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Hi everyone, Does anyone know how to measure IBUs (the actual procedure)? I work in a chem lab so I should have most of the stuff needed, or at least access to it if it is easy. Thanks!

I'm currently boiling a trippel, and I'm going to pitch 2 vials of while labs yeast. should I also add two "pills" of servomyes, or is one enough? thanks!

I was really excited to see there was a Sam Adams restaurant in the Pittsburgh airport this weekend. I went there to try the fancy new glasses but they didn't have any! I guess I'll just have to buy some to try them (didn't join the AHA until after the cutoff date)

I was all excited to see the krausen on my hefe since this was my first carboy fermenation (instead of a bucket). Had the blow off tube all set up and everything. Went to bed last night with first little tiny bubbles forming and I woke up this morning krausen already fallen and finished. Oh...

I used some bar keepers friend on the inside of my kettle to clean it up. Do I need to do anything to make the surface ready to use (aside from just rinsing with a lot of water), or can I just boil in it now? Clean with PBW?

What is the best way to set up a blow off tube for the 6 gallon BB? I don't have any giant tubing that will plug up the mouth of the carboy. Should I just put tubing on the middle part of my 3 piece airlock or try to make something better? (Starting a hefe this weekend)

Hi Everyone, Thank you so much for all of the help with kegging. I spent the past day reading all of the threads about it and all of the links that I could find. Everything went smoothly and I was done in much less time than bottling. Now I just have to wait for it to condition.... As...

Since I started homebrewing I have started collecting free fridges on craigslist. One I turned into a kegerator, one I cleaned and I'm going to resell and the last one almost pushed SWMBO over the edge. "all I need to get is a temperature controller and I can put my carboys in the garage...

Hi Everyone, I tried getting some help from a home improvement forum but no responses so I'll call upon the brains from HBT! Hopefully someone can help point me in the right direction. I recently acquired a c.1940’s Frigidaire refrigerator. It has a two prong unpolarized plug which has...

SWMBO pointed out last night that since hops are what get skunked and there aren't hops in cider, does it need to be kept in the dark? Just curious. Thanks!

Hi Everyone, One of my friends had a housemate move out and leave behind some carboys of wine (’05 Syrah) rather than move them. I would like to use them for homebrewing beer, but I don’t want to waste 6 gallons of wine either. Since I’m not planning on getting into winemaking I would...

Hey everyone, I just had my birthday and now I’ve got some money to spend. I need some help figuring out what would be best to spend my money on. It isn’t much ($75-$100) and I’m in general trying to keep the homebrewing cost low so I don’t get in too much trouble with SWMBO (although her...

Hey Everyone, I've been lurking around for a while and all of the help has been great. I look forward to getting plenty more help as I get into homebrewing! (I'm on my 4th batch now). -Sphericalcamel