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If I have left over hop pellets, can I just put them in a zip lock, throw 'em in the fridge, and be able to use them a few weeks later? Or do they go bad? How would one store left over hops?

Ok so this is the third batch that I've started in my young brewing career. Here's what's happening. I brewed on Sunday. On Monday I saw the beginnings of fermentation. But now things are going a little crazy I think. The water in the airlock has turned a light brown and a foam is coming up out...

I'm going to be flying across the country soon and wanted to take some of my homebrew with me. I was wondering if one can bring beer onto a plane. And also if this could somehow ruin the beer, although I don't see why it would. Anyways, anyone with some experience with that? woops, i meant to...

Has anyone ever used star anise? I took a wiff of some in the spice rack and thought it could go well with some styles. Anyone? I could be way off here, I don't know.

Hey there, I have bottled one beer so far, and have another on the way (in the secondary that is) and I was wondering the process/recipes for a double bock. I had a beer called the Celebrator, I believe that's what it was called, and thought it was very good. Anyways, any...

Is it possible to cork your beer in wine bottles rather than bottling it?

I was just curious the proper way of using some brewing instruments. 1) The racking cane-- I'm not even really clear how this is used in the siphoning process, why can't you just use the siphon? 2) The bottle filler-- I have a spring loaded filler, and when practicing bottling, I'm...

What would everyone consider the beer that they would like to emulate when they are making their own beer? Obviously personal preference and variety have a huge effect. I'm not talking about crap beers like bud etc., but maybe something like anderson valley (from CA if ur not aware), thats my...

hey does anyone actually obey the 100/200 gallon or whatever the law is? I guess thats actually a lot, but who cares if it's more than that?

Hi everyone, I am brewing my first batch which I started on Tuesday 6/6/06. Anyways, I have a few questions. I have have a secondary carboy, and was wondering when i should siphon off the promary into that, and for how long. Another question I have is if it is a problem that I never...