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Leaving for a week from California to see my cousin. Any suggestions for best craft beer spots near Conroe?

My parents gave me a bunch of apples that I juiced with my Jack Lalaine juicer. It created a lot of sediment that I didnt think to strain out when I put it in the carboy. Now it is sitting on top of the liquid and I need to figure out a way to transfer to bottles without clogging up my racking...

I got everything sanitized and ready to keg before I checked the FG. I checked the FG and realized that I was about 8 gravity points from where I needed to be. Plus the sample was slightly carbonated. I decided to keg anyway and leave the keg at 70 degrees to continue fermentation. Is there...

I brewed a batch that I have brewed before. This time I added a 1/2 lb of crystal 40. First time my FG was 1.011. I just did an FG reading on my second batch with the crystal and it was 1.020. I'm going to let it sit a few days longer at 70 degrees, but I think it might be done. Would...

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Maybe I am doing it wrong, but I think making a starter is a pain in the ass and time consuming. My process... I mix the DME and water in an ehrlenmeyer flask. I get it to boil while constantly having to fight the boil over... (I have a 3000ML flask) After the boil over dies down and I...

I never used them, but want to try them. I'm having a hard time visualizing what they do in the mash exactly. they are supposed to act as a filter right? So wouldn't it be best to but them on the bottom and the grain on top? I read that people just throw them in with the grain. How would they...

I made a brown porter and want to add oak to it. Currently I have 2 oz of oak chips soaking in vodka. During bottling I plan to filter out the chips and add the oak flavored vodka to taste. Does anyone see any issues in doing this? I searched this website and Google and wasn't able to find...

I am cleaning out my kegs using a product called Acid Brite. It is basically same thing as SaniClean from Five Star. I have diluted as instructions say on the bottle. Can I leave this solution in my corny kegs and in my beer lines? I am worried about it eating away at the plastic lines or...

I have been searching on this site for an answer and have been getting conflicting information on how to clean aluminum. Here is my situation. I have an old aluminum firkin style keg that I recently received. I would guess around 30 years old. I want to use it to serve an English Bitter...

I recently painted the inside of my chest freezer. It still smells like spray paint. Can paint fumes get inside fermenter and effect the beer? I am using a blow off tube and the tube runs into a half gallon of sanitizer.

I bought a POS freezer off Craigslist. I spent way too many hours sanding it down, removing rust and painted inside and outside. I put my first brew, a ESB into the temp controlled freezer yesterday. I ended up with more wort than normal, leaving only 1/2 gallon of head space in my 6 gallon...

Does anyone know the name of the guy from this site whose avatar is a picture of a guys head looking through a refractometer and wearing a beanie? He is a vendor and I want to check out his online store again. Thanks!

I am thinking about getting a barrel to ferment something strong. I can only brew 5-6 gallons at a time. Do you think there would be an issue if I put 5 gallons in the barrel and then a week later added another 5 gallons?

I have noticed by looking at pictures of peoples brew rigs that they have three tier shelving structures. My guess would be that the burner on the top shelf is for heating water. The water is then transferred to the second shelf for mashing. The wort is then transferred to bottom shelf for...

First time cider maker here. This is the plan. 5 gallons of store bought apple juice. 2 -3 # of honey. Frozen blueberries. Do I have to rack to a secondary before adding the blueberries? Would it be ok to add them to primary after fermentation slows? I am lazy and also afraid of...

I am a lazy person. I am also cheap. Instead of washing the yeast as others have explained. Can I just sanitize a mason jar and then dump the yeast and other junk from bottom of ferementer into the jar? How long will this store in the fridge?

8 1/2 lb. light malt extract syrup 1/2 lb. 40L crystal malt 1/2 oz. Amarillo hops, 60 minutes from end of boil. 1/2 oz. Chinook hops, 60 minutes from end of boil. 1/2 oz. Centennial hops, 30 minutes from end of boil. 1/2 oz. Amarillo hops, 15 minutes from end of boil. 1 oz. Chinook...

I bought a pack for $1 from homebrew shop. It had about 3 teaspoons of irish moss and 3 teaspoons of gelatin in it. I never used either. John Palmers's book says to toss in the Irish Moss at last 15 minutes of boil. It didnt mentioned anything about the gelatin. I tossed both of them in at...

I bottled 4 beers before realizing I forgot to put sugar in my bottling bucket. In my panicked state I decided to just add sugar to the four bottles I put a whole Tablespoon in each.... Now realizing that was too much and I may have four explosive bottles, what can I do to salvage the beer...