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Prepping to brew this mango oat gose. The recipe calls for Goodbelly Mango Juice to do the kettle souring and I'm having trouble locating it near me in Reading Pennsylvania. I had searched my zip on Goodbelly's store locator and it said that my local Giant carried it, however I was only able to...

Took a few years off brewing as other life events got in the way, but I'm now getting back into it all. Previously, I used a cooler mash tun and went full all grain - this time around I wanted to simplify a bit and went BIAB. Grabbed a new 19 gallon kettle and a 15 gal FermZilla. First batch...

A few weeks ago I brewed an Octoberfest. It was an extract plus grains recipe and used Wyeast 2112. I decided at the last minute (the yeast had already been pitched) that I was going to make this my first attempt at a lager since my better bottle fits into my kegerator. Looking back this was...

Was real excited to try this brew out tonight. Pulled it out of the fridge, popped the cap......nothing. No pfft, no psst...just the sound of my prying the cap off. Beer poured with no head, some tiny bubbles and the slightest bit of carbonation...I'm wondering if I got a bad bottle or if...

Added gelatin to my APA this past Saturday. I had cold crashed for 2 days prior. Based on what I had read around here, I added 1/2 tsp of unflavored knox gelatin to about a cup of cold water, let it bloom for 20 minutes, heated to 170 and then added to the beer. Two days have passed and the...

So I kegged my Irish Red two weeks ago. I hooked it up to the gas, set it at 30 PSI for 3 days then set it at 12 PSI. I have been testing it the last few days and I'm getting about half a glass of foam per pour. I had done some research here and today I went out and got an extra 3' of beer...

Started putting this together today. Hoping to brew it tomorrow. How does it look? 7 lbs light DME 1 Lb Crystal 40 .5 Lb Crystal 120 1 Oz Simcoe - 60 Min 1 Oz Brewers Gold - 45 Min 1 Oz Amarillo - 15 Min .5 Oz Simcoe - 5 Min .5 Oz Simcoe - Dry Hop Wyeast 1056 Was kicking...

I've been doing a ton of research and I feel like every time I do I end up just getting more confused. I know there are other threads regarding this topic, but each one I've read hasn't answered my specific question. I have this set up in my kegerator. It dispenses commercial kegs great...

Don't know if any fellow PA residents have heard of this site, but its supposed to be a petition to help liberate beer sales throughout the state. I have no idea if it will actually do anything, but I thought I'd pass it along. www.freemybeer.com

I had Flying Dog's K-9 Winter Cruiser two years ago at the Stockholm Beer and Whiskey festival and since then have not been able to find it around me. I've been dying to try it again as I remember it being one of the best beers I tried that day. Although I'm probably over-hyping it, I would...

Planning on picking up the ingredients after work today, getting my starter going tonight and brewing on Sunday. Any critique/issues? 4 Gallon batch Fermentables Dark LME - #3.3 Dark DME - #3.0 Buckwheat Honey - #2.0 Chocolate Malt - #.25 Crystal 80 - #.25 Black Patent - #.25...

Hey guys, I've been preparing to convert a fridge to a kegerator and was wondering if anyone has converted this G.E. Model. Click on the other pictures for a shot of the inside. My concern is the freezer and the temp control at the top of the fridge, since I want to put a tower system in...

Okay, so I may be a little crazy to think of this. I have a chocolate stout that was brewed on Dec 1st, and has been in the bottle for a little under two months. My FG was sitting at 1.031 (-.010 for 1 pound of lactose, so 1.021). I should have pitched more yeast, but since it was an extract...

Working on converting a 5 gallon cooler to a MLT. Went out and bought all my parts, then noticed the edit about not using the stainless steel hose clamps. The update recommends notching some food grade tubing. Would the tubing that is originally supplied with the threaded supply hose work...

Racked my orange cream ale to secondary yesterday after 3 weeks in the primary. I had a blow off tube hooked up for the first week because the yeasties were going nuts. When I racked yesterday I noticed that the lid from my primary (ale pail) had a bunch of krausen remnants in the little slots...

Just got done reading this thread and I am now concerned about a few of my beers. Specifically when it is mentioned that a sign of a yeast infection is: "the carbonation in the bottles will start to become higher and higher, and the beer will loose body and flavour as the wild yeast consume...

Up until last evening around 8 I had plans today, which meant no brew time. But then my plans for the day fell through so I decided that I would make an Orange Cream Ale today. I had received a yeast starter kit for christmas and wanted to have this be the first attempt at using it. So last...

Brewing up an Orange Cream Ale tomorrow. My starter is working hard and all of my ingredients are ready. Was going through some stuff tonight and noticed that the bucket I use for my primary is stained (probably from the chocolate stout I had in there for three and a half weeks) and smells...

Picked up a bottle tonight and wanted to try out the yeast starter kit I got for Christmas. I read through the posts here about harvesting from the bottle, and was unsure about one thing: After I make the starter and the yeast gets active, is there anyway to wash and store it? I would like...

...and I didn't even know it happened! Was going through my inventory today and got to a box all the way at the bottom of a stack. Came across a bottle of White chocolate pale ale I bottled in September. The cap looked like it had been bent funny, so I picked up the bottled only to find...