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I made a AHBS Oatmeal stout extract and added the alcohol boost. My OG was around 1.065, and I am using the Wyeast London Ale. Did a yeast starter, aerated the wort, etc. I was using a blow off tube in a bucket fermenter for primary. After 6 days, the activity was low to nothing in the...

I have been upscaling my extract recipes to 6 gallons. I do a full boil, and beersmith recommends 7.5 gallons for a one hour boil. I get very nervous boling more than 7 gallons in my turkey fryer. It is very close to the top of the pot, so I get worried about boil overs. Plus, the added...

I have an aeration set-up from Northern Brewer; the standard fish pump/stone. The last time I brewed, I inadvertantly got some water in my line filter and couldn't pass any air through it. I removed the line filter and ran a single hose directly from the pump to the stone. The amount of...

I purchased a few raffle tickets at my local brew club monthly meeting yesterday, and ended up winning 5 lbs. of Briess Caramel Munich 60L, crushed and vacuum packed. So I need some advice, and perhaps some recipes on how I can best use this. What styles would be best suited to this grain...

Has anybody tried one of the Austin Homebrew Supply Barleywine kits, either English or American? I'm leaning towards the partial mash.

I want to start doing some partial mashes in the oven. I plan to pour the mash through a colander that's resting on top of my turkey pot, which is around 12" diameter. The question is what size colander do I need if I'm going to be mashing up to 5 lbs. of grain. Is an 8 quart size large enough?

I plan on making an extract version of a Barleywine, possibly the Bigfoot Clone from the Beer Captured book. I would like to substitute a dry yeast in place of Wyeast 1056 American or 1028 London. No particular reason; I just prefer working with dry yeasts. Any suggestions? I've seen a few...

I've had a recurring problem with my last few batches of beer. After being bottled for one month, they have a perfect head and taste excellent. But, after another month, they are excessively carbonated and begin foaming over as soon as I pop the top on the bottle. I have read the forums and...

DON'T OPEN WARM BEER BOTTLES! Don't tell me, I should know better. I had just under a case of brown ale that was over-carbonated and two sweet. A few of the bottles had burst already, so I decided to cut my losses and dump the rest. I was "carefully" removing the tops from the bottles...

I recently made a IIPA extract kit from Northern Brewer. For that particular kit, they suggested making a separate "hop tea" and combining with the wort towards the end of the boil. The finishing hops were added straight to the wort in the last 10 minutes and at the end of the boil. I have to...

I've seen some posts on this forum in the past showing how to keep a SS Braid from floating, but can't seem to find them. If anybody can post the links, I would appreciate it. Does a floating braid really have a big effect on efficiency?

I just made an all Grain Dunkel Weisen. My target gravity was 1.049, but I ended up about a point lower at 1.039 to 1.04. Here is the recipe and process I used. The ingedients were from a Northern Brewer Kit: 5 lbs Durst Wheat 3.5 lbs Durst Pilsen 1 lb Durst Dark Munich 40 EBC .5 lb...