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Hi Everyone, I love Star San but recently when bottling it occurred to me that with all the foam in the bottle how would I actually be purging all the oxygen out? Anyone else have any thoughts on this? I was considering using IO-star for the bottles and kegs but it's truly no rinse? I'd...

I'm wondering if anyone's got any tips/ideas for yeast propagation. The standard (make a new starter and step it up every day) is a little time consuming for just a 5 - 10 gallon batch. I'd love to be able to propagate in a a single vessel and just keep adding fresh wort. I'm considering...

I'm looking at MIG welding some ports in an old keg but I'm worried about how sanitary they'll be. Should I back purge the keg for MIG welding and can the weld really be sanitary if done from the outside?

I've been struggling with rinsing away the white film left behind after cleaning with PBW. I'm assuming its mineral deposit. Our brew system is all stainless steel with a copper plate chiller. We already do an acid cycle every so often with Acid cleaner #5. I'm wondering if we could go directly...

Hi Guys, I've been struggling to find the answer to this one but have run out of ideas and was hoping someone might be able to point out something I've missed. When brewing we always use the MrMalty pitching rate calculator to determine the size of our starter. However I'd like to be able...

Hey guys, Does anyone have or know where I can get either seeds or male hop rhizomes? I really want to play around with some cross breeding. I know it's not the right time of year but I'll be able to keep them alive until next year. If anyone has any of these I'd definitely be willing to pay...

So we got our brew magic recently and noticed we are having difficulty sparging on high gravity batches. For these we’ll only do 5 gallon batches. The problem begins when we do a mash out at 168. The grains swell and it becomes very hard to keep an inch of water on top of the grains. One of my...

OK, this is a little experiment I was thinking about trying after reading some articles online. After doing some research I've come under the impression that you can get a lower gravity drier beer by adding enzymes. I was wondering what would happen if I tried to go a more natural route than...

I have been making a few black IPAs recently and have found that the the IBUs I get out of my calculations don't match the actual bitterness of the beer. I understand that a stronger beer could appear less bitter even with the same IBUs but then why do these IBU calculators figure in the...

When trying to figure out the ibu's in by beer using a calcualtor like the one here: http://www.rooftopbrew.net/ibu.php I'm entering the times for each addition of hops as the total time that those hops spent in the kettle. Is this the general consensus or should I enter the time that that...

I've been making all grain beer for a while now, and have been coming up with my own recipes. However I realized I need to get better at understanding the tastes that differant malts, hops, and even yeasts add to the beer. I've got tons of different malts and hops to try, so I want to make it as...

Hi Everyone, I've been looking for the answer to this question for a while now but can't seem to find it. When force carbonating my kegged beer I always seem to over carbonate it. It foams like crazy before it ever tastes carbonated. I'm running it off extremly slow when I first taste it...

I was hoping someone could give me some pointers here. I have been working on a recipe for a Russian Imperial Stout. First I should tell you I have been using Stones Russian Imperial stout as kind of an example of what I want my beer to be like. Very Very Dark/ Strong But Still pretty smooth...

I couldn't find anything on this anywhere so sorry if it has already been answered. But if i were to grow my own hops how would I determine the alpha acid percentage. I assume this is something you have to find out from supplier. But would this stay the same every year. I am very interested in...

Is a protein rest really necessary other than trying to prevent chill haze.

I am interested in making my own black patent malt and was wondering if anyone could give me a little incite on the process. I read somewhere that the grains needed to be sprayed with water during the process. But I have also heard that the only difference between black malt and chocolate is...

I was wondering what most of you do to determine the amount of beer left in your keg. The only accurate method I have found is to simply open the keg and look. But should I be concerned about how sanitary this is? Thanks for any input in advance. Dan

I have not been able to find any information as to weather or not kegging unfiltered beer would cause me any problems or not. Any help would be greatly appreciated. My main concern is, won't the keg suck the beer of the bottom where the yeast has settled. If so is there any way around this...