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Folks - I got a counter pressure bottling wand. Two valves at the top. One for beer. The other for CO2. I have a 2 stage regulator. I have the CO2 from one side going into the keg. The other to the CO2 leg of my bottling wand. Beer is pretty well carbonated. Almost over...

I'm looking into yeast calculations on this page. http://www.yeastcalculator.com It's pretty cool. Anyway... I found that a while labs vial can contain between 75-150 billion yeast cells. That's a pretty wide margin. Depending on what number you pick, it can really change your results in...

I am a relatively new brewer. I build a mash tun from a 10 gallon igloo cooler with a SS washer hose braid for a filter. Typically mash at 1.25 qts/lb then batch sparge to make up my boil volume. Shooting for 5 gallon batches and 7 gallon boils. My question is TIME. Based on my...

possibly stupid question. I developed a leak in my CO2 system and my bottle went empty. Possibly 48 hrs without supply pressure. Now, I noticed that my beer is not as carbonated as it was. Question - if you loose CO2 pressure, can the CO2 dissolved in your beer come out of solution...

I'm confused about pre-boil gravity vs. OG. I think I must be doing something wrong with my math. Here's the particulars. I have a 10 gallon beverage cooler mash tun. I always pre-heat it with hot tap water to minimize temperature loss during the mash. Mash thickness 1.25 qts/lb. Mash temp...

I've been looking at recipes all over the place for chocolate milk stouts. They all - and I mean ALL have 1 lb of lactose for a 5 gallon batch and 4 oz of coco nibs. I've done 2 batches with that level of coco and lactose and I find I want more chocolate milk flavor. Has anyone ever added...

I just mixed up a batch of star san. Suppose I put it in a bucket with a lid and keep it at room temperature- how long can I keep using it and expect it to work as a sanitizer?

Has anyone ever been able to siphon wort through a counterflow wort chiller? All the videos I see show the wort being pumped through or drained through via a valve at the bottom of a brew kettle. I'm on a budget and because I am not set up for either option, I was wondering if it can be...

I'm looking at getting a wort pump to transfer from boil kettle through a counterflow wort chiller. I'm reading that you must prime the pump. I gather that that means you must have liquid all the way to the inlet of the pump - not air. Essentially, the pump can move liquid but not air. Is...

Folks talk about pitching a 1 liter starter into a batch of lager. Does that 1 liter refer to the amount of wort made - and they are pitching the yeast that came from that starter or are they actually saying they pitched 1 liter of yeast?

Why do all the videos I see for making yeast starters have erlenmeyer flasks? Is there anything wrong with using a mason jar?

I want to grow hops with a piney aroma. I can find both Northern Brewer and Chinook hops rhizomes. Quick survey - Which is better Northern Brewer or Chinook?

I'm getting ready to put together a kegging system and I have a safety concern. I know that CO2 displaces oxygen. My concern is putting a 20 lb bottle of CO2 in my basement (which is pretty large) getting a leak, displacing oxygen and suffocating for lack of oxygen. I don't know if there's...

I'm looking at getting 1 or 2 keezers primarily for homebrew beer. (1 for kegs / tap system, the other for a fermentation chamber) BUT, I also want to have room for fermenting white wines. I just want to be sure - because it doesn't seem right to me- that white wines typically finish primary...

A buddy of mine gave me 6 old corni kegs. :rockin: They're old. look used and are dirty on the outside - but were very clean on the inside. My general question is - what do I need to do to get them ready to use apart from cleaning the heck out of them and replacing all the seals? My...

Hey everyone! I've been brewing since January of this year. I've been bitten by the homebrew bug bad. I have 4 extract batches under my belt (and mostly gone) and 2 all-grain batches - One DIPA I'm drinking at this very moment and one Chocolate Milk Stout bottle conditioning. Just...

I'm planning on brewing a DIPA with WLP002. Up to now, I've just fermented at room temperature but, the more I read, the more I realize that I want to get fermentation temp lower. I don't have a keezer for a fermentation chamber yet and my basement is basically at the same temp as the rest of...