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Hi there. I am planning on bottling a Russian Imperial Stout that I've had aging since June of 2011. Since I'm almost certain there's no viable yeast left, I was planning on making a yeast starter today and combining that and priming sugar with the stout when I bottle it. I figured that would...

So, I was out hunting this past week in northern Wisconsin, and I came across a pretty cool find. I noticed these vines climbing up some saplings and low and behold, there were hops hanging off them! I broke up some of the cones and they were still loaded with yellow lupulin. They were...

I was bored online and ended up stumbling upon this hop farm called Silver Hops LLC and their unusual hops. Has anyone brewed with them or even heard of them? Seeing as how they come from Wisconsin, I'm definitely intrigued to try use something native to my state...

So, I've been playing around with the new version and I've run into a problem. I'm doing a 5 gallon ordinary bitter recipe with a batch sparge mash option Anyway, it has me mash in with 8.75 quarts of water for 7 pounds of grain. Then comes the problem. It has me batch sparge in 5 steps...

So I go downstairs to grab a growler of porter, and I notice the floor is wet. So, I open my kegerator and this is what I see. 5 gallons of Bitter that I started carbonating last night, in the bottom of my kegerator, and all over my floor. Found out it was my pin lock valve on liquid post that...

Brewed a cascade fueled pale ale, drank some home-brewed porter, and smoked a fine cigar. I must say, today was a good day...

I am trying to come up with an altbier for a local German homebrew competition. I figured i'd post it here for a little feedback. 6# German Pilsner 3# Dark Munich 0.5 # Crystal 120 0.1# Chocolate (for color) Mash at 149 For 60 mins 2 oz Hallertauer at 60 mins left 1 oz Hallertauer...

I finally got my three keggles put together. I also completed my homemade sight glass! I still have to do a water test to check for leaks, finish my dip tubes, and finish the recirculation elbows, but I'm definitely making progress! Tell me what ya think...

This is my first post with pictures, so bear with me... Anyway I recently finished welding my single tier. No gas plumbing, no burners, just steel and 4 casters. That being said, i just couldn't resist throwing my boil keggle, new mash tun and hlt on top so I could snap a few pics... First...

Just brewed a new recipe. I just love these low alcohol beers from Britain... Very simple, but here goes: 6# Maris Otter 0.75# Crystal 60 Single step mash at 150 degrees Fahrenheit for 60 mins 1 oz. Fuggle at 60 mins left 1 oz. Fuggle at 15 mins left 1 oz. Fuggle at 5 mins left...

Im finishing up my single tier stand with three 23-jet natural gas burners. I have a 3/4 inch natural gas line run into my garage, where i will be brewing. Here are my questions. I need a flexible hose to go from my hard line pipe to the brewstand itself. Any suggestions? The other question...

Im looking at buying three burners for my single tier stand from agri supply. http://www.agrisupply.com/product.asp?pn=64494&sid=&eid= The only problem is I am planning on using my natural gas line that runs out to my garage. I was wondering if anyone knows if that burner can run off of...

I am about to brew a 1.120ish Russian Imperial Stout. I read about people splitting a 5 gallon batch between 2 carboys due to the HUGE amount of krausen. I figured this would work awesome because i don't want to lose a lot of liquid through the blowoff tube. I'm also planning on aging in the...

I'm currently building a non-automated single tier setup and I've run into a snag. I'm planning on putting my temp probe into the coupling that attaches to the bottom outlet of the mash tun, just like Lonnie did with the Brutus 10. If this were automated, i would just stick the love...

I am completely new to HBT and am not sure if there's already a thread about this, but anyway, here goes. I am going to purchase some hop rhizomes this week and i had a few questions. What i was wondering is if i should by 2 or 3 rhizomes of each variety in order to have a huge harvest after a...