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So getting creative and little brash as I become a better brewer I made what was intended to be a honey IIPA that has turned out to be what I think is mead-like. Considering I used 5 pounds of honey I guess I shouldn't be surprised. It tastes fantastic with a very high ABV (probably 10% or...

Searches on "auto-siphon" turned up the expected questions like "how do I get this to work" or "why is it clogging" or "why is there a loose piece of plastic in the bottom"? I can't believe I ever went without an auto-siphon. I also can't believe how dependent I am on unreliable pieces of...

I've successfully harvested yeast multiple times now by doing a few good "swirls" a day of my flask, and feeding the yeast a second dinner after 2-3 days. I always end up with big starters that make great beers. Can some explain why there is a need for fancy stir plates? I'm not being smug...

Hey all - I seem to commonly run into my beer bottles having too much carbonation if I let them sit in the fridge for a while, even a matter of several days. Doesn't seem to have anything to do with how long they've been bottled, and after a day or so in the fridge they are carbed...

I'm getting ready to make a Two Hearted Ale clone. I made a starter with TH yeast then decanted and put the little guys in a jar (with no headspace), and refrigerated. This week I pulled the jar out and cranked up another starter with it. I've since stepped it up again and it's looking good...

So I'm now venturing into the yeast harvesting arena. I expected this to go horribly wrong.... I boiled a half cup of DME in 2 cups of water, cooled and then carefully added the sediment from 3 Bells Two-Hearted Ale bottles to a growler with a little yeast fuel. I then capped the growler...

I'm contemplating adding gelatin to the IPA I have about ready for bottling in a Better Bottle. I'm wondering how I can add it through the bottleneck and get it evenly spread out across the beer surface area to drop uniformly. I don't want to stir or swirl for obvious oxygenation issues...