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I've never made kombucha before, but have a girl that loves it, and may be moving up soon. Is it possible to cycle it? put the whole thing in a 6g bucket with a spigot, draw some off, add some in? If I draw off and bottle, does it retain enough bugs and sugar to self-carb in a bottle? Edit...

So a friend of mine managed to procure a barrel that was used to age a Flemish Red, and we are interested in reusing it for that exact same thing. Should we dig up a recipe, and put the wort in there; or is it like aging other beers, where you put in the finished beer? How long would we let it...

So, after 20 years of being a Sailor, and 7 years brewing (4 AG BIAB), I've finally landed at my forever home. I am still on propane, but looking at a simple 120v BIAB set-up that could still accommodate 10g brews (top-up water is ok). I have a 62 qt SS pot/basket. would this heater coupled...

Was thinking about wood aging a RIS I am going to brew for my brothers wedding. If I were to use old cigar boxes, how much should I use in a 5g batch, and for how long? Will any of the tobacco aroma transfer over? Does it require any prep work, like boiling or soaking in booze?

I'd be a bad man if I didn't whore myself out for my woman. She's way late getting her photos up, but go vote for Jennifer!

Back with another newbie question. Turns out, I'm going to have two empty primaries, and not another brew day for a bit, disrupting my pipeline. I'm thinking of just (mostly) doubling my recipe and topping up to OG in the better bottles. Will this work? 6# 2-row 1.5# CaraAmber 1#...

So, I'm playing in excel, pooling together a couple different resources into one place for calculators. I'm running into problems with how to calculate post-mash (pre-boil) target gravity. i.e, if i have 6.5g that i'm boiling down for an hour, with a boil-off rate of 1g/hr, and my target...

With discussion in another thread concerning naming the "Black IPA" style, and Prymal suggesting "Why not just call it Black Hop Monster?" I've decided to do just that. Spent today dicking around with a couple different recipes for a (insert style name here) and came up with: 10# Extra pale...

so, SWMBO is a fan of the lambics...i don't have the space/time/patience/requisite skill or knowledge to delve into that yet...so what i'm doing is trying to develop a tart wheat recipe to get close to it. What say you!?! Mini-mash 2.5# Belgian pils .5# carapils .5# aromatic 5lbs of...

Here is what we are working with: 3.3lb can of unhopped wheat lme 3.75lb can of hopped wheat lme 2lbs of frozen mixed berries 4 boiled up and mashed bananas and i hosed it up putting in a little malto dextrin. doubled it actually, to 8oz. rehydrated muntons yeast. came in a little green...

the team was (relatively) recently in SF for Fleet week, and i was fortunate enough to have a room on the waterfront, at the cannery. right next door to the hotel was a little bar called "Jack's at the Cannery" 180 beers on tap. good 'uns as well. and the beer slinger, Paul, was a...

So, has anyone tried to use there dishwasher with oxyclean instead of detergent, with starsan as a rinse? just seems like a quick way to get all my bottles clean and sanitized at once on bottling day...