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Was just ay a scrapyard and they had some old beer kegs they are willing to sell me. Just sorta putting it out there if someone would be interested in a stainless keg to convert.

I recently put together a copper worm to cool my hot wart and am looking forward to putting it to use soon. Theres no pump, its strictly gravity run and runs the hot wort down the coil inside a bucket of ice water and out the bottom. However I'm not sure the best way to keep it clean. I'm sure...

I finnally found a place that sells apple cider that can be made hard and placed an order for 5 gallons. However I've never tried to make hard cider before so I'm unsure of how different it is than brewing. The cider will come treated already (no preservatives or heat sterilization) and should...

21 days ago I started a 6gal honey-wheat ale and fermentation is still ongoing. my gravity reading is about 1.010, from initial 1.060, so its really really close. Thing is I won't have much of a chance to bottle it in teh next 7 days and I don't want to risk letting it get funky; its damned good...

5-5 1/2 gallons 5# 6 row-pale malt 3# red wheat 1# roasted wheat 1# carmel malt (lov.40) 2# honey 1oz bitter orange peel (dried) 2oz Liberty hops dry ale yeast US-05 (?) 6 1/2 gallon glass fermenter Unlike a previous attempt that used mostly caramel malts, beginer mistake...

Ok, so anyone have any ideas on building a home smoker or an on the fly method of smoking your grains? I came up with a very crude cold smoker (smoke less than 100 degrees F) that utterly failed and involved a length of dryer exhaust tubing, disposable aluminum pans, and a wad of fiberglass...

Ok so I've got a little batch in the fermenter and everything about making has been a nightmare from the getgo. From finding a good wood to smoke, the smoking, mashing, and now fermenting. It seems that my fermentation had was stopped dead 4 days in after a good 1 day of moderate bubbling. I...