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OK, so I am looking to make the change from immersion chiller to plate chiller, and I could use some advice. Here in North Texas, the ground water is 90 degrees at times, so I will be using a copper immersion chiller as a pre chiller in a bucket of ice. I have used a friend's Therminator a...

I have a five gallon batch of Irish red ale that has been in the primary for two weeks. I want to put in some bourbon soaked oak cubes and age it for three weeks. My problem is that all my fermenters are full, so I don't a have vessel to transfer it to. I am trying to decide if I should rack to...

OK, so I have about 4 gallons of an irish red in primary fermentation right now. Once it is done, I would like to add about three or four pounds of cherries, and some Brett. I do not have a particular beer in mind, just something I would like to play around with. I have never used brett before...

I just listened to the Brew Strong podcast on oxygenation, and I have a question I don't think they covered. Since the oxygen in the wort is used by the yeast during the reproduction of cells, if I have made a starter a day or two before, is less wort oxygenation needed since much of the...

I think I got screwed at the welding supply. I thought my tank was a 5 lb, but the guy told me it was a 10 lb, and it cost me $18 to fill it. It only cost me $10 the last time at a different place. How can I tell what size my tank is?

I am in the process of brewing the Alaskan Amber clone from North American Clone Brews, and it is obvious that it will not be amber in any way. I could tell this while I was sparging, so I decided to play with the recipe a little and add some first wort hops. I am sitting here watching the...

Without going into a long story, I ruined my yeast for a Sunday brew at 5:30 on a Saturday. I had to buy the only yeast I had access to in the next half hour, or I was not going to be able to brew for another week. I bought a pack of Wyeast Irish Ale that had a manufacture date of 12/3/10, and...