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Hey everyone, So I built a keezer and I had to move it across a few states the other day. It was in the back of my truck and the top flew open, causing me to drive for a while on the highway with the top up, not directly facing the wind, but I think the joints/springs got over extended due...

Hey everyone, I just got my keezer up and running and it has been awesome. However, with my latest selection on tap, I noticed some flavor loss. I made this pumpkin ale: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f76/samhain-pumpkin-ale-140674/ I bottled half of the 5 gallon batch kegged the other...

Would these flavors work together at all?

So, I used whirlfloc for the first time and there is a ton of suspended material that has not sedimented out of in the bottles even after a month. The beer had plenty of other ingredients, orange peel, peppercorns, 4oz of hops but I have never had this much stuff left in suspension. I used one...

Is 18' of 5/8 in. Copper Tubing too short for an immersion Wort Chiller?

I made my first yeast starter last night in anticipation of brewing today. I followed the directions in Palmer's book but so far, approx 15 hr in, I have seen no activity at all. The liquid looks very cloudy and I cannot see any yeast accumulation on the bottom of the jar. The starter ended...

I am going to bottle a hefe tomorrow and am wondering if 6.5 oz of corn sugar will be appropriate for the style and also will not explode. I will be bottling with a normal hand capper, both 22oz and 12oz bottles, and carbonating at around 70 F. I came to this amount based on Palmer's chart...

Hey everyone. For this brew I used 10 lbs of DME and 1 lb of Light Candi Sugar. OG was 1.102. I am using Wyeast 3787, and after 11 days I racked it to a seconday and it was at 1.032. I fear that this has slowed and/or stopped fermentation. After two weeks it is currently down around 1.030...

Hello everyone. Excited to talk some serious beer.