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Ok so I brewed a all grain batch of Northern Brewers Dead Ringer IPA on 2/18/2014 OG 1.06 Wyeast 1056 On 3/6/14 I dry hopped 2oz of centenial but I did not sanitize my hop bag... DUN DUN DUN!!! 3/13/14 I opened my fermenter and saw a layer of oily bubbles and was heart broken. I tried to...

Added 2 more taps to my kegerator and a chalkboard back plate :) Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

So I brewed a northern brewer all grain Irish red on 1/28 and it had an og of 1.050 I checked it tonight for the first time and it's at 1.024 I used wyeast #1272 How can I get the yeast to start back up? It's been fermenting @ 65 degrees Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

I'm a fairly new brewer with about 90 gallons under my belt in the last 6 months and I've been struggling with my brew house efficiencies. I have been batch sparging but never put any thought into fly sparging it was always a "higher level technique" boy was I wrong I just hit 80% (I was around...

I'm currently reading the IPA book by Mitch Steele, and i was inspired by our forefathers and their brewing techniques. So I decided to try an experiment. I was brewing an Arrogant Bastard clone and had a high grain bill, so after my initial mash and I was starting my AB boil. I mashed the...

I didn't close my keg tap all the way last night and lost nearly all 5 gallons of an arrogant bastard clone! That sat in primary for a month and then in my keg for another month. It wasn't perfect not as nutty and a shade lighter than Stones AB but it was damn close. And delicious. I almost...

Inside my KEEZER - FERM CHAMBER

I just finished my first keg of home brew so I decided I would go ahead and clean and sanitize everything so I started out by just rinsing my keg an then I put some no rinse cleaner in it and a small amount of star San and THEN IT CAME TO ME .... THE GREATEST IDEA EVER!!! So I put the lid on...

My regulator has sprung a leak! :( two tanks 1 keg boo I have tightened every fitting used Teflon tape on the joints and I have been paranoid about loosing co2 so now I'm leaving the tank off ( when I do the keg has a pressure , and a few hours later it has non) no fun spending 40 bucks on co2

When I drink beer I'm looking for that fuzzy feelin when I first open a bottle or poor the draught. You know that feeling of relaxation of general good will and almost a state of enlightenment that comes with your first sip of a good beer. That is what I have been imagining for the last month...

I started my first all grain batch Saturday, I missed my target og of 1.062 and and had an OG of 1.054. It had an active fermentation for the 1st few days but the foam on top never grew more than a 1/2 inch should I worry? Also any tips on keeping the mashton from clogging?