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Is it worth it/needed? $50ish For my Ales I have been just shaking the carboy/bucket. seems to be working fine. Want to do my first Lager. Buy O2 kit or just shake the carboy? Or what other methods do you guys/gals use?

9# 2row (84.3%) 12oz American Choc Malt (7%) 8oz Cherry Smoked Malt (4.7%) 4oz UK Choc Malt (2.3%) 2.75oz Special B (1.6%) Hops - 2 be determined EST OG - 1.053 EST FG - 1.013 EST SRM - 28.53

& a dash of either special B or honey malt? If so, how much?

Anyone? 8oz Cherry Wood Smoked 33.5# Rahr 2 Row 12oz Briess Choc 12oz Muntons Choc 12oz Biscuit 10.75oz Special B 1# Aromatic .75# Honey Malt 12oz Centennial 12oz CTZ Currently on tap, saision, IPA, Amber Thinking I should make...

Finally have my fermentation chamber setup so of course I am looking to do my first lager :mug: Unfortunately, I only have a 1000ml flask. What is the best route? Make a starter and also pitch a second smack pack? Also, all the lagering information I am finding online appears to be from...

Pulled the controller out of the box. Plugged it in & it turns on once it gets below, instead of above, my set temp. Should the icon have a snowflake?

Messing with my Keg yesterday, cleaning, etc... and I found this afterwards.... Where does this go? :confused:

If so, where do you get your fish? I live in the middle of Iowa so I am think I will prob need to order it offline? Prices I am finding seem steep but, what do I know?

So I have 1Gal of cider (4%abv) that tastes like nothing & Im not sure what to do with it.. I also have 1Gal of a mixed fruit wine that is ready to be bottled & it taste great. My question is, would it be a bad idea to mix these two beverages (after treating with campden tablets) & bottle it? Or...

Brewed 8 Gallons of a Blonde Ale & Fermented 4Gals with Wyeast 1469 (no starter) & the other 4Gals fermented with a Belgian yeast I harvested from a Bottle (local brewery). At first the Belgian was awesome, then the esters faded & now it taste like sucking on a penny. The Blonde with 1469 taste...

So I bottled this wine a few months ago. Before bottling I treated it with campden for 24 hrs. Prior to that it had stopped throwing lees. I stored them at 65F on their sides. I decided to take a look this afternoon & saw this in every bottle. Any ideas? Tartrate Crystals?

Does this sound like a good hop combo? Thinking I will dry hop with some Citra? 3gal batch .25oz Cent FWH .25oz each Cent Mosiac CTZ 10min .5oz each Cent Mosiac CTZ 5min 1oz each Cent Mosiac CTZ FO + 30min whirlpool 1oz each Citra CTZ Mosiac Dryhop

So I am trying to figure out what to brew with the ingredients I have on hand. I know I am going to use Pacman yeast that I harvested but am not sure what to make. 27# Maris Otter 1# Munich 1# Biscuit Malt (never used it before) 1# Crystal 60L 1# Special B 12oz English Choc Malt 12oz American...

Just as the title says I am trying to harvest yeast for the first time & am wondering if it should look like this? Starter was 1.018 & added the dregs Saturday, now 4 days ago. I didnt see any activity but read online that I might not, or could easily missed it. Last night I made another 1.020...

Yep.... I was looking forward to using the propane burner for the first time

Anyone out there have an experience with Styrian Goldings (Celeia)? I have a few ounces (6.1AA) and am just not sure what to do with them. I did a few google searches but it isn't giving much. Cheers

Looking to use some hops that I have had in a ziploc bag for about 2 months now. I have a wide variety of grains and yeast. Will buy any additional hops suggested. Would like to use the hops listed for sure. 3/4 oz Cascade 6.5AA 3/4 oz Hallertau 3.1AA 1/2 oz Saaz 6.4AA 1/2 oz Nugget 13.3AA All...

Anyone made wine with this product? http://www.target.com/p/market-pantry-mixed-berries-12-oz/-/A-13335550#prodSlot=_1_2 Strawberries Blackberries Raspberries Blueberries Thinking I am going to give this a try as a 1 Gal Batch... Good Idea? Bad Idea?:mug:

"While I don't have permission to share our exact recipe, I can tell you a few of the ingredients we use in the process: Malt base is primarily 2-row with some Munich Hops are Styrian Goldings & Celeia We use a Belgian yeast and add candy sugar to the boil to up the gravity and thin the...

I live in IA and am currently brewing inside because... well.... It's cold outside :cross: I usually do AG and am able to get 3.5 gallons post boil when brewing on my stove top. I want to do Yoopers Dead Guy Clone and I know I want 5Gals vs 3 so I was thinking, why don't I add some DME, and...