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Hello All Moved from New York to Florida- wanted to start brewing again- Wanted to get your input on a few things- 1- Thinking about shifting to electric- maybe a grain father? 2- Concerned about fermenting temps- In NY- had a basement that stayed 60-70 degrees How do folks in South Florida...

Brewed a nice red yesterday, reach into my small fridge in brewing room aka garage and found I unlike the the beer and water in fridge the can of yeast had frozen, warm it up slowly and found some info on web the it would likely be 20/30 % loss of yeast... so I pitched it any way, thinking that...

I want to brew a HT Clone kit- NB has them as well Jaspers Brewing- Can you recommend a lit you has success with? Thanks Brew Steady!

Hello I want to upgrade my system from 5/6 gallon plastic buckets to a conical fermenter. I have seen the plastic Kind- Fast Fermenter And the SS kind- of course much more money. I am just looking for some comments from brewers that have made a similar change and if they had any advise on...

Hello- I forgot to take out my WLP004 last night- the bottle says minimum of 3 hours- Is there a safe way to got ready quicker? Like ready to go in a hour or two? Thank

I want to know if I can make a yeast starter a couple days in advance- and then store the it in fridge for a day or two before I use it? I realize that it would have to be room or wort temperature before I pitch it. Thoughts?

I brewed with a friend this weekend and he told me that beer comes out better when temp is kept to 200 degrees max and the lid is on. He makes very good beer so I said maybe the point of not boiling and keeping the lid make be legitimate.... So the question I haveis - when you brew, do...

Hello- I threw 3 kegs in Kezzer and pumped up the CO2 to about 20/22 lbs to carbonate it about a week ago. How long would you keep it there at that pressure? 1 Week? Also I just added my forth, and want to Keep the pressure high as well, but that wound mean keeping the other 3 that...

I just purchased a 15 gal Spike Brewing Kettle- I beautiful piece of equipment!! My burner with my old 8 gal. worked fine- However not sure it is enough for this size kettle- which I hope to do 10 gallon batches with in the future. I did a test run with 5 gals. of tap water starting at...

I seen some mention that they have tried this kit and have soaked the chips in whiskey in addition to what was there already. My question is, after looking at the chips, and the bag they are in, there is also a good amount of dust with them. So, should I soak them now, with brewing this...

I got a beer set up for my kegerater with 5/16 lines and added 2 more taps later. My LHB store sold me smaller lines, I want to say 3/16 or 1/4 ? Well- I noticed quit a difference when poring a beer from the two different lines. 5/16 pours slowly- In my opinion, better, more controlled...

Well I brewed a belgian dark strong- used the the right amount of water 5 gallons, I have one growler left over worth of beer after transferring to the secondary. So I was thinking- can I add some priming sugar to the growler and "growler" condition this brew? And if so- how much sugar do I...

Going to make a yeast start tomorrow for my beer brewing event on Saturday. I have had and see allot on different ratios on how DME to water. My local Brew Store- says 1 cup DME to 2 cups water YouTube says-Beer nation- 1/2 cup DME to 2 cups water White Labs says- To brew a high gravity...

Greetings I brewed my Belgian Triple from Brewer's best and used White Labs Yeast. I droped the yeast in Friday night around 9:00pm and as of this am- there a little or no bubbling going on. I brewed four other kits and within 24 hours the things a bubbling like crazy. Should I be worried...

Want to brew a Belgian Triple: I searched the forum for this question but did not find a definitive answer, they may not be one but here are the ones i found: http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/belgian-tripel-extract-kit.html http://morebeer.com/products/belgian-trippel-extract-beer-kit.html...

Brewed my first batch- Belgian IPA; Kegged it IT was Delicious but it was cloudy.. Thought that was normal but the last few glasses where same color but clear. I have it under 12 lbs pressure of co2 and keep it around 36/37 degrees. My question is why at the beginning cloudy and clear...

I am going for batch number 2, setting up everything- I was just wondering if it's ok to put my sanitize in a non-food safe bucket, like the ones your get from HD? A clean one of course. Or do I need to get another food grade bucket? Thanks in advance!

Greeting Beer Bro's Just put my first batch in the keg- set the press at 15 lbs, is that right? Do I serve it at that pressure as well? Thanks for help in advance :mug:

Hello- Going with the old adage:"happy wife, happy Life" Could someone recommend a Killians Red clone? My wife loves this beer so I thought I brew her a batch!

Greetings- Going on vacation and thought I get a book to read on home brewing, any suggestions? Thanks