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Has anyone used these before? This is very important. I recently capped a high 10% beer with these caps and they didn't carbonate. I blamed the yeast mostly. It's been 3 months and no carbonation. I recently used these caps on a different, lower ABV beer and they didn't carbonate either. Has...

Whether it be a good session beer or a great specialty beer, what is your favorite recipe you've brewed so far? This would probably be mine: http://www.beertools.com/html/recipe.php?view=6930

So, I brewed an (I)IIPA/Barleywine (seen here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f36/time-brew-some-big-beer-i-iipa-feedback-suggestions-welcome-161458/), let it sit in the primary for 1 month with no secondary and my final gravity was probably around 1.015 (if I remember correctly). It came out...

Not me, but two friends from my college. I gave them a few bottles of homebrew and from their own misguided judgment, they puked after drinking them. I know the reasons why the two of them puked: the first guy puked because he got drunk and then smoked a lot of pot, which he said gave him the...

Friday (yesterday) I decide to brew 11 gallons of Centennial Blonde. I am only suppose to brew while SWMBO is not home and I knew she'd be gone from 8a.m.-4p.m. and then from 4:20p.m.-12:00a.m. She was here for that 20 minute window and the only reason she doesn't want me to brew is because it...

I know a lot of people have moved to just using a primary and seen no need for a secondary except with additions such as fruit, chocolate, coffee, etc. What I am wondering is why it is suggested to use a secondary when dry-hopping? What are the benefits of using a secondary to dry-hop as opposed...

Called it my Barely Legal IIPA because @ 7.6% and the SRM almost going above the limit, it barely scratches the marks for an IIPA. Style: IIPA/American (I)IPA Mash @ 153-154 for 60-75 minutes Sparge @ 170 for 10-15 minutes Boil for 90 minutes. I'd suggest getting some paint strainer bags for...

This is a recipe I put together for my first high gravity beer: Just got done hand-milling it; made a huge starter for it. Any suggestions to a n00b high gravity brewer? I only have a 10 gallon mash tun, and I think It'll be completely filled. I think I'm going to do a 90 minute boil and...

This is my 3rd brew, 2nd all grain. It started as a Celebration Ale clone but ended up turning in to an IIPA. This is at 2 weeks in the bottle. Witness perfection: The head stayed only slightly lower than this throughout the whole beer.

So I live in a dorm and I was waiting for the elevator to go back up to my floor. When the door opened, there was a girl I recognized in there so I say "EY lady! (george carlin style) and she was like "Hey, it's you! get in here!" (it was going down). I got in and she asked if I wanted any...

I'm going to be doing my first high gravity brew this weekend and I haven't read up on it all that much yet. I'm going to be brewing an IIPA with about 20 lbs of grain (and 9+ oz of hops). The only two yeast I have harvested and washed (have at my disposal) are Wyeast Labs American Ale - 1056...

It seems I've been sitting on this forum all day, every day for the past 2-3 months and 80% of my brain is filled with noting but homebrew speak/technique etc. Now that I'm back in school/around people, I find myself talking wayyyy too much about beer and brewing, almost like it's the only...

Okay, so I've been dry-hopping with an oz each of cascade, centennial, and chinook for a Sierra Nevada (AG) Celebration Ale. They've only been in there 4 days and I took them out already because I will be gone for a week and I don't know what the effects will be if I left them in for 11 days...

Blow-off, not blow-up! Haha, this is my 4th batch and in my previous batches I've used fermcaps during the boil to prevent boil over. Well, I discovered that I get a hot break when I boil my first running. I collect my first running's into my brew-pot and start the flame to save time. Much more...

Just wanted to report in to say that I'm fairly impressed with my first homebrew. It was originally a partial mash oatmeal stout (my only brew I plan to do that is anything other than all grain). This turned out to be a blueberry hazelnut coffee oatmeal stout (with cold brewed coffee and crushed...

I just bottled my first batch and I wanted to leave my beer at 70 degrees to carbonate properly and I accidentally placed my beer under a heat vent in my room. They had only been there for about 24 hours and I think the heat only came on two times or so. When I noticed just now, I went to remove...

I was just thinking to myself.. I'm brewing two slightly different Celebration Ale recipes, both of which use the same amount and type of dry-hops. Do you think you could use the same hops (in a paint strainer bag) in the second 5 gallon batch I'm doing? I'm going to dry hop this batch in 5 days...

I brewed on both. AG Oatmeal Stout on the eve and AG Celebration Ale clone today (Christmas day). I'll tell yah, getting up at 8 a.m. to hand-mill 14lbs of grain on Christmas morning is one hell of a way to start your day! Just finished brewing it, but unfortunately my stopper fell in >:[...

I'm thinking about doing an AG mash tonight, letting the wort sit in the pot over night and then starting the boil in the morning. Has anyone tried this? Any ill-effects? I know it is probably not advised, but I only have a couple of hours to spare tomorrow and I'm not sure if I should start...

Topic says it all. Pic is below. Do you think this is still safe to use or should I dish out money for a new lid?