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After putting my yeast I put my carboy plug in but pushed to hard and it fell down the neck of my plastic carboy. When I tried to get it out it slid into my beer. The plug was sanitized. Is it going to ruin my beer or give it a bad flavor? It's a citra pale ale. I imagine my carboy needs to be...

To save money I'm going to re-use commercial import style bottles (no twist off). I need to remove the labels, any ideas. Some of these bastards are on here good.

My bottles have been sitting for about 4 months. I opened several and they have a 1/4 of the carbonation from when I bottled them. How does a commercial Brewer keep the bottles carbonated so long? Is there a different way I should cap? How long should my bottle stay pressurized. I'm using a...

I'm trying to brew a a pale ale stout. I tasted one at a brewery near me and it was delicious. It was the color of a pale but had the taste and texture of a stout. I'm thinking of using coco nibs and coffee in a the secondary and I learned they used milk/lactose sugars during the boil. I heard...

I am building a walk in cooler inside my garage. It will be 8x4x7. I got a lot of good idea's from everyone on here so i thought i would continue updating this thread until it's completion. Day one I tore out all the old insulation and particle board on the walls and framed out my floor to...

I'm building a walk in cooler in my garage. I have done a lot of research on the project but the only thing I can not find is the R rating i should use for the temperature my garage can get up to. In the summer my garage can get to 100 degree's. I have found rigid polyurethane insulation with an...

I want to build a walk in cooler with the "Cool Bot" thermostat. Has anyone built one that can give me advice? I did my resarch and will be using R9 polyurethane insulation. Anything else I should be aware of? Anything I need to make sure I do?

I brewed four beers and when I went to keg them I checked the final gravity. I found I had lazy yeast and my ABV was too low. For example my IPA OG was 1.068 after 7 days of fermentation and 3 days of dry hop my final gravity was 1.032, leaving me an ABV of 4.7%. This beer should have a ABV of...