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I may have a few minutes tomorrow (Monday) to get an apfelwein started. I'm out of dextrose. My homebrew shop is closed on Mondays. What other types of stores might have dextrose (not online, since I need it same-day)? Will anything at a grocery store be an adequate substitute...

My kegerator is in the basement with the tap right over my sump pump. I'm thinking of installing a drip tray with a drain. Can I run tubing from the drain into my sump pump? I'm pretty ignorant about the sump pump and don't know if having some beer overflow into it will be a problem...

Hi everyone, Back again after a long hiatus (just reintroduced myself in the introductions section) I just put together another batch of EdWort's Apfelwein and had a few questions: 1.) I left the Star San foam in the carboy (which I usually do since the forum assured me it's ok last...

Hi everyone, I've been away for a while so I'm reintroducing myself. SWMBO had a baby (do we still say SWMBO around here or was that a fad?). In fact we found out she was pregnant just a week or two after last year's Maryland Big Brew day at 98EXL's house. Anyway, I'll be inching my...

Hey all, Sorry I sort of dropped off the planet after the spring MD Big Brew Day -- found out my wife's having a baby so my priorities have been shuffled around a bit! Anyway, I'm looking to brew again next week and have a question: I accidentally bought ingredients for a 10-gallon batch...

I left my apfelwein in primary for about 13 weeks (mostly out of laziness). Primed/bottled last week. I realize it will need some time to fully carbonate (how much?), but will I need to age it much further after that? In other words, does extra time in primary "count" towards aging...

I'm not sure if I've ever even tried any Michelob -- I've always lumped it in with the BMC crowd (are they owned by B, M, or C?) and never really given them a chance. They've been putting out these commercials for a line of "craft" beers which are supposedly based on century-old family...

I gave some homebrew to a friend and explained that it will be better if he allows it to age for a while. He asked why. Of course, I made up some pseudo-intelligent bullsh*t answer and made a mental note to find out the REAL answer for next time someone asks. What exactly is happening in the...

Just stumbled upon this on the net -- they're making rectangular bottles with lego-like indentations, so that you can recycle your bottles into building materials. Kind of a neat idea. Of course, we homebrewers recycle our bottles already, by actually using them as *bottles* again, but this...

As far as I'm aware, this hasn't been posted here yet--my apologies if it's a repost: http://www.samueladams.com/promotions/HopSharing/Default.aspx chris.

Sorry for the repeat question, I know I've seen this answered before but it's not coming up in any of my searches... Where is the 5 gallon mark on a 5 gallon carboy? Where is the 5 gallon mark on a 6.5 gallon carboy? Where is the 6.5 gallon mak on a 6.5 gallon carboy? Thanks, chris.

Oops, I just realized that I took my OG reading from the brew pot, before I added my top off water. Is there a reasonably accurate way for me to adjust my reading? I don't know exactly how much was boiled off, but I estimate that I had about: 3.5-3.75 gallons of wort after the boil (this...

It was a brew day of many firsts -- first time mashing (Partial Mash), first time doing primary in a glass carboy instead of bucket, and first time using a blow-off tube. I have to say, this is a lot more fun. All the blubs and gurgles and splats from the blowoff tube are much cooler then a...

My strike temperature dropped too quickly (despite preheating and using strike temp calculated by Beersmith). I ended up having to add a lot of hot water to get it up to 155ish. I did this in several small spurts so don't know how much I added, probably at least a few quarts. This is a...

Doing my first partial mash tonight (time permitting) -- what's the best way to measure efficiency in a small-ish brewpot which is not deep enough for a hydrometer or a large wine thief sample? (I'm boiling 3.5-4 gallons) My instinct it to just siphon some out into the wine thief. Let me...

I have a barebones single-tap kegerator system side-mounted on a full-sized refrigerator. Eventually I'd like to add a second tap and I'm trying to figure out the best way to do it: 1.) Buy another shank/faucet (and a splitter or secondary regulator) and just drill another hole in my...

I'm going to try my first partial mash as a step towards learning AG brewing. I'll be using a 10g round rubbermaid cooler MLT, but with only 3lb grain, 4.5qt (1.12g) strike water, and about 3.5g sparge water. I've read that it's generally best to divide a batch sparge into two batches...