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It may seem a little flip but I actually have been worrying about the following (great) problem: The wife and I came into a little unexpected money and after paying down the important bills, contributing to college funds and all that horrible responsible grown-up stuff we have enough to do...

I was driving to work thinking today about how yeast reproduces. Is it sexual or asexual reproduction. I ask because I have been wondering about 'custom straining' or something, say I have a yeast that I like the beer it produces but it can't handle high ABV solutions. Can I put a packet of...

At work we have an unused water cooler that is getting ready to be thrown out. Last time it was plugged it the cooling option worked but the heater didn't so away it goes. It is a stereotypical water cooler like you would expect to see in an office, a tall box with a jug on top. I was just...

So I don't use airlock activity as anything but a general indicator. If it is bubbling I don't bother worrying about it. I brewed a fairly beefy stout about a month ago and promptly blew my knee out playing hockey to where I couldn't lift anything over 20lbs, stoop, bend, yadda yadda. So the...

Feel free to say 'keg it' but I don't have the money or space just yet so I will ignore those responses ;) Basically the biggest hassle in brewing has been maintaining the temp where I want it for fermentation, but a REAL close second is the pre-bottling process. I read the stickey and...

In making my weekend brew (Porter) I started thinking about ways to isolate and experiment with brews. Next brew (next weekend or the one after, when the In-Laws are gone) I am planning to conduct a yeast experiment. I will use beersmith to come up with a reasonable 8 gallon recipe for a...

Just wondering what bottle people like to recycle? I really like Santa Fe Brewing Co. Pale Ale bottles because the lables come off in one piece after about a 2 hour soak in water. I also get some Deschutes Brewery bottles when they are on sale at the local store because the lables aren't too...

My house sits at just a hair under 7200 feet, its great for growing juniper berries that I hope to throw into a porter eventually but not so great for boiling water. Water boils at about 92-93C slightly weather dependent. I do extract partial boils due to space, equipment, financial, and...

On my last brew I finally made a starter for the yeast. Downside: I had to plan and prepare at least a couple days ahead, Upside: essentially instantanious and vigorous fermentation. Ok fine, so I will plan more gooder in the future, I'm a convert. Now I just need to build an aerator of some...

Is a pure Dextrose (as opposed to DME) starter acceptable? -dylan

I read several threads and didn't see this answered if I missed it sorry for the repost. So using the handy Mr. Malty link I need to make 1L of starter with 1 pack of liquid yeast. Do I smack the yeast pack and let it bloat and then add it to the boiled and cooled DME+water? Or do I just...

I have made 4 batches, 3 of which turned out drinkable, I figure that puts me squarely in the No0b realm still. I am interested in doing something big soon but have noticed all the Wyeast (sp?) smack packs say something to the effect of 'good to 1.060 OG'. I assume that for a big old barley...

In particular, I want to try a kit that I saw in my local homebrew store but was put off by its low alcohol. The kit advertised 4.5-5 for a Canadian Ale (or maybe Lager, I forget but the 'Canadian' intrigued me as I enjoy watching hockey with a Candian friend in town) and that is just too low...

Or more accurately WHY is it a dumb idea; I was thinking a good idea might be to brew a 5 gallon recipe with 2.5 gallons of water (since that is the size of the water cows I can get at the store) and put another 2.5 gallons in the fridge during the brew (or freezer if I can make room) then...

Well, Santa Fe New Mexico anyway, thats how the clever ad campaign wants to bill us. Complete no0b here, on my second batch after thoroughly ruining the first (undrinkable, I swear) I am working on a simple standard recipe supplied by my local homebrew store http://www.santafehomebrew.com/...

So I am a complete no0b, my second batch is in the fermenter now and I am rereading Palmer's How To Brew to pass the weeks and have been rolling around some thoughts while doing so. I read somewhere (I don't think it was Palmer) that Hops are a relative of Cannabis plants and was wondering if...

So I am a complete no0b, my second batch is in the fermenter now and I am rereading Palmer's How To Brew to pass the weeks and have been rolling around some thoughts while doing so. I made bacon infused vodka over the winter, the best luck I had was using a heavily peppered bacon in a very...