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I have been building my water the night before. I just watched the latest Chop & Brew and Dawson Butonized his water in his mash tun. Is this advised or am I better off continuing doing it before I add the water to the mash? Cheers!

I racked to secondary 4 months ago and I want to add some oak cubes. I am concerned with oxygenation. I can not think of a way to add the cubes with out some splashing. Any thoughts? I am trying to avoid racking it again before kegging. Cheers!

Made a starter two days before pitching. Pitched into a 1.070 dubbel wort. It was the most krausenist ferment I have ever had. It did blow the top of my Ale Pale off during the second night. The top was just loose enough to allow the CO2 to escape when I woke up. I have never fermented with...

I have been meaning to build my hop trellis for 3 years now and I am just getting to it today. Some of the bines are 3+ feet. Is it is too late (May 25) to cut them back and get good growth? Can I train the bines that are there? I want to cut them down to the ground and let them grow for a...

I am looking to invest in a tri-clover RIMS tube from Brewers Hardware. The first ordering choice is between a 1.5" Tri Clover X 1" NPS Fitting and a 1.5" Tri Clover X 1" NPS Element Adapter. The fitting without the adapter says that "YOU MUST PROVIDE A GROUND AND A COVER TO COVER THE...

My friend is a rather experienced beer drinker and he says that when he drinks my homebrew he claims that he has more hangovers than when he drinks the same amount of non-homebrewed beer. I control my fermentation temperatures and to this point have only brewed ales. I tend to ferment at 62 -...

My wife while "cleaning" the basement knocked off the airlock off my four month old scotch ale. I noticed it approximately 24 hours later and replaced it. I kegged the beer 4 hours later. That was four days ago. I am drinking a pint now and it tastes clean to me. Any idea how long it will...

I have been using kegs for over a year with no major problems. I went to get a pint of a beer that I have had carbing for a week. I attached my picnic hose and the keg made a strange noise (like a hissing grunt) for a second, beer only came out about 5 inches into the line and nothing would...

When using the no sparge method do you increase only the base grains or increase every grain on your bill? Thanks!

I just bought a Morebeer oxygenation set up and used it on my last porter. After using it I wanted to take it apart to clean it. There is a black hose attached to an air filter. I can not get the black hose off of the filter to clean and sanitize. I am about to cut it off:mad:. I have heard...

I bought a new kettle and a new pump, now I need to connect the two. I was wondering what types of hoses I can use and where is the best place to buy them. Thanks in advance!

Any theories as to why this beer finishes weak? Comes on nice but just fades and finishes limply...:confused: Recipe: 8.00 lb Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 80.00 % 0.75 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 7.50 % 0.50 lb Golden Naked Oats (10.0 SRM) Grain 5.00 % 0.50 lb...

I am trying to build a house ale. The recipe may be too complex to start with and I was thinking about taking one or more grains out of the bill. I wanted to start with a simple recipe and then build it up. Which grain(s) would you take out and why? Any other suggestions would be appreciated...

I have a recipe that calls for 9.5 lbs of 2 row and I want to tone it down a bit to 8.5. Should I change anything else in the recipe? 74.5 9.50 lbs. Marris Otter (8.5 would be 72%) 3.9 0.50 lbs. Victory Malt America 7.8 1.00 lbs. Crystal 40L America 7.8 1.00 lbs. Munich Malt(light)...

So I am setting my timer and one of my brew buddies bumps into me and my timer falls out of my hand and into my just boiling wort. It was in there for about 60 seconds. I pulled it out and checked the battery and it was not compromised. :drunk: Anyone know if I can drink the beer or...

I found Sierra Nevada's Celebration Ale at a small pool hall that only has crap beer on tap. I got to thinking about what beers people have found is strange places. My brother found Hopslam at 7/11. What have you found and where?

Friend of mine had way to much from his harvest and was awesome enough to share his extras with me. I am grateful and confused. Most of them are bittering hops and I am concerned about not knowing the IBU rating. How can I make a balanced beer with them? Should I just go with the rating on...

I just started to brew in my garage and I am just thinking about what to do with the water that comes out the back end of the IC in the middle of January. I don't want it going down my driveway and I definitely don't want to carry the water into my house. Any ideas would be greatly...

Just started kegging and I am trying to get those little o-rings off the poppets without breaking them. Any wisdom you can share would be appreciated. Thanks!

Just wanted to share it with someone. My first time brewing all-grain and I hit my mash temp of 154!!!! :ban: Thats all... Cheers!