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I am in the process of making my first lager and I am at the point of needing to move it to the secondary and plan on using one of my kegs for this. Question, can I also add priming sugar to the keg so it is carbonated at the end of the secondary phase and ready to hook to the tap and start...

Where I live the closest home brew shop is about a 1 1/2 hours away so I usually order from Midwest online. Does anyone else who orders online load up on liquid yeast during colder temps and keep them in the fridge or do they just pay extra to have it shipped with the ice pack and pouch...

John Palmer's book "How to Brew" says to add the water to the grain during the mash-in and not the other way around, but several videos on you tube show people doing it the other way around by dumping the grain into the water. I have been adding the water to the grain like "How to Brew" says...

Due to the recent Thanksgiving Holiday my Fedex package containing brew supplies sat at my doorstep for a few days at below freezing temperatures (25 degrees). This package contained White Labs liquid yeast. Does anyone know if this would harm or ruin the yeast?

I am thinking of making my own wort chiller. Has anyone tried this? It appears all they are made of is 1/2-inch copper tube rolled into a spiral and hose adapters sweated on the ends. I suppose the hardest part would be to spiral the copper without kinking it. Any pointers would be great.

Does anyone bother to use rubber gloves when using Starsan or is it safe to just go without and rinse your hands afterwards?

I just got my first brew batch going last week and I have found this forum very helpful in learning about my new hobby.:ban:

On my first batch of brew (True Brew Brown Ale Kit), I followed the instructions on the yeast package (Munton's Yeast) and re-hydrated the yeast in 1/3 cup boiled water which has cooled to 80 degrees. I let this yeast mixture sit for about 20 minutes before adding it to the cooled wort (below...