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Guys, Anyone know of any place in Connecticut where I can buy a few wooden barrels? Lightly used heavily used, whatever. I am interested to buy. Thanks

Does anyone have a good method on cleaning a plate chiller? Right now I just flush it with hot water and pbw. Does anyone recommend storing it with pbw in it or would that encourage oxidation of the metal in the chiller. Thanks

Hey brewers, I am thinking of making a coffee porter today but I need some advice on how to add coffee to this recipe. How much coffee should I add and when should I add it? Here is the recipe to help: Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Batch Size: 5.00 gal Boil Size...

The first thing that came to my mind when you said "alcoholey" is that you pitched the yeast at too high of a temp, which can produce a phenolic taste. I used to have the same problem. What temp are you pitching at?

What was your mash temp. And how long did you keep it at that temp for?

What kind of equipment are you using? If it's a cooler mash tun I recommend mash in at 122 then boil up more water and raise to 153. Then proceed with lauter. I did this for my last batch and made a great hefe. If not step try decoction, hell imm doin a decoction hefewiezen tomorrow. Happy brewing

Thanks for the feedback. Does anyone think that and addition of 1 lb of honey in secondary fermentation would go well? Or would it be too sweet

I need some feedback on this recipe that I am going to brew this saturday. Any feedback would be much appreciated! 5 gal batch Summer Ale 6 lbs Pilsner malt 3 lbs Wheat malt .5 lbs Honey malt .5 lbs Cara Pils malt 1 oz Hallertauer @ 60 min 1 oz Hallertauer @ 5 min .5 oz Dried...

All I know about this is excessive fusel alcohols will most likely result due to the high temperature. Back when I started brewing I was impatient and pitched my yeast at 80 degrees plus, this resulted in very harsh alcoholic after taste in my beer. My advise is to bottle or keg and keep in a...

What does the grain bill look like?

Thanks everyone for the input. I may go with the braided steel hose it seems to be one of the most efficient and less likely to have a stuck runoff.

I have a problem with stuck runoffs lately, I have been using a false bottom screen in a 10 gallon cooler. I was wondering what is the best way to strain the wort from the grains without getting a stuck runoff when batch sparging. Does anyone have any ideas on what is the best technique to use...

Thanks for the advice, I am using a false bottom to strain out my wert. Would you recommend braided steel hose or copper pipe instead for better efficiency? Also when you fly sparge, do you use a sprinkler type setup and run the 170 degree water over the grains after first runoff? Then let it...

Last week I attempted to make a German hefeweizen. The recipe called for 5 lbs of wheat malt and 2.5 lbs of pale malt I read that step mashing is the preferred way to make beers with lots of wheat in the grain bill. This was the first time I have ever done this, I usually do a one step...

Be real careful about infection with adding fresh fruit to your beer. I made a strawberry blonde once and it was the nastiest stuff I ever had because of the infection. Either freeze the mangos, boil them, or blend them up with some star San. That should do the trick. Good luck