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Hop spider was getting clogged and I'm sure It wasn't flowing as well as it used too. We always rinse it good after ward but it seemed to be getting worse every time we used it. I tried star San. It don't really do anything. Brewery wash and finally a good soak in oxyclean. Nothing was really...

I was hoping that smarter folks than me could offer some advice on a beer that turned out bad. Allow me to begin where most good storys do, at the beginning. Autumn of 2013, my friend and I brewed an old ale. 5 gallons, using only marris otter and fuggles. We began with 26 lb of grain and did...

I brewed a wit for the second time and both times no head. The first batch was bottled and the second kegged but same problem with both. No head. So I'm thinking it may be process or recipe related. The recipe is: 50% 2 row 40% white wheat 10% flaked oats For a 10 gallon batch I also added 1 oz...

So here I am, minding my own damn business, drinking my homebrew and I look down to see the foam has formed what appears to be a partially melted marshmallow. I know that it's just the foam on my beer but it would look perfectly normal in a cup of hot coco. This is weird to me. I'm sure there is...

This is a good thing, I'm very excited, I just bottled a batch of my award winning IPA. Preliminary samples are encouraging. Just wanted to share. Smelling it makes my teeth hurt

Last weekend while cleaning up after an epic brew day the auger from my Victoria corona style grain mill rolled off the table and on to the floor. This want so bad except that the grinding plate on it broke in two, I have scoured the internets looking for a replacement but it has turned up...

My wife tonight gave me the greatest feedback ever. After drinking a few heavy seas hop3 IPAS I gave her a sip of my chinook amber ale. She took one sip and told me it tastes like celery I spent a few minutes politely telling her that I am a beer conesiour and a award winning homebrewer and she...

To beat my chest on this forum, because I just won a homebrew competition at the Montgomery county agriculture fair. But seriously, It was my first competition and I won best in show and I am super psyched. Thanks to everybody who posts and helps others and keeps things going. This forum is a...

Have just finished fermenting my first lager and am about to lager it. I was wondering what the consensus was on bottle carbing before the lagering. I'm worried about having the yeast able to finish the job after lagering if I bottled afterward. Thoughts?

Yesterday was quite slow at work so I made my kettle out of a keg. It wasn't quite as exciting as I thought it would be but using it ought to be. She won't win any beauty contest but that's not why I did it

This weekend I brewed a batch. The mash went well and tasted sweet and loveley. I boiled and chilled and racked to my carboy and sipped a taste from my hydrometer flask and it had a horrible acidic/chemically/bitter taste. I am assuming that the taste did not come from my mash or anything...