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im bottling a double IPA today and i wanted to bring a small (7oz) sample bottle to a party with me tonight. i have a portable CO2 charger with a short length of hose on it that i use for purging carboys and i was thinking maybe i could use that to at least lightly force carbonate one bottle of...

i swear i saw an ad on here for an electrically cooled jacket that fits over a carboy but ive been searching here all day and cant seem to find it anywhere. am i crazy or something?

this is my second time brewing from all grain and my first time making something so hoppy. about to start heating my strike water, any last minute tips? This started out as a Pliny the Elder recipe that Vinnie posted, but i had to make some hop adjustments so i just went and ahead and tweaked...

today is my first all-grain batch. after buying some new equipment and ingredients, i find myself without a wort chiller. since im brewing in the kitchen in my tiny apartment, i dont really have the room to run that much water anyway. so this is the plan i have devised: immediately after the...

ive read about boiling hops into the water used to dissolve the priming sugar for bottling. i have a porter i brewed that did not wind up the color i expected. can i steep some black patent malt in a cup or two of water before i dissolve my sugar in it? my only concern is adding more sugar by...

i brewed a spiced cranberry beer last night and pitched my WLP320 about 19 hours ago and havent seen a single sign of activity yet. im used to using dried yeast and seeing fermentation within 6 or 8 hours but i do remember the White Labs stuff taking a bit longer sometimes. so im wondering...

trying to brew something fast that will be ready for Thanksgiving and hefeweizens usually seems to ferment quickest, so heres my quick recipe. any opinions before i begin? 1/2# chocolate malt 1/2# crystal malt 60L 1/4# wheat malt 4# liquid wheat malt extract 3# liquid light malt extract...

so im brewing my 5th batch of extract based beer and my first attempt at a higher gravity beer. i'm starting with 10# of light LME, a couple pounds of specialty grains for steeping and 1# dark belgian candy sugar. i picked up a packet of Safbrew T58. if i make a healthy starter with that and...