around 100F for 36-48 hours before boiling and adding hops. From what I understand, it's best to reduce headspace to near zero...

Anyone have any suppliers for a CO2 fill/refill in the Cherry Point area?

Well folks, noobie mistake. This is my first attempt at adjusting distilled water to my desired profile. I have all the ingredients for my brew, yeast starter begun last night, water purchased and brew day is ready to go.... Except I didn't realize that my scale only does 1gram increments...

Hey folks, so water is the next thing on my list of processes to improve my beer. This is a new recipe, so I won't have anything to compare the results to. I plan on using distilled water and adding salts to achieve the profile I need. Here is my recipe and attempt. Recipe: AHBS W.W...

Hey all, just got my results back and they're somewhat encouraging. I haven't tried to brew with this water yet, I just moved here, but I plan on working on water next in my long list of things to "improve" my beer. I read the Bru'n Water - Water Knowledge page, whew, that's a LOT of...

Hey all! This is my first attempt at harvesting yeast and I have ingredients for a Pale Ale so I figured I would get SNPA's yeast and give it a shot. It is also my first attempt at making a starter with the new stir plate that I built. I used the dregs from 6 bottles in ~500ml of 1.035 wort...

Hey all, I posted in the DIY trying to figure out how to reuse this as a wort chiller but decided to sell/trade it for what I really want, and that's a SS 50' wort chiller. If you've got a 50' SS immersion chiller I would consider doing an outright trade on this. If someone on here wants it...

While buying some reclaimed wood from this guy for my keezer collar, he asked what the wood was for and I explained the collar. He said I may have something you would be interested in, and he pulled this thing out. Pardon the dirt in the first pic, I hadn't washed it. I hooked up a garden...

Hey all, I'm bored today, so I figured I would design my collar for my keezer. So I went ahead and built a 3D SketchUp model of the STC-1000 because I couldn't find one. I can't guarantee that it's 100% accurate to size, but it's likely as close as possible (I measured my device and compared...