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Hi folks, I'm getting back into brewing after a three year hiatus, and I'm going over my old equipment looking for what I want to keep and toss. I have some corn sugar and some adjunct malts (caramel, black patent, wheat, and chocolate) that have been around for a few years. Should I toss...

I recently made a Guinness knockoff beer, using LME, soured Guinness, some adjunct grains, and some hops. Its gone from 1.056 to 1.012, and tomorrow its getting canned at the brewery. However, when I took out the bit of beer for the hydrometer test, it tasted like... nothing. Nothing at all. It...

The ongoing saga of my current batches... I made two 2.5G batches of lager, pitched with a half a package of Wyeast Pilsner Urquel yeast each, and set them on the balcony to stay cool in fermentation. They were wrapped up in blankets and towels, and managed to stay fairly cool through the day...

I'm just wondering: who uses which airlocks and why? Any preferences? Pros and cons? Are some that just plain don't work, or some that can cause more problems than they're worth? Or is an airlock and airlock? Any thoughts?

Hi everybody, Before I get started, is there one part of the forum just for troubleshooting? I'm sorta new here, but I'm thinking this one is the closest to that. I'm having some problems with my latest brew, and was looking for guidance. I made a pair of lagers using Wyeast Activator...

I just spent all day last night making up two batches half batches of extract beer. Pale malt extract, variety of hops, some adjunct grains, so not just an out of a can beer, but not the most complicated beer either. Everything seemed to go well until this morning. I checked to see how much the...