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Hey all, About six months ago I moved to the oppressive state of Alabama for flight school, where homebrewing was illegal until about a week ago. I decided to get my equipment out and see what kind of shape everything was in and, with the exception of my mash tun, everything looked pretty...

Hey all, I recently acquired a run down kegerator and fixed her up to be a show piece (in my mind). The of the taps work flawlessly, however the fourth is being stubborn. For some reason the beer doesn't want to come out how it is supposed to. Instead, it pours foam and immediately after...

Hey all, So I went to the brew store tonight and while I was there spotted some glass carboys on sale. I bought 2 not not realizing that the mouth is a different size than my better bottles that I normally ferment in. I was planning on moving 10 gallons of cream ale into the new carboys...

Hey guys, 3 Days ago I made a yeast starter with white labs super high gravity yeast for my xmas ale. Probably not the best choice, but i figured why not. Before I pitched the starter I tasted it and it was somewhat cidery and sulfury. Is this bad or are these just byproducts of...

Hey all, Here's my dilemma: I recently tasted 3 beers that I have fermenting and all are terribly sour; i mean lip-puckering sour. I'm trying to think of a common denominator and all I can come up with is that I used base malt that I've been storing in a bucket that smells like death. It...

Hey guys, I brewed my pumpkin ale a week ago and tonight I drew off a sample for a gravity reading and taste test. The gravity was down from 58 to 24, but when I tasted it my lips just about puckered. It had a definite sour apple character to it, but I didn't use any apple! I can't think of...

Hey all! As I stare at my first lager (a czech pilsner) sitting in it's dedicated fridge, I can't help but ponder how exactly to dry hop as I have never done it. I'm planning on doing a diacetyl rest after about 10 days then rack it into a corny keg. Here's my plan: I'd like to rack the beer...

Hey guys, I just pitched the slurry from a 3 liter starter that expired December of 09 into a czech pilsner with a gravity of 1.040. According to mr. malty, this is enough yeast but I wanted to be sure. What do you guys think? I have an extra packet of saflager w 34 70 in my fridge and am...

Hey guys, quick question for ya I brewed a czech pilsner yesterday and it has been in my fridge chilling to about 48 degrees before I pitch my yeast. I made a 3 liter starter with a vial of White Labs Bohemian Pilsner that expired mid-December of 09 about 5 days ago to ensure I would have a...

Hey guys! I'm planning on doing my first lager next week, she's going to be a pilsner. I've got an idea on a schedule but would like your opinions before I actually do it. I'm planning on 4 weeks at 55 degees, 1 week of bringing it up to 68 degrees and letting it stay there for 2 days before...

Here's the situation: I just kegged a lambic that has been in an ale pail for about 4 months. My question is whether or not it's worth keeping and trying to sanitize it or just throwing it out. If it is worth sanitizing, how would you go about doing it? I have starsan on hand and was thinking...

Here's the skinny, Yesterday I brewed a 5 gallon batch of holiday ale with a gravity of 1.058. I pitched one package of s-04 yeast without rehydrating and this morning the airlock was full of kreausen. My question is this: should I add another package of s-04 to the wort to ensure complete...

Can anyone tell me exactly how gelatin clarifies beer and what the proper procedure is for using it?

What exactly does it do and what is the specific procedure?

Here's what i'm thinking: Batch size: 5 gallons 4.5 lbs 6-row pale malt 4 lbs 2-row pale malt 1 lbFlaked corn .5 lb Flaked rice 1/4 oz. Sorachi Ace hops (60 minutes) 1 oz. Saaz (3 minutes) OG: 1.055 SRM: 3.3 IBU's: 17 Single infusion mash at 153 for 60 minutes. Batch sparge...

I'm brewing a Fruit pLambic and trying to figure out how to determine the abv of the final product. I'm thinking something like this: OG=Postboil gravity SG1=Gravity before racking to secondary SG2=Gravity after mixing in fruit puree to secondary FG=Gravity once fermentation has finished...

Hey all, I've brewed the past 2 days. Yesterday I brewed a hefeweizen and today a pale ale. With both of them the OG is in the mid 1.03x's which is obviously very low. Can't really figure out whats going wrong so any advice would be appreciated! Shawn

Hey all, I've brewed the past 2 days. Yesterday I brewed a hefeweizen and today a pale ale. With both of them the OG is in the mid 1.03x's which is obviously very low. Can't really figure out whats going wrong so any advice would be appreciated! Shawn

Hello all, I purchased an Igloo Marine 48 qt. cooler a couple of days ago to convert into a mash tun. I completed it today and decided to give it a whirl. I heated up some water and placed it in the cooler, shut the lid for a few minutes to preheat it, took the temp, let it go for an hour...