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Hey guys, I wanna know what you guys think about this weed burner as a HLT burner. Harbor Freight Weed Burner I have the space under my brewstand to mount it, heck I could even hold it. It puts out a very serious amount of heat. The $20 price tag is super enticing, even more so since I already...

I made 10 gallons of a cream and kegged 5 gallons leaving 5 in the fermentor. (Ran out of kegs) So after the keg kicked I went to add the remainder of the cream to find out it got infected some how. It smells ALOT like apples and tastes a little tart and is really dry. So I thought I could turn...

Hey all, I'm currently trying to go pro. So I figured I'd need a program to help me calculate the amount of cells I have in a slurry and How much from that slurry I'll need. So I thought what a great way to give back to HBT. To use this you'll need a hemocytometer and a microscope. Heres is a...

DO NOT DRINK FROM THE BOTTLE. I know some of us hav ea hard time admiting to buy ing stoyr but beer but I know i do acationaly and just wannt ell every on don't drink formthe bottle yo loos alon t of the flaver. HAHAHAH gool fluck interpedtin this. : Slalhahahahah...

Long time drinker. First time drunk poster HAHAHAHAHAHAH. :mug: I love HBT!!! (edit) Sorry I guess not worth a thread.

Hey guys, I love this site and the people on here are amazing. I'm doing research for a business class if you guys could answer the questions below I will really appreciate it. :mug: The product I am doing research for is an alcohol breathalyzer machine that is hung on a wall in a...

About two hours after changing out the ice bottles I opened up the chamber for $h!t's and giggles and BOOM this is what I found.:rockin: Sorry about the size It wont go any small. ( I Tried.)

I'm making a pumpkin ale tomorrow and the recipe calls for 5 allspice berries but when i went to the store all they had were ground. How much of it should I use and is it ok for it to go the carboy? how much do you guys use?

I know it's early...... Really early. But I want this to have plenty of time to mellow out. I have a few "patrons" excited that I'm making pumpkin beer this year, I don't want to disappoint. I am aiming for a 10% ABV, I want to brew it at the end of this month and drinking it about mid oct. I...

Ladies and gentlemen this has been a long time coming. I'd like to thank, well god of course and all the HBT guys for basically doing all the leg work. With out further a do introducing my new steam masher!!!!!! all kidding aside this site ROCKS!!!!!! This is the thread that really got me going...

A Friend is all about this stuff. He knows I brew and is tired of paying store prices for beer. So he asked me if I can make a batch of it for less cash. He has not been a big fan of home brew before but I'm sure if he trys something a little bit closer to his favorite brew he'll start to like...

I have been yeast culturing or "ranching" for some time now. I find it brings me that much closer to making the beer completely from scratch. Everything was great at first and ok still. But Ive noticed smaller growths when making a starter compared to when I first started. So after talking to a...

I pulled this the other night with dinner. This was my first dry hop and WOW!!! I'm hooked.

If I was to start culturing wild yeast how would I tell what characteristics that yeast brings to the party? Maybe an average size beer 1.040 light bittering hops and no aroma hops. Ferment like normal with wild yeast and tase the aftermath. Would this be a way of figureing out what that yeast...

I've found some for 25ft but not able to find some with 50ft length. I'm interested in a electric system but may be postponed if I can't find a cord. I'm thinking it can't be done. can someone enlighten me please!!!

My neighbour has a bunch of then and was practically throwing them at me. The package didn't say and all I know about them is they are not magnetic. I'm wanting to use them on a keggle and did a test run with water. They hold water tight.

Is it possible to use malted grain and unmalted in a mash. Would the enzymes in the malted grain convert the starches in the unmalted grain into sugars.

I can't get the lactose busillius to grow on my slant. I've grown yeast on one so I know there viable. Is there a special way of doing it?

Is there Something magical that happens at the hour mark? Do the beer gods relize that a pot of colorful liquid has been boiling for one hour freeze time And replace the colorful water with amazing beer? (ok prob not the second one) but really is it just an algirytham that some one figrued out...

I recently purchased a vial of white labs lactose bugs. And would like to culture and laer proprogate them for future batches. Would a dried malt extract agar media be able to grow the bugs into a usable culture. Also how would I proprogate enough from the culture to use in a batch. Last but not...