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So, is degassing a mead daily during the first week of primary an essential "must do" kinda thing? Can anyone tell me of the benefits of doing so, or point me towards some reading? None of my homebrewing books talk about it ( mind you, their emphasis is beer-making) and haven't found anything on...

I'll be in Ottawa next sunday, only for a night.... just passing through on a road trip. Me and SWMBO have never been there, looking for advice on local watering holes within walking distance of the Lord Elgin Hotel?

I've been scouring this forum for a couple days, as well as other online resources and I have a rather simple question that I can't find the answer to. ... Both Palmer and Papazian agree on priming with 1.25 cups of maple syrup, but I can't find how much longer I can reasonably expect it to...

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=527492 Quick attenuation?

So, Thursday I brewed a BB Belgian Witbier fermented with Safbrew WB06. I had the starter doing it's thing for 24hrs, where I usually let it go about 6hrs. Like I say, this was brewed, cooled and in the carboy by 1pm on Thursday, and by Friday at 9pm when I get home from work, I see the...

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Hi All, just wondering what other people do to cool their wort sans a chiller of any sort. I do the ice bath thing, and in one of Charlie Papazian's books he suggests freezing Ziploc bags of water and dunking them while the kettle is in the ice bath. Just looking for ideas from others...

I've never tried this particular brand of extract kit before. Not as user friendly as Coopers, and the yeast package seemed kinda sketchy, but it's perking already!

If you ever find yourself with 4 cases of empties waiting to get filled in between batches,and you have 4 musically inclined friends, you could always try to do this! https://youtu.be/3Tv0RNdVKKI

If you ever find yourself with for cases of empties waiting to get filled in between batches, and you have 4 musically inclined friends, you could always do this! https://youtu.be/3Tv0RNdVKKI

So, my hydrometer has been reading steady for 3 consecutive days and I believe bottling day has arrived ( just in time for St. Patty's Day!) I lost some wort volume when transferring from the brewpot to primary and again when racking to secondary ( trying to leave as much trub behind as was...

So, I brewed an IPA recently that took almost 3 days to develop a krausen, and I got so worried I effed it all up, and that I'm gonna end up drinking five gallons of ****ty beer. This is even with following the recipe to an absolute tee, with very good sanitation practices, and rehydrating the...

So, I'm a new home brewer ( Canadian btw) and I recently brewed up my very first batch of anything, ever. It was a Brewer's Best IPA, I'm very fond of a commercial brew called Alexander Keith's which is brewed in Newfoundland, but I'm not too sure how widespread their market is. And so...... I...

So, I suspect that I may have a problem. ... I boiled my wort on Monday afternoon with no hiccups, followed the recipe to a tee ( Brewers Best IPA btw) and paid very close attention to times and temperatures, and sanitization ( sorta goes with the territory of being a chef!) It is now 50+...