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I’m late to the game, but just brewed two Sf Pats day beers over the past 24 hours. I have a fermentation chamber and have a dry Irish Stout with Wyeast 1084 now chugging away at 67F. I just brewed a Irish red ale using Nottingham and I’m just reading how this would like a lower temp. My plan...

I purchased 2 All Grain kits 16 months ago and never brewed them. They have been stored in the box they were delivered in, in my cool dark basement since that time. Are any of the ingredients still good? The grain was already milled. The hops pellets are still sealed in package. The yeast has...

Looking for a good fall beer to brew. I do BIAB and would probably brew middle of sept, and he ready to drink in mid oct. Still some nice weather in northern IL but temps can start crashing around then. Maybe something for the dads to sip in while kids trick or treating. Pipeline is a little...

I followed a couple of videos and setup my equipment and mash profile in beersmith 2. Yesterday was my first crack at BIAB. My mash temps and volumes where all spot on. I was guessing low for efficiency and it looks like it ended up around 80%. 1) Since I didn't do anything with ph, is it...

While prepping for my first BIAB and watched videos to setup my mash profile. I've read pretty exclusively about people mashing for 60min at ~154, but I was surprised to learn about the mash temp and length and how it affects the beers body. Following the guidelines, my first beer should be...

About to do my second dry hop beer and I thought my process of dry hop 5-7 days then cold crash then keg was fine. Now I'm reading that when you cold crash following dry hopping, a lot of the hops oil will grab onto the yeast and fall out of suspension, and you're basically wasting your...

I'm prepping for my first BIAB and I have a question on false bottoms. I bought a stainless steel mesh colander to place upside down in the bottle of the kettle before the bag and grains go in. The only concern is it's 5" tall and I'm afraid that'll take up too much space and only leave about 6"...

Since there aren't enough of these threads....I've been fooling myself I don't have a leak and was just a problem of small tanks, but my 20lb tank just was empty this morning after 4 months and only maybe 4 kegs previously I just sprayed star san and saw no bubbles so I called it good. After...

I have a French saison fermenting and my instructions say to add 1# corn sugar once fermentation has slowed down to help dry it out. Well after several beers today I thought it was a good idea to add the sugar and completely forgot the Step of boiling it in water and adding the sterile solution...

I decided too late to brew to give my smack pack enough time before adding. So I'm going to add the yeast in the morning. Given that, is it even necessary to cool wort quickly or just let it naturally cool overnight in sanitized fermentation bucket since I'm adding yeast in early am?

I just racked a batch into a keg and the last two gallons I struggled badly with a constant stream of bubbles coming up my auto siphon racking came. I stored the small came with rubber end inside the larger tube and I think that caused it to not seal eel. it was pulling a lot of air in that way...

I must have a leave somewhere in the system and my tank ran out unexpectedly. I get my tanks filled free but will take a few days. As I'm going out of town soon it will be a week total before the kegs are back on gas. Will this be any real problem? Is worst case that with no pressure the beer...

Now that I finally have good ferm temp control and kegs, what's the general practice for lagering when you have kegs. Do most people just transfer to keg and put on a touch of CO2 and leave it sit for some time in kegerator. Or is it better to move it secondary To sit in the fridge for a month...

Hey all, I'm going in a couple of days to get my first keg system. But as I'm learning the ropes, I spoke with someone I know who sets up Professional keg systems at major events. He says all their liquid lines are 5/16" and they commonly use approx 7-9' per line but can sometimes need very long...

10 days ago I Brewed a Northern Brewer SMASH ale kit. I hit 1.046 OG and just checked today and it's at 1.011. Instructions say to transfer to secondary and dry hop for a week. I've always done 3 weeks in primary and straight to bottle with great results. Being my first time dry hopping, my...

I have my first bottle of star San on its way and I have a few questions about my overall sanitation technique. My current method is a dry powder no-rinse mix from my LHBS. But since it's only scaled to mix in the gallons at a time ratio (and 30 min contact time) I only mix a 5 gallon sanitizing...

Last week I posted this in the extract brewing section and didn't get assistance. Thought I'd try it here. Any help would be appreciated. I brewed up an extract kit from Northern Brewer for a dry Irish stout. Going in auto-pilot mode for most of my lighter color, hoppier brews I only added...

I brewed up an extract kit from Northern Brewer for a dry Irish stout. Going in auto-pilot mode for most of my lighter color hoppier brews I only added about 2lbs of the golden extract and all 2oz of cluster 6.9% hops at the beginning of the boil. I added the last 4 lbs of liquids extract at...

Does anyone have a good recommendation for a cheap but reliable digital thermometer for brewing? I have an older floating one that I always have to grab by the very end, pull it out to read, then place back in the cooling wort.

Northern Brewer has an extract kit called Bastard Stepson that grabbed my attention. Does anyone have any experience with this kit? Also, it says after 1-2 to rack to secondary and add an extract pack and sweetener. It also says you could just add them to the primary without moving to a...