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Excellent. Thanks for your help man.

Hey folks, I've read just about everything I could find on here about using a sour mash but couldn't find answers to a few of the questions I had. Im hoping the helpful people of HBT can help me out. I've been brewing for a few years now, but have never attempted a sour beer, and decided...

No I haven't tasted it yet, I'll do that tomorrow. What will it taste like if its bad?

Hey Folks! So I've been brewing for about 3 years now, and have never had a contaminated batch, but I'm nervous about my latest. I brewed 3 weeks ago, and racked into secondary a week later and dry-hopped with some sorachi ace and lemon zest (soaked the lemon zest in vodka for about 5 minutes...

Hey all, I'm going to a friends house next weekend about a 2 hours drive away. I wanted to bring my latest batch with me. I started carbing it today so it should be good to go by the time I leave. I was wondering if there was any preferred method for transporting it. Any success stories for...

I have been trying to get my air disconnect off of the liquid fitting on the keg. I was force carbonating and now I can't get it off. It can't possibly be this hard. Am I doing something wrong? Somebody help please!!

Thanks a lot. Should I shake vigorously or gently?

Hey Guys, I tried to do a search but I couldn't find anybody with my particular dilemma. I just kegged by first batch (Ive been bottling for a few years) and found an article that told me to Carb at 41 degrees and 13 psi for the whole time and that my beer would be carbonated in 4 days. I...

I am going to be using DME to prime my beer for the first time. I normally use corn sugar but I forgot to pick it up and I've got a bunch of DME lying around. Normally when I use corn sugar I heat up a cup of water and then simply let the sugar dissolve in the hot water. When using DME do I...

The gravity has not changed in 3 days and there has been zero airlock activity. Krausen has fallen. I know I'm supposed to relax but I'm pretty sure I shocked the yeast.

Hey guys, I know this question has been asked thousands of times but I just want to be sure I am doing this right. I am brewing a Pilsner and I pitched a yeast starter into the wort (1.052 OG) and let it sit overnight at 65 degrees to be sure fermentation started. When I woke up in the...

So this is a kind of nitpicky question but Beer Brewing brings out the perfectionist in me. I have been doing late additions and am wondering what the exact correct process should be. If I do a boil for 60 minutes with half the extract, and then add the rest of the extract with 15 minutes...

I don't have a very big brew kettle since I am only able to brew on my range. If I were to sparge with more water It would overflow the pot. Can I pour some of the wort into another pot and store it until some wort boils away? You guys think thats what the problem was? I didn't use enough...

Hey guys, I know these types of questions float around here all the time but I couldn't really find what I was looking for by searching. I hope you have some ideas for me. I brewed an IPA from AHS on Sunday and the OG was supposed to be 1.066 but in reality it was 1.053. I was way off and I...

If my yeast is supposed to ferment between 68 and 73 degrees. What temp should I keep the fridge at? Do I need to account for the heat given off by the fermentation itself?

I understand that thats where it should be but I dont run the AC when Im at work during the day and since its like 95 degrees outside right now it gets really hot in my apt. So its either 80 (room temp) or 57 (in the fridge). Thats my dilemma

I am brewing a Hefeweizen today using the white labs hefeweizen yeast. My mini fridge wont go any higher than 57 degreees but if I turn it off it gets up to like 80 degrees. I know I can buy an external controller for the fridge but I havent made that investment yet. The question is what temp...

Hey fellas. I wanted to start making my way into all-grain brewing so the first step in doing so is to invest in a bigger pot. I live in an NYC apartment so I cant buy an outdoor propane burner. Will my gas range be able to handle heating and maintaining 6 gallon boils? Will it work but...

So I noticed that AHS really pushes the 1% alcohol boost and says that it it odorless, flavorless, etc. Is this really true? Are there certain styles of beer that you wouldnt recommend using this in? It just seems to me that an extra 1% of alcohol should affect the taste a little bit. I...

thanks a lot guys... really appreciate it. Ill order one of these ASAP. So I already made a starter because Im going to brew a AHS Fat Tire Ale clone. Is this temp (75 degrees) going to really mess it up? The yeast I have (White Labs California Ale) has a recommended temp of 68 - 73 degrees...