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Getting back into brewing after taking a few years off from the hobby. 1. How long can I use the same old bottle of Starsan (unmixed)? Would the bottle I bought in 2012 still be, erm, potent? 2. I'm about to brew on equipment that's been in a basement for 2 years, so I'm going to clean...

So last week I allowed SWMBO to brew an irish red "on her own." I did the recipe, mashing, and advisory work, and she was very proud. We fermented it on Notty, which kicked off within 6 hours and fermented at a very reasonable 68F. Last night I took a sample and found it was down from 1.058 to...

Just looking for some advice on method for this recipe on my equipment. I use an 8 gallon stainless kettle with no valves and brew on a stove. I usually cool with a chiller and siphon to the carboy. I am a little worried about siphoning problems with over a pound of hops in the kettle in...

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This one is just weird and I thought I'd share it for the "ohmahgawd nooo stuck ferm" crowd. I made a Maibock of OG 1.080 on June 26th and planned to ale-ferment it because it's too warm even in my basement for lagering during the summer. I used a 2.5 liter starter of Wyeast 1338 European Ale...

Going to be brewing a Maibock style ale this weekend that's somewhere between the Northern Brewer kit (actually a lager) and Yooper's Dead Guy clone. This is my first self-designed recipe so please let me know if I am doing anything really stupid, eg, is this too much crystal? Too much carapils...

I just picked up an extract + SG kit from Northern Brewer, Dead Ringer IPA. It's supposed to be a clone of Bell's Two Hearted Ale, and everything looked right until I plugged it into Beersmith. The destructions call for a 2.5 gallon boil with this hop schedule: 1oz Centennial, 60 min 1oz...

Simple question, but I'm looking for a doctor / biologist / neurologist's answer to this problem. Apologies if there is an exhaustive thread already but I could not find it. Why is it that one can only smell a beer well for the first two or three sniffs? I know and have read that this...

Does anyone else have this "problem"? I suppose it's not a problem at all, because sneezing can be entirely (and inexplicably) pleasing, but whenever I take a big long sniff or thoughtless draught of a hoppy beer, I feel a tickle in my nose. Shortly thereafter, I often sneeze! I see a...

Noobie question time! I made a ESG recipe out of Papazian's book today with an estimated starting gravity of 1.050-1.060. 5lbs DME, 1lb corn sugar, 1 cup brown sugar, 1 cup molasses all contributing to gravity. I had a partial boil of a paltry 2G which, by the time the 60M boil was up, looked...

Tonight I am brewing with some malted barley that I will be toasting. Should I crack it before or after I toast? Does it matter?

Headed to the hardware store sometime soon to get some more hoses before brewing. What diameter of hose should I get for use as a blowoff hose with a standard 5 gallon glass carboy? The idea was that it would stick down into the carboy and be airtight. I also have a rubber bung with a grommet...

Came across the site via Google. Some of your archived threads are super awesome and you have been a massive help to me already. Thank you all contributors of delicious golden-colored information! You will probably see my desperate appeals for noob help soon.