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Just poured my first brew from a tap. A vanilla porter that is great. A little under carbed, so i turned the pressure back up and will give it another 24 hours.

I met a guy at a brewery tour and we got to talking about homebrew. He want's to start brewing so I invited him over Saturday to brew. He showed up with a 20 lb co2 tanks and a corney as a gift. He saw a restaurant closing and the owner was throwing out 3 tanks and 12 corneys. All I need is a...

Being our first cool day of the season I think it is time do dig a Barley Wine out of the back of the fridge.

I brewed my first AG wheat last saturday. 4 lbs 2-row 4 lbs white wheat malt mash @ 152 60 mins fly sparge 175 60 min boil 1 oz willamate @ 60 1 oz cascade @ 15 OG 1.044 WLP 001 fermenting @ 66-69 deg. When I checked the gravity taday it was at 1.011. but there is syrup look and...

I have a batch that I believe has an infection in it. There is a sour taste and the air lock is still bubbling about every 5-8 seconds after 3.5 weeks in the primary. I have reached a fg of 1.012 and there is still alot of gas being produced, but I don't think it is co2 at this point. I am...

SWMBO just sneezed on my started, from my first yeast washing experience. She looked at me and said "don't worry it has a plugger on top."

Does anyone see a problem using a cleaned and sanitized 2 liter soda bottle to wash yeast. I figure it can't be any worst that a pickle jar.

I think it's that time of year in Texas to get the swamp cooler out. The wife is going to love more "beer crap" in the laundry room.

I would like to try making a starter. Could some one please help me with a time line and guide to use in order to have every thing in place for brewing Friday after work. The yeast I have is White Labs WLP001, a 1000ml flask, foam stopper, stir plate, and DME. Thanks Ben

I got a computer fan and it has 3 wires, red, black, and white. Do I just cut the white off and use the red and black? Ben

I took a pack of Nottingham dry yeast out of the fridge about an hour ago in prep for a brew this afternoon and it seems to be some what pasty inside the package, not dry and granular. Should I try to get some more, hydrate in warn water or just pitch on top like usual. Ben

I brewed an Alaskan Amber Clone 15 days ago and the gravity has been siting at 1.020 for the last 7 days. Here is the recipe 8.25 lbs. 2-row 1 lb. Crystal 40L 6 oz. Crystal 90L 11 oz. Crystal 60L Mashed for 60 minutes at 154 and fell to 153 Fly sparged at 170 60 minute boil then...

Finally was able to piece together enough parts and pieces to start an all grain operation. It's hobo looking set up with lots of different things stacked up but it did the trick. Made an Alaskan Amber clone from AHBS and was looking for a 1.052 OG and was able to score a 1.057, guess I did...

glad to be home after working 29 hours straight, think i deserve a cold beer, or 6, or 12, or ...

went to my wife's friends last night, and there was no beer. so i went to the corner store and had to choose from bud light, coors light, and miller light. I made the decision to blow 8 bucks on bud light and was able to choke the first one down. made it about 1/3 the way through the second...

I was thinking of placing a coffee filter that had been sanitized on the end of my racking tube and holding it with a rubber band to help filter out hop flakes from dry hopping. Is this a good idea or will it hold out the suspended yeast and give me carbing problems? Ben

I got a recipe from my lhbs and it has 1 oz of pellets for dry hopping but didn't give the time to add them. I brewed last night and added my yeast this morning after it sat in the swamp cooler over night.

do i need to rinse my equipment if i don't have time to let it dry or is the small amount left okay

I gave my buddy a couple of beers to try on his camping trip. He found my first gusher and for some reason he didn't find the humor in it that I did.