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So the other night I had two of my newest batch. A couple hours later I threw up. I felt bad, but woke up the next morning and had breakfast and felt normal. No other symptoms with this, just vomit. The beer in question had a questionable fermentation and clarity. The fermentation did not...

My last batch never really took off in it's fermentation like they usually do. I had to add more yeast the next day after initial pitching. Now I have checked the gravity and it is 1.025. By this point I should be a 1.012 or lower. Is there any hope of saving this batch? Should I add more...

I am thinking about trying a cleaning shortcut. I am sick of scrubbing bottles. So here is what I am gonna try. Advice please: All my bottles are 22's that I rinse with hot water immediately after pouring the beer out. I then store them covered. Looking in them there appears to be no...

Thought I would share this since it worked quite well. I used a 15 gallon mash/lauter tun. I have a small place and used it on my gas stove, it covers two burners. Started with about 11 gallons of water. When done mashing and sparging I drained the wort via a hose from the pot to two...

I just got a 15g Masht Tun from www.homebrewstuff.com , it didn't say Megapot, but the specs are the same as is the price so I assume it is. Anyhow, I just did my first all grain batch. I am happy to say it all went as planned and looks to be doing well. The problem is that when I was...

I am on my fourth IPA. They all have turned out well, but I can't seem to get the Final Gravity below 1.020. My first three were in the fermenters for 3 weeks, and they all seemed to finish at 1.020. This last one, I used my new SS conical fermenter, it has been in there for 16 days, and for...

I just my new conical. I got the one off ebay for $320, looks to be a good deal. First what are the two valves used for. The bottom one you dump trub from, the top one, is that for gravity samples? I guess you get the yeast from the bottom. Any tricks and tips would be appreciated. Thanks.

I can't find any corn sugar to use today. So I went to the Whole Foods to see what they have. They had pure Fructose and Agave Nectar. Anyone ever try to prime with these. Theoretically the fructose should work, but is going to 100% ferment or will it leave some sweet residue. The agave...

So I made my second brew the other day. Bought a Red Ale kit and added more malt and hops to it. Everything went well and the OG ended up being 1.070. My first brew didn't seem to Ferment too fast, the bubbles were not very rigorous, so this time I used two packets of yeast. Is this bad...