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So I brewed my first beer in well over a year and its been sitting in the fermenter for ~5 weeks and it dawned on me....I don't want to bottle any more. So I am trying to figure out where to put a kegging system. I am not so sure I can convince my wife to get a kegerator (lack of space in my...

Haven't brewed in ~15 months. I had 3 different kits sitting around (8-9 months old) and finally decided I had the time to make a batch. Old LME + old grains + old dry yeast + cold house + plus no evidence of yeast starting = worried camper. And my JAOM (started yesterday too) isn't showing...

I wont go into details but basically its been 13 months since I last brewed beer and I have 8 month old LME + specialty grains. Well....I think I might be able to start brewing again. I hate the idea of throwing out those ingrediants. Can I still use them and make an acceptable beer? Or is 8...

I pre-ordered my rhizomes (cascade, centenial, and williamette) and received the them about 6 weeks ago. The day the shipment showed up I was headed out of town. So I put a damp paper towel in their packaging and refrigerated them (I believed that was what I was supposed to do). When I came back...

I've been content with my semi-cloudy home brew. However, I've been thinking about it and wondering if perhaps I'd enjoy my beer a bit more if it were clearer. So I was wondering... Does Irish Moss really make a noticable difference? Are any of the other clarifiers any better...

Due to a huge number of trees surrounding my house I've been very limited as to where I can plant my hops. I finally came up with the plan to plant them next to my house's south wall. The amount of sunlight might be a little on the low side but still should be acceptable. My problem is figuring...

I'm going to be starting my first partial mash today or tomorrow and I just realized that I have no idea how to determine what efficiency I end up with. Is it just based on what ending OG you get vs the fermentables? Is this something best suited for using one of those applications like pro mash...

I started my first batch of JAOM a little over two months ago. For some reason I decided to place the fermenter in an out of the way closet rather than my normal brewing closet. This meant that I completely forgot about it until my calendar alerted me that it was about ready. When I went up to...

Are the paint strainer bags some use for brewing (like with stove top partial mash) supposed to be plastic bags? I mean I know you're not supposed to put them in boiling water (170F max I think) but still is the plastic variety of paint strainer bags acceptable to use? Are there even other...

A couple things before I get to the recipe: A friend of mine kindly sent me several ounces (almost a lb) of glacier hops he will not be able to use. ANd even though I've never use glacier hops before they seem like they'd be acceptable for a low IBU pale ale. I also happen to have a beer...

A friend of mine recently acquired a large amount of glacier hops and offered to send some my way for brewing (he no longer brews). I'm not familar with glacier and have been having a hard time finding recipes that use them and have yet to find any that use glacier hops exclusively. SO far all...

I recall several months ago someone was asking about alternatives to a standard copper wort chiller and someone posted a link for some sort of plastic container that was designed for cooling soups and other boiling foods quickly. Sadly I cannot find that link on the board. Everything I've...

I've frequented a very well know online home brew supply store 4 times since I started home brewing. My second order included an order for coopers cabr tabs. The supplier sent me Munton's tabs. Not a horrible screw up but a screw up none the less. I contacted the store and they didn't seem...

I had planned on ordering a 6 gal brew pot from AHS this weekend along with a couple kits but it turns out AHS, and some other companies, are sold out of the 5-6 gal brew pots. So I was wondering if anyone knew what the size of the boils were recommended for the AHS extract recipe kits...

I'm new mead. In fact, I've yet to make a batch. However, I was planning on starting a batch of Joe's Ancient Orange Mead in the next couple days and probably make a blueberry mead in the next couple of weeks when I have another carboy available. For the most part the manner in which mead is...

When it comes to using hops for bittering purposes does it really matter what hops you use as long as the IBUs end up about the same? What I am really asking is would there be a difference in a beer that used 2+ ounces of cascade for bittering (60 min boil) say 1 ounce of warrior hops for...

I know typically people dry hop in secondaries (or at least thats what people talk about far more often). Can you dry hop using only a primary? If so, how do you do it? Just wait the final gravity is met and then toss it in and let it sit for days/weeks?

Oops. I picked up a new fermentor this weekend and was getting ready to brew tomorrow and I realized I forgot to get a thermometer for it. Obviously for the long term I'm going to want one but could I get by without one? The new brew would be sitting right next to a fermentor that has a...

I haven't switched to all grain and due to a lack of equipment I probably wont be going all grain any time soon. Mini mashing is sort of out for the moment as well. So I will be sticking to extract. I've been looking at lots of different recipes and I see generally the majority of extract brews...

For multiple reasons I will be growning hops this year on what will look a whole lot like a clothes line. How close can the lines of twine be when they are running horizontal? Figure this is after the well spaced hop plants have grown up twine to the top of the clothes line. I'd like to...