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Anyone have any thoughts on if it is safe to use a bayou classic propane burner on a wood porch? I think that it is rated at 150k BTU. I just got my two new boilkermakers but my pumps and everything wont be here for another week or so and I really want to give them a test run. I figure I can...

anyone got any ideas for help with a partial mash unibroue terrible clone? I had it on draft the other weekend and was blown away, any help would be greatly appreciated.

here is my working recipe any suggestions 4lbs dry wheat malt 3lbs liquid pale malt .5 victory .5 crystal 40 .5 crushed crystal partial mash at 160 for 20 mins 1.5 oz amarillo at 60 mins continuously hopped for rest of boil with 2.5oz of amarillo Wyeast 1056 any suggestions?

I have a question about my Wyeast 1056 pitchable package. I have been up in Vermont for the past three days, just got back this morning and was looking forward to a nice relaxing brew day, when I found that my girlfriend had been moving some things around in my kegerator and had left my...

I woke up this morning and went out to my garden before work to water my sexy little hop plants, a cascade, chinook, fuggle, and a nugget. To my dismay the only thing remaining were little scraps of mower debris. Apparetnly our new mower guy thought they were all weeds and weadwacked them...

After spending about 45 minutes this morning trying to force my mesh sack filled with bourbon soaked oak chips into my carboy I am worried about a possible infection due to the handling and prolonged time. I hope I havent runined my 15% abv RIS! Anyone have any tips on better ways to go about...

So I have never added oak to a beer before and have a few questions. I have a RIS going that started out at around 1.120 and is about ready to go to secondary. I want to age it for a little on oak but have a few questions. 1. What sort of measures do I need to take to sanitize the chips...

How long does honey need to be in the boil to make sure you kill of any wild yeast that might be present. I want to try and make a hop slam clone but one of the recipes I was looking at said to add the honey with 0 min left in the boil. I would imagine that you are asking for infection with...

I am brewing an imperial stout that should be coming out around 15% abv if my yeast makes it through, so its a big beer with a lot of flavor. In the secondary I am going to add some bourbon soaked oak chips and vanilla beans but I dont know how many whole beans to add, anyone got any...

I am a new home brewer and interested in getting some new carboy's. The plastic better bottles are cheaper and easier to ship but I am wondering if there are any issues with taste or oxidation. I would generally prefer glass but it's hard to pass up the fact that I would be saving about $10 a...

Can anyone point me in the direction of a good online wholesale company for malt. I cant afford to keep buying 3lb bags at my local home brew store and am looking to buy maybe about 100lbs or so of light malt that can last me a few batches. any help would be appreciated. thanks

I am about to dry hop my first imperial IPA but I have a question that I hope someone might be able to help me with. I have plug hops and I'm wondering if I should break them up as small as I can or just drop in the plugs or what? any other tips before I start?

So I brewed my first batch of beer a few weeks ago. It is a traditional bitter that I brewed from a pre-hopped extract that has been bottle conditioning for just under two weeks and I tried one the other day to see how it was coming along. Much to my dismay it was very flat. There was a...

Hi everyone I just moved to Boston from Vermont and brought with me a brew kit as a present. I brewed my first beer, a traditional bitter, a few weeks ago and have it bottle conditioning right now. I also have an imperial IPA that is in primary that I will move to secondary on saturday and...