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How do you clean a 15 gallon Sankey keg? What tools?

Ok, maybe this is general chit chat, or just bragging but I just went out and checked my hops I planted last year and they're already over a foot tall. Ther is a million shoots coming up also. The first year they only shot up a few shoots, but they're all over the place now. It sure is nice to...

I mail ordered some Orange blossom honey from MoreBeer.com and the bucket was completely crytalized. Will this affect the Mead flavor or is it OK. I heated a little up and tasted it and it seems to taste fine.

Started at noon and I'm just now pitching yeast (8:30pm) . $30 in hops, $20 in water, $20 grain and 8 hours labor, this better be one hell of a Bohemian Pils. I coulda bought 4 cases of Pilsner Urquell. I must be crazy. Maybe I'll try a triple decocted Octoberfest next weekend. :mug...

I've been digging in the books and haven't found much info on mash outs. My main question's are how do you guy's bring your mash-out temps up to 168ish from your mashing temp. of >155 without direct heat. For now I'm using the igloo mash tun. I haven't really used a mashout period in the past...

I have an IPA that ended up without enough bittering hops in the long boil ( overstated alpha acids most likely). What I'm thinking of doing is a small boil with an ounce or two of hopps for 60+ minutes, filtering or straining, and adding the water to the keg of IPA. I also thought about using a...

Hate to brag but I got a sweet line on malted grain now via work. Well, my brother in law does anyway. He brought me home 110 lbs of 2 row, 55 lbs of wheat, 55 lbs of caramel 30, and 55 lbs of crystal 60. What I'm going to do with the that much crystal and caramel, I don't know, but you can bet...

I am completely ignorant of the wine making process! I have some really good grapes on the vine right now and would like to make some wine out of them. Can someone give me a quik rundown of the process. Do I just smash the grapes,pour off the juice and boil. Pasteurize instead of boil? Or just...

Is Co2 produced during diacytl take up by yeast, Or is CO2 only produced during fermentation.

Just curious if anyone has ever tried cold fermenting a mead. It could be a pretty lengthy experiment so I thought I'd ask first. A lager yeast like a Cali lager yeast maybe? Is there a cold fermenting wine or mead yeast. Any thoughts on the results? I might try a 1 gallon batch just for the...

Anyone addicted to this online game like I am?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=018&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=280107160037&rd=1&rd=1 Can anyone tell me if this type of heat exchanger will work for a wort chiller. It seems to be just like a Therminator, maybe even larger at 1/3 the cost.

Getting the perfect carbonation out of my counter pressure bottle filler has been a pain! I chill my bottles before filling, and the beer is 35 degrees f coming out of the keg. I'm not sure what else I can do. Should I over carb a little in the kegs before bottling? Has anyone tried adding a...

Has anyone ever tried stirplating a full fermentation? I stirplate all my starters and was just wondering how it would affect a full 5 gallon batch. I'm pretty sure I'm gonna try it unless some one has a good reason for me not to. This idea came to me from a barleywine I have that is super slow...

I have a chocolate robust porter that tastes a little too much like bitter chocolate. Seems the little yeasties consumed the sugars and left the bitter stuff. It's subtle but not too favorable by me. My question is this-- How can I sweeten it up more without drying it out more. Is there a way of...

My barleywine has slowed to a crawl. It's at 1.040 from 1.145. Thats pretty decent attenuation but a bigger FG than I've ever had before. I added a few drops of Beano several weaks ago and it didn't really help much. I haven't added any yeast nutrient in quit a while, should I add a bit more, or...

What are some ideas for accurate carboy/fermenter temperature control. I've heard of aquarium heaters in a container of water with the carboy sitting in it, any other ideas.

Funny how winning a ribbon all of the sudden legitamizes your homebrew for some friends. Now they all want a bottle. Too damn bad, drink your Bud Light while me and the real beer lovers drink some award winning brew!!:mug:

My Lagering fridge won't let me get above 42 degrees. Is this too low of a temperature for the primary fermentation? I read that 50 degrees for the primary, diacytl rest at mid 60's for a week, then secondary at 33 till finished. I am getting fermentation but it's extremely slow. I am worried...

hello brewing brothers, I have a question about whether or not it would be ok to use an RV type water pump for a brewing rig. They are used to pump potable hot water in an RV and are pretty economical to purchase. Anyone have any thoughts?