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I finally brewed yesterday for the first time in about a year and I might have a problem but not sure. I used some grain and dry yeast that is about a year old but the experation date on the yeasy is 2013. This morning it had started but it wa not bubbleing very much and there was only about...

Will cane sugar work the same as corn sugar?

I have been doing all grain ales for almost a year now and would like to try a lager. I would appreciate it if some of you homebrew heads could drop some knowledge on me about some of my concerns. 1: How big of a starter should I make for 10 gallons? 2: What temp should the starter be at and...

Because of the hop shortage last year I bought about 4 pounds of the three variaties of hops I use most. I haven't paid any attention to the hop situation this year until my took inventory of my stock and went to purchase more at Hopsdirect.com. What the hell happened? They only have 4 different...

I was talking with my uncle this weekend who worked with Coca Cola for years. He said they used caustic soda (lye) to clean the kegs. Has anyone had any experience with this?

I am going to go AG as soon as I can get all of the equipment. I will be building a single tier system and the sites with burners are real vague as to the exact specs. ie. High pressure and how many BTU's. I am looking at this one...

I have seen some talk about electric actuated valves for gas but is there electric valves for hot liquid? I am trying to design a system with 2 pumps but I want to keep the valve operation simple by just using a switch that operates more than one valve at a time.

Does anyone know a way to modify the thermostat that comes with the refrigerator to go to higher temperatures. Is it a low voltage thermostat, or high voltage? If it is low I would think you could use a standard household thermostat. Your thoughts.

I want to buy an old freezer or refrigerator to use for fermenting. I know you can get a thermostat that better controls the temperature but it works by turning the power on and off. Since frost free refrigerators and freezers have a timer that times when it defrosts would it be a problem when...

After 12 bad batches the curse is lifted :ban: I just racked a kolsh into the secondary and kegged another that I thought was bad but mellowed out after it set a few more days. Still very vigilant about sanitation.

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Had a couple of Moutais Halloween night. Anyone else had this delicious drink? A bud of mine goes to China a couple of times a year and brings back 2 bottles. This last stuff was a special type only for Chinese officials given to him by a mayor of one of the towns there. You can't buy it outside...

Doing alot of thread hopping tonight so don't mind me.

I tried everything. Bottled water, boil all of the water, bleach, scrubbing, doing it outside, dry yeast, oxiclean, starsan etc. and still getting bad beer. At least it's getting better. It is now just sour and tastes like citer but have lost the bandaid taste and the color is right. Question...

Has anyone ever used a digital probe thermometer through a hole drilled in the pot with a grommet installed?

As a lot of you know I have had many bad batches even after I switched to oxiclean and starsan. I know a lot of you guys say you don't need to scrub your bottles and that's what I believe got me in trouble. I was inspecting one of my glass carboys in the sun and noticed it had a light film...

I grew up Catholic and went to a Catholic school through eight grade. My SWMBO and the kids are Baptist and the Kids go to a Baptist school. When the family are at church on Sunday I brew. Catholic prayers are pretty regimented like, Our Father bla, bla, bla, or Hail Mary bla, bla, bla. I find...

I am starting a batch right now and I am going to use dry yeast instead of liquid. Tha package says to float the yeast is water for 15 minutes then stir. Then add wort to yeast until wort and yeast are the same temp. Do I have to do all of this or can I just pitch the dry yeast package into the...

I have been have an unusual infection problem and found another fellow brewer in San Antonio has had the same unusual problem. I have had 10 bad batches and he has had 7. Has anyone in the area had similar problems?