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Hopefully, I will be brewing a high gravity lager this week (SG 1.090). However, my starter has shown no signs of life after 24hrs. Not even a slight sign. Its just spinning on my stir plate, looking like when I pitched the yeast. There isnt even a sign of activity. I used the Wyeast...

Ahh, good ol' fruit beer. After making fun of a friend for awhile about making him a fruit beer, I am caving in. Since this is my first recipe design at a fruit beer, any opinions would be appreciated. Here is the recipe: 11lbs, 8 oz Briess Pilsner Malt 2lbs, 8oz Briess White Wheat Malt...

Ahhhh, yeast washing. I did my first wash yesterday and only had about enough water to fully fill two pint mason jars. I did the wash as close to the "how to" thread as possible. When I looked at them today, this is what I saw. I harvested out of my primary too. Too much trub or lots of yeast?

So I got a keg for dirt cheap ($20). I already have a 9 gallon SS brew pot and I am considering making a 10gal IGLOO water cooler mash tun. I figured I could use the current brewpot for a hot liquor tank. Do I convert the keg to a keggle or should I make a mash tun out of it instead and just...

I am about to build my MLT from a 10 gallon Rubbermaid water cooler. My question is what would be better, a false bottom or one of those "bazooka screens" aka braided SS supply hoses?

I ordered a vial of White Labs British Ale Yeast from Midwest on Monday. Got it today and lo & behold it looked like rotten milk when it coagulates (sp?). I shook it up to see what happens and this is what I got. I have a vial of the European Pilsner yeast from White Labs and took some...

After having a lovely Christmas, I decided to use some gift cards to various homebrewing sites to finally take a stab at a recipe I have been wanting to create for sometime. It is a Pale Ale that is a take on a favorite of mine from Seattle. Please let me know what you think. Here is the...

So for an early Christmas present, I got an oxygenation system from AHB from a family member. This is the air pump one with all fittings, stone, and hepa filter. I usually just use my bottling bucket to help oxygenate the wort by using the spigot to pour the wort into the fermenter. I also...

I have this lovely SMaSH IPA that I brewed awhile back with Simcoe hops. It is now time to dry hop the bad boy and my LHBS only had whole leaf. Due to my thinking that they would have pellets, I didnt order them online. Should I dry hop the same way I would with pellets or use a muslin bag...

So I decided to DIY on a stir plate. Got a 120mm fan, rheostat, switch, 12 vdc power supply, HD magnets, and a stir bar from Brewmasters Warehouse. Put it all together and the stir bar wont spin when the plate is on. I used two HD magnets on either side of the fan hub and just a single one in...

So I ordered a vial of White Labs Pilsner lager yeast from Brewmaster's Warehouse about 5 days ago. I finally got it today and when I was checking the dates, the best before date was for 12/11/10. Still usable or should I return it and have them send me another?

So I was building a circulating fan unit for my fermenting chamber today when the blades of the 80mm computer fans (2) I used started to break off. Granted, it could be the cheap fans I scavenged. But since I am electrically less inclined, I thought it could be electrical. Here is the data on...

After seeing many people, both novice and advanced, have many debates about what is better and which burner to buy, I figured I would put some myths about burners to rest. Plus, I wanted to make a convienient place to find out about many of the burners in use out there. So here it goes...

Just wanted to throw this out there. I am sure some will highly disagree, but AVOID myLHBS in Falls Church, VA. I have frequented the shop about 5 times now and each time the owner is rude and selling some serious crap. I bought one keg off him when he boasted it was the best refurbished keg...

So I carbed a keg of beer about four weeks ago with about 4oz of priming sugar. It sat in a fermenting chamber at 68-70F for the entire time. I chilled it down to 40F last night and then tapped the keg this morning. Not one ounce of head and the beer was flat. Any thoughts on the problem?

So after making my starter for a brewing on Saturday, I directly pitched it into my wort. Oddly enough, fermentation was not so vigorous as I have seen with my other starters. Granted, I completely understand fermentation is hard to judge, but as of this morning, no signs of fermentation and...

So while at the best store for buying beer and wine in the Metro DC area, I see some bottles of Sierra Nevada's 30th Anniversary brew. Man, it is tasty. Plus Papazian and Eckhart helped to make the recipe so it has got to be good. MMMMMM, goood! :ban:

So, I realized the other day that I primed my keg of ale with 5oz of priming sugar. When I went back and looked at Beersmith, it said only 2oz. Whoops! Big brain fart mixed with a few homebrews. So, if I were to let this sit for two weeks and then cold crash, would it be at a good carb level...

So I just bought a keg kit and hooked it all up. Set the regulator to 12# just to push some starsan through the lines and fittings. Pressure equalized on the keg and then the flow was just a small trickle. Because I am a noob at kegging, I put the gas line on the grey connector and the beer...

Sorry for the rant, but I figured I would warn and see if anyone else has been having problems with Midwest Supplies as of late. The 2 of the last three orders from them were messed up somewhere along the line. My first order problem involved waiting almost a week for them to ship my order...