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A local brewery went out of business recently and I bought some grains at the auction. (It was online so I purchased them without knowing the type). Anyway, I'm putting them to use today with a recipe I made up with what I have and wanted to know if this would fall into any particular style of...

I usually make my starters the day before I brew with yeast I've washed from previous batches. However, sometimes I forget, so I make the starter in the morning before I start brewing on brew day which means it sits for 4-5 hours before I pitch. Is this a waste of time or is it still helpful...

Just wanted to share with everyone here that I bought a couple brew bags from Wilserbrewer from here on the forums and did my first brew this past weekend. I am extremely happy with my purchase! The bags are very well built and seem to have this texture which keeps the grains from sticking to...

I normally keg my beer, but will still bottle every once in awhile. I bottled a batch on Father's Day only to realize I had no priming sugar. Went to LHBS only to find it closed for Father's Day. Came back home and realized I had a bag of Munton's carbonating tabs in my fridge. I...

Ok, I have 7 fridges or freezers and we get a monthly audit from our electric company that tells us how we compare to our neighbors usage and we are consistently about 61% higher usage than our neighbors. I also have a bar and we do leave about 4 neon lights on all the time, but it was my...

I have a keg-orator with dual taps and 4 corny kegs. So I try to keep my spare kegs full and ready to go. I just got an extra co2 tank so I can carbonate my spare kegs while they're waiting too be used. The only place I can keep them is in my garage which during the day may be in the 50's to...

I was cold crashing some beer and had my washed yeast in the same fridge (which is my fermentation chamber) when I changed the temp back to 69 degrees I forgot the yeast and it's been in there for about a month. Is it any good?

Last year I let my hops dry too much on the vine, so I'm worried about leaving them on too long. Do these look like they are ready to pick? They are Cascade.

OK.....I keep my brew kettle in the garage and forgot to rinse it before I started a batch. During the boil I saw something dark floating around and fished out a dead cricket. Since it was about 10 minutes into the boil I am not going to discard the batch. If it were a cockroach I would feel...

I just kegged a batch of hard lemonade and sweetened to taste. I was going to let it sit in the keg for about a week to carb and then add potassium sorbate to stop any further fermenting. Is there anything wrong with doing it this way? Thanks, OG = 1.072 FG = 0.099 Added 5lbs of sugar in a...

I'm still fairly new to kegging and kegged a batch about two weeks ago and set the keg in my fermentation chamber until I'm ready for it. I just noticed a leak in the "out" liquid post with some beer residue leaking out. Does this need to be fixed? If so how? Or will it solve itself when I hook...

Just finished up my home bar and wanted to share. Originally an enclosed patio for a hot tub room.

I am new to kegging and just put a keg of hard lemonade in my new kegerator. Everything has been fine for the first few days. I set the regulator to 10 PSI and was just going to let it carbonate. Last night I turned the kegerator to the coldest setting and today it was showing about 22 degrees...

http://www.beveragefactory.com/draftbeer/kegerators/dualkegerator/Kegco_K199SS-2.html I'm looking to purchase a kegerator and this one caught my eye. Should I upgrade to the Perlicks if I get it? That was about the only upgrade that caught my eye. I can't build my own right now just due to...

Have to dump a batch of Christmas Brown Ale. It was a Newcastle clone recipe that I have brewed before with success, but this time I thought I would add some Cinnamon & clove for a Christmas Ale. I used 1 tablespoon of ground cinnamon and 1 teaspoon of clove and put in the boil with 5 minutes...

Made this on Saturday and here it is Tuesday night and this thing is still bubbling away hard! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_S17vCQPAs

We had a nice snow last night which I had anticipated in order to brew today. Some things I noticed that were definite advantages: 1) Easier to cool the wort down after boil with available snow! 2) Less chance of infection with freezing temperatures. (I think) 3) Was able to cool down my...

I have a strange phenomenon going on. Whenever I pour my first beer into the glass it foams excessively and I only get about a half glass of beer. (If I'm lucky) However, after drinking the first beer rinsing the glass and pouring my second beer, it pours perfectly. I thought this was a...

This has been fermenting at 68 degrees since 8/18/13. Not sure what that white stuff is growing up the sides of the carboy. Any ideas?

I didn't get very many this year, but I think I left them on the vine too long. What do you think?