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I am thinking of trying to use the T-shirt method to control my fermentation temps. Does anyone ever have problems with water molding during the two or three weeks it's fermenting? I ask because I used a water bath with aquarium heaters to ferment a saison over the winter that took almost 3...

I'm making a pepper beer from a recipe a friend gave me. He boils his peppers and puts one pepper in each bottle. Seems easy enough, but they all become gushers over time. I figured putting the peppers in secondary would allow me to control the heat. My question is this: what is better...

Hey guys, I'm working out the final details on my 2 vessel electric system and have a question for you. I was thinking of putting a plug on the kettle end of my element cord so I wouldn't have to drag a 6 foot cable around every time I moved my kettle. Has anyone done this? Do you like your...

I'm looking at building an electric brew system and going all grain. I wanted to bounce some ideas off of you guys to see if I'm missing anything. I'm thinking of using one kettle and two coolers. I could use the kettle for all of the heating and the coolers for mashing, sparging, and...

I've been looking at threads for this question for a while but I can't find one that addresses my specific question, so here goes: if I do a late addition of extract, should I continue my boil timer even if the wort stops boiling as I add the extract? Or should I stop the timer and start it...

I made a starter two days ago for a batch I brewed today. I haven't used the washed yeast from this particular batch before. I saw no activity in the starter on my stir plate. I wasn't worried about that, since I know you don't always catch it. However, when I went to pitch it, I smelled the...

I pulled a yeast jar out of the fridge yesterday to get a starter going, but I won't get to it until today. It will be about 24 hours since taking it out before pitching it. Is the yeast still okay, or do I need a new jar? Thanks. It's my first time using harvested yeast.

I'm thinking about making a few small batches, 1-2.5 gals each, to try out some recipes. I plan on harvesting some ale yeast from my next 5 gal batch and using that. How can I figure out how much to use? Should I just use full jars, or should I use part of the yeast and save or toss the rest...

Hi guys. I stumbled across your site searcing for recipes. I've found the beer place to be, it looks like. I'm new to brewing. I'm working on my second batch right now, and I'm anxious to try my first batch. It still has a few weeks to condition. I'm looking forward to sharing and learning...