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ive been drawing up different designs for a electric brew stand im piecing together but i have a question about the power switch i want to use. i was wondering if the switch in the following link would be able to safely handle 120V at 20 amps? sorry for the noob question, and thanks for all your...

This is my first time using any kind of fruit in a beer, and since the girlfriend requested something that she could drink this is what i have came up with, its based on Edworts Bee Cave Brewery Kolsch recipe. I want to add a 49oz can of Oregon Fruit Puree to the brew but im not really sure...

so ive been reading the stickies and various other posts here in the cider forums, ive been brewing beer for 2 years and this is my first try making hard cider and im a little confused on a few things. First, is there an ABV% i should stay below to maintain the apple flavor? i heard anything...

all i needed was two things from the brewshop, i had just picked up the apple cider and concentrate i was using to make my first batch of hard cider and i some how forgot to pick up any yeast nutrient. so i was wondering if i could just leave a little starsan at the bottom of my fermenter since...

probably a stupid question.. i did some searching and i couldnt find exactly what i was looking for so i decided to ask the experts. i was wondering if there is any benefit for priming a keg of red rye ale with invert sugar. my thinking was that after primary fermentation the yeast may be...

i do AG on a stove top, and i had just finished boiling and cooling the wort, as i was transfering to my fermenter (a 5 gallon plastic bottle) when i turned around and snagged the siphon hose with my shoe and WHAM! the bottle comes crashing down on the floor, and the WHOLE thing ends up on my...

im getting all my gear ready to brew first thing tomorrow and i came across a bottle of 'phazyme', its only active ingredient is simethicone but the dosage on the bottle says 180mg! jeez! i was wondering how much (in mg) of simethicone i would need for a boil or adding to my fermenter? all i can...

so everything was going smoothly as i was racking from secondary to my keg which i had already backfilled with co2.. as i was pressurizing the keg and i had it laying on its side to maximize the surface area of beer to co2. everything had been prechilled, beer and the keg. well while i was...

this is my second try at this recipe, last time i dropped my thermometer and shattered on the concrete floor of my garage so i messed up my mash temp. well this time i went got a digi thermometer and redid the recipe, i missed my post boil OG, coming in at 1.042, it should have been 1.047. my...

It all started when my sister got me a Mr. Beer kit, and the obsession started. i brewed about 5 batches using my trusty Mr. Beer set, but all the beers seemed lacking. i cant really explain it, but all the beers had some kind of 'twang' to them. So then i made the jump to all grain, and heres...