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Hi all - dabbling into mead making. I am following the TOSNA method for my nutrients and had a question on the calculator. This is a 1 gallon mead @ 1.088 OG. I have a question. 1. Why does it say 3.8g total nutrient needed? Where does that come from? I see 4 additions of 1g ea of Fermaid...

Well this has to be a first. I am brewing a blonde on my Foundry and I had wondered where my BruNWater sheet had gone earlier, figured it had blown away. Welp, it got mashed in for an hour @ 150. Just want to make it's OK to continue making this beer - it was color ink by the way. Thanks -...

This is a beer swap for members of the continental US to allow you to try some beers from outside your region. Every participant picks a few beers as their offer and then we devise a draw order and go down the list until everyone has picked an offer to receive...

Hi all - I mash in a 70qt Coleman Extreme rectangular cooler with a toilet supply false bottom. I have to use lots of rice hulls and every batch and still get some stuck sparges and slow lautering. I thought if I ordered a wilserbrewer bag and just stuck it inside the cooler - I will not have...

Hi all. I've had the same Accuflex lines for about 3 years now and they're starting to discolor. I think it's time to replace them. I currently use 15 foot lines and John Guest fittings. I have read good things about this Ultra Barrier silver lines and would like to upgrade to them because I...

Hi all, just want to verify this is mold growing in my Flanders Red so I can pitch this down the drain. Thanks

Alright here we go! Here's the general concept: 12 different brewers will brew one of the 12 beers of Christmas found in Randy's Mosher's Radical Brewing. Each brewer sends out three 12oz bottles of their beer to the 11 other brewers (33 bottles sent out in total) and receives 3 bottles of each...

Hi all. My local shop has these on discount, and I wanted to see if anyone knew if this beer is pasteurized or not, and can I use the yeast dregs? Trying to not spend a ridiculous amount of money on commercial sours to get the dregs for my lambics and Flanders red. Thanks.

Hey all. I have a Monster Mill 2.0 2 roller mill I've had for about 3 years. Every now and then the set screws (the ones you hand tighten) will pop loose while milling, the rollers lose their gap, and I'll have to dump all the grain out - reset the mill gaps and start over. My method is to...

Hi all - brewed my first ever sour last week. A Flanders Red with Roselare 3763. I have 2 ferm chambers side by side in my basement, which is also in the same room as my keezer, kegs, other various stuff. I do not brew down there...that's up in the garage. But I do keg etc in the same space as...

Took the exam on Nov 11th and received the results last night. Got an 81! Pretty proud of that. Took a 12 week class hosted by my homebrewing club which really helped. So I'm now a recognized judge, will move on to certified with a couple more judging points. Then I'll just grind out the...

So I brewed an American porter and flavored with french toast extract. It's absolutely delicious and I'd like to enter it in a competition using 2015 guidelines in early February. My question is, which category to enter this in? It's nothing but a standard American porter flavored with about...

Hey all, took my tasting exam yesterday. Felt like I did pretty well! I believe I forgot to circle the numbers 2 thru 6 on the top left of the sheet indicating which number sample it was. I was hoping to see how this will affect my grading. Thanks!

I've never posted a recipe on here before. I've brewed a couple hundred all grain batches, and this one is easily one of my best. It's so unique and is the perfect beer for hot summer weather. When designing this recipe, I thought to myself...what would be really tasty after a super hot day...

Hi all, looking for 2016 Galaxy hops and they seem to be out of stock most places. I'd like to buy a pound or at least a half pound. Some sites like Northern Brewer have them by the ounce but that's way too expensive per ounce for me. Any tips I'd appreciate thanks!

Hi all, I bought a Ferm Wrap off MoreBeer so that I could ferment a saison in the mid 70's up into the mid 80's in my basement which is always around 65. I am using a Johnson blue box digital temp control. I insulted the probe against the carboy, then wrapped the FermWrap around that and the...

My regular suppliers seem to be out of stock - Farmhouse and Yakima Valley. Anyone know of an alternative place to buy 8oz or 1lb bags of them? All I can find is online shops selling them for near $3/oz and I'm not paying that. $25/lb is reasonable to me. Thanks! Is there a shortage or...

I used to just toss my rice hulls into my mash, but today while brewing a German Hefeweizen I thought I might pre soak them so I won't lose volume to wort absorption. Low and behold after draining the water came out like this, yuck! Whether or not this contributes to any bad flavors, I sure...

Today I kegged a beer out of my big mouth bubbler. Normally I use 3/8" tubing as it fits perfectly over the spigot and creates a tight seal. However I noticed that it had some gunk buildup on the inside of the tube so I threw it away. I found some fresh 1/2" tubing, but once I let her rip, I...

Hi all, whipped up a small starter last night with a fresh pack of White Labs wlp001 California ale. I've never seen starter krausen or that creamy top on a starter before. Just wanted some opinions, thanks!