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Hey Guys I was wondering if anyone knew what the material was that usually accumulates on the inside of the boil kettle while boiling; that brown layer of gunk that usually contains some hops. I have always scrapped it into the kettle thinking it was hop matter but im starting to think...

Hey Everyone just wanted to know how long people keep there beer in the carboys for? Ive been scared about oxidation and I was just hoping to get some feedback as to what people do to avoid this?

Hey All So im having issues with my burner.....heres the story I was making a batch 2 weeks ago and everything was fine but like how things always go.....i took my eye off of it and...BOIL OVER! and with that I had some wort carmalyze inside of my burner. The next batch i made went...

Hey guys I have been doing some research on different brewing systems and there is one thing that i cant figure out. What is the main system that big breweries or microbreweries use. I know most fly sparge but i cant find out if they just use infusions, herms, rims, steam injections, i...

Hey guys ive been doing some research into ester, phenol and jusy other compound production and have a quick question. Everything i have read says that yeast needs a source of nitrogen for growth for amino acid/protein production, cell wall components, etc etc etc. However the souce of...

Hey Everyone Ive been reading thing on fruit beers and other infused beers and everyone seems to say to add the "special ingrediant" in the secondary or at the end of the primary. I tested it out and it works very well :) mango pilsner tastes fantastic. My only question is........why...

Hey all i was just wondering if anyone has ever used uncrushed malt that is over a year old before and had any off flavours and if they could help me out? Ive recently been brewing with a bag of malt that i got over a year ago, forgot about and then used again. All of the beers made with...

Hey all so i have been reading up alot about ice cider which is the process of freezing the juice, concentrating the juice AND FLAVOUR! you can use a low alcohol tolerant yeast and obtain something somewhat of an ice wine flavour from it. just wanted to know if anyone has any...

Hey guys I am hoping t make an electric boil kettle and have been doing alot of research and it seems like almost all builds call for a 240V stove outlet. I was wondering if there is a way to convert this to a normal wall outlet since i do not have access to a 240 V outlet. I dont know if...

Hey Guys Im thinking of making a HERMS Rig and was wondering if you can solder things in place instead of welding them and what the advantages would be or if anyone has done this with succsess? I do not own a welder or know anyone who owns one and the guy near by wants a fortune for the...

Hey All Just wonted to get some feedback from people expierience with types of carbination and what is best? Say either bottling, kegging, casking etc etc I was hoping to make a boddingtons clone and was wondering if anyone knows how to get that nice creamy head that lingers. (kinda like...

Hey was just wondering if anyone has ever hear of or driven there systems with this? I know alot of microbrews drive there systems with steam due to efficiency, was just wondering if anyone has ever found a homebrewing version of this? I will post the one I am drawing up now when its...

Hey all Just a quick question i cant figure out. I read a while ago about someone having there HLT for a HERMS set up at boiling while recirculating with the wort going through heat exchanger in the HLT. I was just thinking, since the amylase enzymes are water soluble they would go...

Hey all Just a quick question So i made a half cider half beer last night (dont know what you would call that) pitched the yeast from a started ( i am using a strain i cultured from duvel). I was just cleaning up this morning and realized that the apple juice contained potassium sorbate...

Hey All So I am looking to make a HERMS build and was looking up some stuff on the HLT of the build and ive seen some using a propane burner and others using electricity. Just from my own thoughts i would think that a water heater element would be more efficient than a propane burner...

Hey all so ive done a few ciders in the past using store bought juice from costco and i had some good results; only thing is they stopped selling the juice. Anyway i bought something close to it (same brand but different type) and ll the ciders have tasted like.....nothing. No flavour at all...

Hey All i was just wondering if anyone has had this happen? i made a hoppy dark lager with 1.5oz of hallertaur in 1 gallon few months back with san fransisco lager yeast and it took forever to ferment (didnt stop bubbling for 2.5 months). I just tasted it and the hop flavour is GONE...

Hey Just wondering if anyone has an all grain Waterloo dark clone? i love that beer and would love to make a clone of it :)

Just bought a case of this stuff and ITS AWESOME:D its from a small toronto based microbrew mill st. and it says that they use lots of cascade hope, lol and from what i got they use ALOT of them i was just wondering if anyone has a recipe for this ?? All the best Merry Christmas