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I have a tap tower with some pretty old liquid lines that I would like to replace. The trouble is that I do not know how to disconnect and reconnect the pieces that I see inside of the tower. In particular I don't understand what is connecting the hose to the metal portion. The other trouble...

I have a beer recipe for a Wit that only lists an OG and percentages of each grain. How do I convert this into actual weights of each grain instead of just percentages? Also, how do I convert that all-grain recipe into a mini-mash recipe? Also my LHBS sells Red Wheat, Torrified Wheat Malt...

I have a recipe that says to leave the beer in primary for 1 week, secondary for 1 week, and bottled/kegged for 3 weeks before drinking. My question is how important are the boundaries between those three stages as long as the overall time from start to finish is the same? I know that the...

Is it ever a bad idea to use a yeast starter in a batch of beer instead of just using a vial of liquid yeast directly (White Labs)? The recipe for my first batch (Stone IPA clone) recommended using a starter due to high original gravity, and I did. It had a vigorous fermentation and the end...

After bottling my first batch (AHS Stone IPA clone) I immediately put some of the bottles into the refrigerator for the entire three week priming period. After reading an HBT thread today I now realize that this was a mistake (they should have been at 70 degrees this whole time). What should...

What is the safest way (in terms of sanitation) to take a hydrometer reading before primary fermentation? Do you leave some wort in the pot and measure it? Do you dunk the hydrometer tube in the bucket? The former seems like it wouldn't be accurate (you haven't added the rest of the water...