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I'll error on the side of caution and purchase a new can.

Fairly simple question - I have a can of concentrated muscat grape juice that could be about 4 years old. I never got around to using it for the original plan. It's been stored cold the entire time (except 1 month when I was moving between states.) Would you think the juice is ok to use in a...

Thanks for the comments. Everything looks as it should today.

I made a fresh 1.5L starter on Monday (Sept 15). On Tuesday I crashed it. Brewed today, Wednesday. I usually try to decant as much liquid as possible from my starter wort before pitching onto my fresh wort I brew. Today I couldn't pout off more than a third (~500mL) of my 1.5L starter before...

Getting ready to brew a Halloween beer and thought to use candy corns. Is there any further updates on this topic?

Well I've since found a source of more yeast but continued w the two stage starter. It seems like I have generated some activity. There appears to be signs of kraussen, tiny bubbles on the top of the starter. I am using a stir plate so it is hard to tell if there is activity and how much. I'll...

Great resource! Thx. Looks like I need new yeast.

I am brewing 5 gallons this weekend for a festival at the end of March. My local supplier is running low on all yeasts bc of the deep freeze we have been in, the companies wont ship bc its just too damn cold and they are afraid the yeast will freeze. I ended up getting a 4 packs of wyeast as...

Thanks! So for the kegs that are all ready carbonated, the pressure all ready in the keg is enough to hold it assuming no leaks?

Greetings, Ive done a search and came up with varying results and wanted to get some fresh opinions. Can I remove a partially filled and properly carbonated keg from tap service and hit it with about 30psi and store it for a few weeks while I travel? Can the same be done for a new beer...

Thanks for the all the great suggestions. I will probably try out a few of them in my next session. To clear some things up, my chest freezer is dedicated as a fermentation chamber, was bought new, and is very clean so I'm not too woried about nasties. I also thought about "suck-back"...

Thanks for the quick response JonK331.

Folks, With the warm weather, house water, and using both a pre-and plate-chiller, I cannot get my wort south of 82F. Is there any harm in airlocking it and putting it in the chest freeze/ferment chamber and waiting for it to get to 65-70 before aerating and pitching yeast? Thanks for...

Thanks for the help! A 9/16 bit may be the ticket.

Greetings, I am modifying my keg mash tun and adding a custom made thermowell that will accept a digital temperature probe. I am using a 1/4" tube compression to 1/4" NPT, where the NPT will pass through the keg wall. The 1/4" NPT outside diameter measures 0.518" on my caliper but an online...

Thanks Bobby. Nice stuff, and very cool applications. I have a few more things to think about now.

Does anyone have updates on if this design worked? I am thinking of trying this on a keg I am converting to a mash tun. Thanks.

Thanks Yooper! TyTanium, I did taste the hydro measurment. It tatsed good, it definitely had some of the peppery notes that the yeast description claimed.

Thanks Suthrncomfrt. Two days, 3 packets of yeast, swirling, and bringing the temp of the ferment chamber up to 72F and I am still getting only a 1-2 bubbles/min. This is the oddest fermentation I've experienced. My current plan is to let the beer sit in primary at 72F for 2 weeks and hydro...

This weekend was a nightmare as far as brewing goes. First I lost 5 gallons of finished imperial stout for St. Pattys when the bottom of the carboy fell out. I got over my depression :( (or at least tried to) by brewing an extract belgian IPA. Then I had some trouble with either my false...