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I have a batch of mead that I have fermented with D-47 and it is now getting close to it's final gravity. My plan is to rack this to a carboy and age it for a year before I bottle it. I have added no sulfates to this mead so far. I have no SO2 or PH meters currently and wondered if I need...

Every time I clean my better bottles with oxy clean after of fermentation the sediment always settles at the exact same level...between one and two gallons...does anyone else have this happen?

I was wonder how everyone is flushing the head space in their carboys for bulk aging? I do have a kegging setup.

Right now I am fermenting a Dunkelweizen beer with Roeselare. I have heard this mix does some interesting things as it goes through generational changes. I plan on racking this beer to a better bottle in a month or two to age. I am then going to reuse the yeast cake for another beer. I...

I am going to make the King Brian Caramel ale as a 11 gallon batch. I want to bottle 5.5 gallons of this with Pumpkin Pie spice, vanilla bean, and molasses. To allow those flavors and aromas to come through I don't want to do the aroma hop edition of Chinook and Willamette. I'd like to...

I am going to be brewing a large batch of BYO's La Roja clone. I am going to bulk age this in a Sanke Keg. My main yeast will be Roeselare and after primary I am going to add some JP dregs. Question is ...Can I ferment 11 gallons of this in the Sanke and 5 gallons in a bucket and then top...

I have cultured the dregs from JP's La Roja and want to keep them healthy. Right now I have the culture in a 1/2 gallon milk jug. The jug has a nice pellicle on it after about a month now. 1) How often do I have to feed it? 2) Should I dump part of the liquid when I do ...and if so do...

After sampling a few Lambics and Flanders Reds I want to make some of my own. I'd like to age some of it on sour cherries and some possibly on cranberries. I have been all grain brewing for awhile and have about 30 batches under my belt and I have enough patients to brew a beer and let it...

I recently bought a barley crusher. How is the default crusher settings? Will I get a good crush our should I adjust it?

I recently finished my weldless keggle conversion using Bargain Fittings bulkheads and a side pickup tube. The keggle holds water fine. When I drain it it drains well until the water level hits about the middle of the bulkhead and then stops. This leaves about 1 to 1.5 gallons of water in...

I got a 2 tap pin lock keg setup from kegconnection.com during their black friday sale. I finally got it all hooked up today. I carbed the beer in advance and the kegs all pressurized fine. I hooked up my beer lines to the kegs and they dispensed just fine through the faucets. I left for...

I am new to kegging and filledtrip of my kegs today. I am going to let these sit for awhile. I purged the headspace on both kegs we with 20 psi three times. The final time I did not purge the head space and the keg had 20 psi in it with the co2 turned off. Do I leave this co2 in the keg our...

I made a batch of beer with Denny's 1450 yeast. I did the standard 3 weeks in the primary ...but this beer is going to be for a company party in mid January so I decided to secondary it to clear it up a bit more than normal. Well ...life got busy and it has been in the secondary for 5 weeks...

I am going to brew a Dunkel using w3068 Is it ok to use light LME to make my starter or should I buy Wheat LME? Would it make any difference?

I want to make British table beer. My basic grain bill will be 5 pounds of MO and a pound of crystal. I know the higher temperatures you mash at the more unfermentable sugars in the wort which translates into thicker mouth feel. My question is ...Can i mash at a lower temperature, say...

I am making a pumpkin stout this weekend. I am making an o flannigain type stout with baked Libby's pumpkin in the mash. I am mashing at 156* in a converted 10 gallon cooler My question is ...can I mash in late night and let it sit all night? I planned on letting this mash for a few hours...

I am looking to make a hlt just to heat mash water. I only have 120v available. I don't need anything fancy. I will even do temps by thermometer. I have seen people put an element thru the bottom of a 5 gallon igloo cooler. I have a spare cooler and would be willing to use this ...or a 5...

First off. I need to do this whole project on the cheap if I can! As the subject says ...I wanting to do an eKettle setup for the boil (and only boiling) my wort. I have created a MLT out of a 10 gallon Rubbermaid cooler and can heat strike/sparge water on my stove. I'd like to do the...

I plan on doing a Parti-Gyle wheat batch in a 10 gallon Igloo cooler with the following... 1lb Caramunich Malt 1lb Rice Hulls 7lbs 2 Row Pale Malt 7lbs Malted Wheat (I am very new to all grain brewing) First ....will I need the rice hulls? I plan on mashing at 152* with 22.5 qts of...

I know most kits say to steep your specialty grains at 155° for 30. Should you then "mash out" with 10 minutes at 170°? And I have been bringing my water to 160 or so then adding the grains which drops it to 155°. Is this correct or should I put the grains in and then heat the water and time...