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I am having a hard time finding a place to fill my 15 lb CO2 tank. The local welder supply only exchanges tanks and no not exchange 15 lb tanks. The local liquor store have be unable to fill more then a few pound at a time, blaming my tank being to large to fill with his equipment and still...

I took advantage of the Midwest Supplies sale over the weekend if you order $100 or more you get a free Big Mouth Bubbler (plastic). I was making an order anyways so why not try one out for free. When it arrived it was immediately clear there was a molding issue. At the top it was thick and...

http://chicago.craigslist.org/nwc/zip/1691574575.html The guys name is Jim he is very nice. Gave me nicely packaged and labelled Centennial, Golding, Williamette, Cascade. Same size or bigger then the ones i got from midwest supplies. Jim if your a member here Thanks again!!

To start off the reason this happened is work got in the way of my brewing. I brewed Russian Rivers Blind Pig IPA. It had 2 oz dry hops and 1 oz American oak. The oak and hops were added after transferring to secondary 8 weeks into the brew. Then it sat till today and that was 4 weeks on...

This will be a rant so continue reading if you would like. On Saturday i had the day free. I wanted to make a holiday cider. I thought what better way to get fresh apple cider with no preservatives then to make my own apple cider from fresh apples. This was my first mistake, i read online...

here is my situation. i am bottling a honey bee ale today that was brewed with 1056 propagated from a smack pack. I have washed 1056 that i made a starter with yesterday morning. The starter does not seem to be taking off as fast as i had hoped. The washed yeast was in the fridge for 4...

I am about to bottle a IIPA. It has been in a feremntor for 22 weeks. Do i need to add yeast at bottling or will the remaining yeast beable to carbonate enough? Thanks Tim

I decided to have my first home brew sampling party. For those of you that have don't this how did it go over and how did to present the different beers. I have about 8 different styles in bottles right now. So obviously for everyone to be able to try them with out passing out i will need...

On mothers day i was speaking with my grandfather who is retired florist. He found out i am brewing my own beer. He told me he had hops growing in his back yard and has taken rhizomes from the plant and put them in pots. I plan to plan a few and see what i get. He said his vines produce...

So i made my first wyeast propagator starter per direction on the bag. It called for 8 cups water and 2 cups DME. I thought to my self that this is a big starter for a normal gravity beer. Midwest's Honey Weizen. I made it to the directions and i ended up waking up to a big mess. It had...

I have been trying to make a dead guy clone. I harvested pacman yeast from bottles of dead guy. The yeast looked darker in color, compared to starters i have made with white labs or wyeast. I made the a 2 cup starter and let it ferment on my stir plate for 4 days, then crash cooled it in the...

Ok i just finished my home made stir plate and now i am researching the process of harvesting, washing, storing yeast. I understand the process of bottle harvesting. Now i have read that this works but one needs to make sure that the beer was bottled carbonated with the yeast that was used...

I have 10 brews under my belt. 8 have been kits 2 my own. I am having a brew day for my buddies this sat. i have a Rogue I2PA kit i need to brew. I figured this would be fun for my buddies since there is more to do since the hop addition are greater then other beers. My question is the kit...

This is the first recipe i have tryed to create. I have only done kits up until now. I am trying to create a summer time light in color and easy and refreshing to drink. I think it will fall into the category of a lawnmower Blonde ale?? This recipe is for 5 gallon full boil batch. 4 lbs...

I have not yet built my immersion chiller. I want to try a full boil. With enough ice will i be able to cool the wort quick enough so that i do not give the bacteria a chance to infect my beer? My plan is to cool in the tub with cold water and lots of ice.

I am interesting in trying something new. I have made on batch of apfelwein and have another finishing up fermenting. I want to experiment. I have been searching a reading all day on ciders and cysers. I am open to any ideas, the ingredients i currently have are apple juice, frozen apple...

I was shopping around for the best price on apple juice today to make more apfelwein. I found that the ALDI had a special on apple juice and i got 5 gallons for $13.90. I am not sure if all ALDI'S will have this special but i thought i would pass it on just in case.

Ok i brewed my 4th ever beer (flat tire) Midwest Fat Tire clone. It was transfered to the secondary on dec 4th. Checked it today and there is little white things floating on top. [IMG="http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v1511/234/41/20303248/n20303248_34340936_2082.jpg"] Not sure...

Unfortunately i broke my twin lever caper on sat. on bottle number two of my second batch. It cracked at one of the hinge joints. Luckily i was able to finish capping the rest of the bottles. Do these nylon capers break a lot or did i get a defective one. I am already looking into a all...

I am on my third batch of beer. I have used wyeasts propagator for the first two. When i broke the nutrient pouch in the propagator in the first two batches the yeast were very active. Enough to puff up the bag in 3 to 5 hours. Last night i was going to brew the hop scare IPA. Only...