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Good Morning! I brewed a Lemon Shandy, fermented one in a 6 gal carboy and 1 in a 5. Apparently, I didnt leave enough headspace in the 5, and it pretty much locked in the sulfur and its pretty much fused into the beer. What do y’all think about putting it into secondary for a week? Will it...

I updated my phone to iOS 14.5, and Brew Pal no longer opens. My guess is that the new security feature is incompatible with this ancient software. Anyone know how to skate around it, other than the obvious… get an old device? I love this app and would live to continue to use it. I tried to...

Quick funny story/life lesson... I was using my backup Genuine Innovations co2 charger today to push out some beer. I hadn't used this one in a while because I lost the barb that connects to the QD. Anyway, apparently I had left a cartridge attached to the charger and ASSuMEd that it was empty...

I've been Brewing since 2010-2011, and in that time I've heard of friends and others claiming that their fermentations had been so vigorous that bucket tops and air locks have blown off. In all the time I've brewed, doing various gravities and styles, I can't say I've ever had this problem...

Has anyone tried using calcium chloride for anything else but beer? I've heard of people using it to boost the mouth feel and body of coffee. Yesterday, I tried it on the boil water for pasta. It definitely made the texture of the pasta feel softer (wasn't overcooked), but I doubt I'd try it...

I just brewed a beer using crushed grains that were 3 months old and I notice absolutely no difference. Maybe my taste buds are broken, but I think people who say you need to brew them quick (same week) are OCD. It's perfectly fine to use old crushed grain!

I decided on Saturday to do a last minute batch. Everything was going great, until it came time to pitch. I had harvested some heady topper yeast about 6 months ago, did a yeast starter, pitched some in the batch, and saved the rest. I stored it in a growler, and left it in the fridge for 6...