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Hi. I am looking for firestone challenger VI beer post. I found one here at northernbrewer but $27 for 2 posts shipped is a bit pricey if you ask me. Does anyone know of any cheaper stores? http://www.northernbrewer.com/brewing/plug-assembly-liq-type-a-challenger-v-vi.html

Whats good around here? I'm going to see a concert at the warfield tonight. Plan on doing some hiking a little north of here. What are the good beer spots? I see a lot of breweries but I don't want to waste my time or money driving around checking out mediocre brews. I'm from Michigan, the...

I brewed a 10 gallon batch and only ended up with 8 gallons of wort. I probably should have diluted back to 10 gallons but oh well. So I split into 2 buckets. and pitched half a packet of dry yeast into each bucket. The first bucket started fermenting very rapidy. The second one did not. I...

I primed 3 kegs 7 days ago. I want to take one with me to a party tonight. How do I know if it's done? and if it isn't done, can I just shake it up once it's cool? I've always carbed my beer artificially.

I had my 5# green steel tank exchanged and scored a shiny silver aluminium one. The exchange cost $14 though which I think is a bit higher than usual. What do ya'll pay for an exchange?

Hi. I have been making yeast starters the same way for every batch of beer I do. I fill a growler with 5-7 tablespoons of malt extract, then add around 500mls of water and autoclave. I then add dry yeast packets to the wort and add an airlock. Recently, I took an english dry ale yeast and...

Hi. I have a bunch of maris otter sitting around that I want to use. My friend who gave it to me also gave me 5oz of both columbus and fuggle hops. I've never did all grain before so I want to keep it simple. I plan to mash 10lbs of maris otter for a hour. Which of these hops should I...

Hi. I buy dry yeast packets (safbrew by fermentis) instead of the liquid wyeast because it's a lot cheaper. How do these strains of dry yeast compare to the quality of wyeast? Would it be worth it to culture the yeast from the dry packets or should I stick to the wyeast for culturing...

Hey folks. I am in the process of crossing over to AG. I already have my grain and my equipment. I just need to finish fabrication. I scored this 10 gallon water cooler on craigslist for $5 !!! See how it has an indent in the bottom for the drainage tube? I think it'll work great for...

Hi. I started three 1 gallon batches of mead 2 monthes ago. All three of the batches have cleared up and I want to rack to secondary. I want to make sure I am doing this right. Do I just siphon to secondary and top off with water/honey? Do I need to add more sulfite tablets? Should I...

Hi. My brewer friend just hooked me up with a 50# bag of wheat and 55# of marris otter. Both of these are precrushed, so he reccomended I brew a lot of beer in a little amount of time. So..... What should I brew? These are going to be my base malts, I dont mind buying some specialty grains.

Hi. I just bought 3 kegs off a guy locally. One of them is a 1/4 barrel but it has a hole in the side of it with a wooden bung. It looks like this: Is this keg any use to me as a homebrewer? I'm going to turn the other two half barrels into a Brew kettle and hot water tun.

Hi. I am semi new to the forums and have brewed 6 partial mashes so far. I am ready to move to All grain brewing. My question is, what is the cheapest source to buy bulk grains on the internet? I am looking for 55lb bags of 2row, wheat, etc.. The Local brew store wanted over $50 for the...

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