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First time doing anything remotely close to Belgian. My recipe is: 6 lbs Pale LME 3 lbs Vienna malt .5 lbs Honey Malt .5 lbs Biscuit Malt .25 lbs Aromatic Malt 1.5 oz. Saaz (4%) FWP .5 oz. Saaz (4%) 15 mins T-58 Dry Yeast beercalculus gives me 1.061 OG, 1.017 FG, 8 SRM, and 18.4...

Alrighty, I'm new to recipe formulation, so what are your thoughts on this mini-mash? 5 Gallon batch 3 lb. Pale LME 3 lb. Wheat LME 1 lb. American 2-row .75 lb. Munich .75 Carapils 30 min - 1.5 oz. Mt. Hood (5.0%) 15 min - 0.5 oz. Tettnang (4.5%) 00 min - 0.5 oz. Tettnang (4.5%) Safale S-05...

Alright. I've had an amber ale in the kegerator for some time now. It was previously somewhat hazy, but clearly an amber beer. I stopped drinking it for a couple of weeks, just poured myself one, and now its a light, milky brown. Still smells fine. I'm letting it sit for a minute to see if it...

I'm currently drinking a Brown Ale off the keg. Maybe half the keg is left (maybe less I've been getting into it) Later this week, my Irish Red will be carbed and I'll be drinking that. I just brewed BM's centennial blonde. Does HBT have any recommendations for the next beer? I'd like...

First time kegger here. When pouring my beer (from a picnic tap) it flows very slowly. However, if I put some weight on top of the disconnect, it flows beautifully. I have new poppets, the disconnects are new. What could be the problem?

What are the pros and cons of having flared or barbed fittings within the kegging system? It seems to me that flared systems would make it easier to disconnect/connect the lines, but what's the downside? Price?

I'm putting together my kegerator, and came across this regulator on ebay. I will be running 2 kegs of one tank, and would like to run different pressures on the kegs, for carbing as well as having different pressures depending on the beer. clicky here It doesn't have any shutoffs, is that...

Just picked up a clean Sanyo 4912 for $50 from craigslist - always a good decision.

The LHBS has a Brown Derby Ale as a kit, how does this sound to everyone? Malt Extract: Pale 6 lbs. Grain Bill: British Chocolate Malt 4 oz Crystal 60 4 oz Crystal 10 4 oz Special Roast 4 oz Hopping Schedule: #1 Challenger (8.0%) 0.8 oz 60...

I've searched but haven't come up with anything exact... Can anyone measure their Ale Pail for me at it's widest? I'm trying to figure out the best layout for my new fermentation chamber. EDIT: If you could measure the height with the lid on too it would be much appreciated.

Just picked up a 5.5 cu. ft. chest freezer off craigslist for $20. Only 5 blocks away too :rockin: Anywho, I'm going to use it as a fermentation chest, and am looking at the temperature controls. Is there any huge benefit to the digital vs. analog ones? I imagine the digital ones would allow...

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I have a bag of brewer's sugar, and underneath it it says (dextrose/invert/corn sugar). Can I use this for priming? If so, ~3/4 a cup for 5 gallons?

I'm currently making a blueberry wheat beer for the girlfriend (I'm in denial that SMBO). It is in it's second day in the primary. Now, from what I gather, wheat beers are best enjoyed "green." It will need a secondary and tertiary fermentation though, to add the blueberries then let the gunk...

Seeing as the Cooper's Lager kits do not direct that you control your temperature to lagering temps, would that then classify it as a "steam beer," also called a "california common?" Something that I've been pondering.

That's a 6 gallon brewpot. I'm sticking with stovetop extract brewing and anticipate brewing like this for quite a while. Is that going to be large enough for my 5 gallon brew sizes? Any particular reason why this would not be big enough?

It seems as if the general consensus on wheat beer is to bottle directly from primary. It also seems as if fruit beer benefits from a secondary and even a tertiary fermentation. So whats the deal with fruited wheat beers then? It seems to me as if the best middle ground would be to fruit...

The first batch of beer from my Cooper's Kit is currently in the bottle stage. Now I'm ready to start another. For my second batch, I plan on using another can kit, but tweaking it a little bit to make it more flavorful. I also plan on purchasing a secondary fermenter for this batch. I don't...

Hey all - I've been lurking for a bit here. Working on my first homebrew - I ordered myself a Cooper's Beer Kit for my birthday present to myself. The "Lager" (it comes with ale yeast) kit that comes with it is in the fermenter right now. I figure every time I brew another batch, I'll do...