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So the past few days I've been thinking about the possibiltiy of opening a BOP. I've read a lot of stories on the internet of these businesses shutting down, as well as there being a handful of ones that are successful. Has anyone been to a BOP, and do you think this business could do well in...

Hey guys, so I am new to kegging, and I am trying to sanitize my keg before filling it up with some yummy stout. I have my connections all right, I know the keg is pressurized, however I'm having trouble getting the sanitized solution to dispense out. When I take the ball lock thing off the...

This past weekend I brewed an all grain kolsch kit. After reading how well Kolsch's ferment at around the 55-65 degree range, I decided I would try using a refrigerator that was just given to me for the first time. After waking up the next morning I realized that the kolsch was at around 39-40...

Hey guys, so I was recently given this fridge for free, and I came to find out that a 5 gallon corny keg is about 1/2 in. to short to fit inside (without any attachments). So the freezer compartment has to come out someway (as you can tell in the second picture). If I just take the tray out...

So I brewed a Terrapin Rye Pale Ale clone, my third all-grain batch. It has been fermenting for exactly a week, and I was really excited to see how this batch was doing, so I went to take an FG reading, and I'm getting a reading of 1.004. This is making me a little nervous, since the expected...

I have an all grain Terrapin Rye Pale Ale Clone that has been fermenting for 5 days now, and I am supposed to dry hop it with 2 oz of amarillo. I have heard you get better results with dry hopping when you transfer to a secondary, which I am yet to do, but I also want to experiment and see how...

So I am about to brew an all grain Terrapin Rye Pale Ale clone which I am looking forward to a lot, and before I start brewing this tomorrow, I would like to have my yeast starter made tonight to give the yeast at least 24 hours to do its thing. I have a couple questions though which have been...

So when I switched to all grain, my 5.5 gallon kettle just isn't cutting it anymore. I will usually end up with 7 gallons of wort, which means I have to throw away 2 gallons; something I do not want to deal with anymore. Can anyone tell me if it is worth moving up to 10+ gallon batches? Or...

So after brewing a couple all grain batches, the whole lifting up the lid to the mash tun and checking the temperature thing is getting old. Can anyone recommend to me a reliable digital thermometer that isn't too pricey? I'm willing to spend $20, maybe $30.

So I bottled an american pale ale about 2 weeks ago, and there is very little carbonation to the beer, which is very dissatisfying. I believe the cause might have been that I had cold crashed it, and it suspended to much of the yeast, because I added the right amount of priming sugar. So I am...

So I brewed an oatmeal stout and I let it ferment for exactly 3 weeks, and now it is currently cold crashing in the primary. I went to check up on it today (2 days into cold crashing) and I saw that the beer was a little bit slushy, but definitely not completely frozen. I have been searching...

Hey guys, I just bottled my American Pale Ale (8lb 2 row, 1 lb of munich), and I checked the FG after I had finished bottling all 4 gallons of beer, to find out that the specific gravity was at 1.045!!! What the hell happened? My OG was 1.052, and I let the pale ale ferment for 3 weeks, and I...

***Urgent, I am about 10 minutes from boiling*** Hey guys I collected about a little more than a half gallon of wort (can't fit it in my kettle). I was wondering if I could boil down the wort for about 20 minutes and then add the remaining wort, AND THEN add my first and only hop addition...

So I made an IPA, which fermented for just longer than a month. I let it dry hop for a week, and then cold crashed it for 3 days in the fridge. I bottled it tonight and I honestly am not tasting any bittering hops, however the aroma hops are very pungent. Is this normal? I'm a little worried...

Has anyone here ever dry hopped using a paint strainer bag? I'm about to put in 1.5 oz of 3 different types of hops (cascades, amarillo, brewer's gold), and was wondering if this would work. Also, this paint strainer bag I have does not have something I can tie it down with at the top, would it...

So this will be my 5th extract batch thus far, and I had a couple questions to ask about this Weizenbier that I am going to be brewing soon. Here is everything that came with the kit: 6.6 lb. Wheat LME (2 cans worth, 3.3 lb each) 1 oz. bittering Mt. Hood .5 oz. armora Mt. Hood Is having...

***TITLE IS SUPPOSED TO SAY "COLD CRASHING QUESTIONS"*** So I have a Kolsch that has been fermenting for exactly 3 weeks now, and I would like to cold crash this beer in order to get clarity. Now for the questions: 1) Would it be fine to cold crash the beer in the primary fermenter, or is it...

So I just purchased an extract kit at a local homebrew store that is titled "C.J's House of the Rising Sun JPA". JPA stands for Japanese pale ale. Here is what is included: 6 lbs. Light Dried Malt Extract (DME) 1 lbs. Wheat Dried Malt Extract (DME) 1 bag Specialty Malts (Belgian...

I'm planning on purchasing a propane burner so that I can ditch the stove top and actually get my wort to a rolling boil. Currently I have a 22qt kettle, do you think this banjo burner is overkill for my small, 5 gallon batches? Also, if I upgraded to a keg, would this be good for that...

So after doing 3 batches of beer, I am getting tired of the ice bath and would like to move on to a wort chiller. For a typical 3-5 gallon wort, how many ft. of copper would be recommended? Also, does anyone know where the best deals are for these things? I've been seening upgrades for a...