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Going to be adding a vanilla bean and cinnamon stick to my pumpkin ale when fermentation ends. My question is should I soak them in vodka to santize them or is ok to just put them in the bucket when fermentaion ends? Thanks Mike

Going to tap some maple trees and was wondering if anyone has tried to brew using the sap?

Picked my cascade hops last weekend and put them in a mesh bag. Alot of them have turned really brown are they still ok to use? I crushed a couple of them and they still smeel good.

Went to get a glass of homebrew about an hour ago everything in fridge looked OK..Went down to get another brew about an hour later and my tank looked like a big piece of ice.The gas lines even had ice on them..What would cause this???? It was a full tank as of yesterday.Fridge temp is about...

Made a cider with the following 4Gal fresh cider 2 lbs DME boiled in 1 Gal water. SG 1.064 Used Safale 004 Made 11/07 tested tonight was down to 1.008 but it is very dry and not as sweet as I wanted it to be. Had a nice flavor. any suggestions as to sweeten it up some and do something to...

Brewing a Dunlkeweizen the recipe call for .5 oz of Hallertau 6% which I thiought I had but what I have is Saaz 3%. Will this be a good sub???

Going to brew a Dunkleweisin my LHBS is closed nad all I have is Safbrew t-58 Safale 04 and Notingham Will one of these work ok? Thanks

Brewed a Summit EPA and the fermentation got way to warm 78 degrees. It was at that temp for a good day. Moved it to a cooler romm but when I tasted it last night it had an off flavor and smell. Not sure how to describe the taste or smell. Is there anything I can do to it? Dry hop?? Thanks for...

I buy my brew water frm a spring water plant near my home. I would normally use 1 gallon jugs but I decided to use one of priamry bucket and when I filled it with 5 gallons the water line was about 2" above the 5 gallon mark that was on the bucket The recipes I use say to "top off to the 5...

I would like to add a a litle lemon flavor to a Weizenbier. I was going to add zest from a lemon to the keg before racking the beer into the keg. Any advise on doing it? Like how much zest? Thanks ToBrew

Looking for a dry yeast to substitute for WLP 300. Any sugestions? Mike

Is it possable to do a partial boil using all grain? The problem I have is my well that use to chill full boils dryed up. So i was wondering if I mash and collect 3gallons of wort,boil,cool and than top off in the fermenter would it be ok? Any draw backs from doing this? Mike

Going to Minnesota to visit family and will be spending a day in Minneapolis before flying back east. Givin I will only have a couple hours which brew shop would you go visit Notheren Brewer or Midwest???

Need to find some lube for my o-ring. My LHBS isn't open. Is ther some other type of food grade lube I can use? ToBrew

Fathers day day arrived with a 2 keg system from keg connections. A couple questions 1 When sanatizing should you pressurize the keg and run the sanatizer thru the lines? 2 What is the best way to purge the keg after you fill it? Thanks ToBrew

Where do you find the hydro test stamp on the CO2 tanks? tobrew

I botttled a St. Fuads Irish 3 weeks ago. I cracked one open last night and no signs of carbination what so ever. I tried a couple diffrerent bottles none showed any signs of carbination. This was the first batch that I tried geletin in. Is it possable that there was not enough yeast left to...

Looking for input as to which kegs are best to use. Pros cons?? Thanks Tobrew

Can you still wash the yeast from the secondary after you use gelatin? Thanks ToBrew

Is there a chart that tells you what hops you can use to replace another? The recipe I want to brew calls for centenial and cascade. I have the cascade but no centenial. I have fuggle, liberty,columbus and wilament. thanks