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hi, I have used an aluminum pot a few times and i find when i boil water, after it is finished boiling the water looks cloudy and milky, is this happening with other people aluminum pots? i have conditioned it and know there is an oxide layer which im not worried about but all the water i have...

So i have made a few batches of brew and for some reason random bottles will be gushers, not really sure why. all have conditioned for over 4 weeks some for a few months and all gushers have been chilled for over 48+ hours. and none of them have off flavors, infact they are all delicious...

hey everyone, i am in need of a makeshift blowoff tube immediately, i can see the krausen spilling into the airlock currently, problem is i dont have the proper size tubing, and i have to leave for work in an hour. is there anything i would be able to use for now until i can get to the hardware...

Hey, so my girlfriend and i made our first any only mead back in december, and we bottled it today. it was the ancient mead recipe but we used champagne yeast, i think it was called Lalvin ec-119 or something. and no nutrients/energizer. it seemed as though the fermentation took forever, it...

Hey Everyone, so im just curious what everyone opinion is on what makes a good award winning beer in a homebrew competition. i have 6 brews under my belt and i made the jump to all grain on my second brew (with great success). i have been a cook in restaurants for 6 years and i concider myself...

So i know i have another thread about yeast washing and sanitation but i have more questions about yeast... i have just racked my brew to secondary because there was about a gallon of troub/orange peel/hops at the bottom, and i was absolutely sure i got none (or a ridiculously small amount)...

hi, i just have a hypothetical situation question about sanatizing and washing yeast. say i washed a batch of american wheat yeast and some bacteria or wild yeast got in there. and then say i made a starter with it down the road... would the bacteria/wild yeast die off when i make the...

Hi everyone, so im in a bit of a bind... last thursday i brewed up a citrus wheat beer, everything went fine, but i was in quite a rush to get to work by the end of my session. i used a smack pack of wyeast american wheat but it didnt expand (even after 3 hours between when i smacked and when...

hi, i was given a recipe from a friend recently but im not sure what style of beer it is, if anyone can help identify it that would be awesome. here it is: 3kg (6.6lbs) org 2 row (briess) .25kg (.55lbs) org caramunich .5kg (1.1lbs) munich .10kg (.22lbs) carafa *i think the...

Hi, i just finished a brew session and my gravity for 3 gallons of wort (before i added 2 more gallons of water at the end) was 1.068. is there any calculator or formula that exists where i can figure out what my gravity would be with the 3 gallons of wort and 2 gallons of water combined...

Hello, I made a 1.5 gallon batch of oatmeal stout, i screwed it up pretty bad though. my girlfriend and i were originally planning on doing a .5 gallon batch so we got an oatmeal stout and divided all the ingredients by .1 to compensate for ingredient volumes. before we started brewing i...

Hi, so its been 3 hours since i put the wort in my fermenter and it seems as though there are two distinct layers. about a third of the way up it is brown then the top 2/3rds is a really dark brown, almost black looking. i used a double chocolate stout recipe. is this common at all? i...

Hi, this beer looks really good, i was concidering making it for my next brew however i have a load of extra pale malt extract... would i be able to substitute 4lbs of Pale LME for the Grain in this recipe? Also would using yeast US-04 be an acceptable substitute? Also is Pale Wheat Malt the...

so im about to bottle my first batch, however, it is looking a little gelatinous... it looks and smells fine however when i opened the bucket up there seemes to be sediment suspended in the liquid, and when i stirred the corn sugar mixture in, it didnt have the same flow as when stiring...

Hello, so im going to bottle my first batch tomorrow and have been trying to think of a new batch to do. im going to be doing all extract since i have soo much left from my last batch, but i have been trying to think of something different to add. Has anyone tried caramalized onions at all...

Hi, so i have decided to start the home brewing experience, have accumulated all of the equipment and found a supply store. im going to start off with John Palmers recipe on his website, here it is: 3-4 pounds pale malt extract syrup, unhopped 2 pounds amber dry malt extract 12% aau...

hello all, i recently purchased a disposable 2 litre bottle of brew your own beer at a variety store. i have never seen a product like this, essentially, its the wort in a 2 litre bottle that comes with a yeast capsule and a pressure release cap. all you have to is open the bottle, drop...