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Have done several batches of AG and now I have an issue. On 4-9-12 I put this recipe together.... 11 lbs 2 row 8 oz crystal 80 8 oz carapils 2 oz special B 2 roasted barley 1.5 lbs honey (5 minutes left in boil) 1/2 oz northern brewer (60 min) 1 oz fuggles (5 min) Will be doing 1 oz fuggles...

He title says it all I am looking for natural gas burner as I do not like the idea of using propane. I have a furnace for my garage so I have the gas line right there. I have search but it seems most if not all are for propane. Anyone have any ideas? Also I would like to buy a ready to use...

I am about to load up on my specialty grains and after buying some from my LHBS they are soooo expensive I just find it hard to support them. Where does everyone find the best prices (w/shipping) online? Another question I have is what are the specialty grains that you guys keep on hand for...

Brewed an amber on feb 21st and did a 600ml starter with washed yeast and my SG was 1.063 and it took off and fermented great for about 4 days and now I took a reading and it is still at 1.030 and only throws a bubble every 40 seconds or so. Should I just do another starter and repitch or let...

Am going to be doing an amber ale and I am looking to do late additions to avoid being to high on the bittering. I want about 25 ibu's and lots of flavor and aroma, any suggestions? I have Amarillo, cascade, northern brewer, and willamette hops already available. Please any suggestions? Tom

I have the opportunity to purchase like 5 specialty grains and some 2 row all in bulk and would like to purchase the more common grains for amber ales. If you had the chance what 5 specialty grains would you buy? I like pale ales and ambers and just want to get the stock of grains that would...

My wife just loves mikes hard winter blackberry wine coolers and so that means I have to try to make something close to it. Anybody have any suggestions on a recipe that will get me close? Any help appreciated

Does anyone know the best place to urchase bulk grains on line? My local brew shop is very expensive and I do not have a second brew shop around so I have to find the cheapest online store to purchase bulk grains.

Have brewed several batches of beer and have had mixed results on carb levels. I seem to be low on all of my batches of ambers and wheat beers. I use corn sugar to bottle and have it sitting anywhere from 65-75 degrees and use 5 oz of corn sugar. How much is too much corn sugar? I just...

So now that we have determined that we can squeeze the crap out of the bag, can you short about 1 gallon of the water and use it to pour over the grains after squeezing them and the squeeze them again? I would think that would help efficiency numbers. The other thing that I have to ask is with...

I am not sure if this is the right forum to ask this but here it goes. I have done several batches of extract with steeping grains and now I want to try BIAB to see if I want to move to all grain. My question is can I just use all grain recipes to attempt BIAB style brewing. I want to try a...

I am about to start doing BIAB and get away from doing extract all the time and need to know what size pot is best? Thanks for the help

I currently have a 5 gal batch of Edworts apfelwein siting in my carboy coming up on a month. I want to make it have some sweetness to it as it is very dry. Any suggestions on the best way I have searched with so many different ways. My thought was to kill fermentation and then add a couple...

I was at my local walmart yesterday and was looking at powdered cane sugar and noticed the size of the bag (25#) for like 15 dollars. My question is could this be used instead of corn sugar? Yes I attempted searching and realize that I am going to get flamed but I could only find people...

I am just about done making a twisted mist strawberry margarita wine for the wife now she tells me she wants a raspberry wine if I can. I found a raspberry grape concentrate and want to know if I can make just a 3 liter batch with just adding water, sugar, and yeast? Is this possible or do I...

I put a mothers milk stout down 3 days ago and I had 3 blow outs and after cleaning it up the third time I noticed the activity slowed to a stop. The recipe told me to put it in secondary after 3 days so that is what I did and now zero activity. OG 1.062 reading now is 1.028 should I just...

I have a few batches under my belt now and am looking to do an Alaskan amber ale clone. Anyone know of a good kit for it or do I have to put a recipe together. Any help would be great. Also if anyone knows of a Irish stout that is on the sweet side that would be great too.

I want to try one of these kits only one problem I have not found a place to buy it within the USA. Does anyone know of a place? Thanks

I have had a coopers draughts down for 4 days not one bubble and now the layer of foam is gone what should I do now?

I just recently purchased a coopers kit to get started in brewing and see if I like it and set my first batch to ferment yesterday (24 hours ago). I have noticed that I have setiment at the bottom of the fermenter and still no activity in the airlock. Am I still ok. BTW I just used the...