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Holy buttered popcorn batman!! I have brewed 3 all-grain recipes in the last 3 months, and ALL of them have this "off flavor" of buttered popcorn. Now, the lager I tried to make, I froze by accident becuase I did not program my "programmable thermostat" correctly. I thawed it out, pitched...

Is there a shelf life on beer?? Is it longer or shorter if it is bottled or kegged?

Holy Mount Saint Hellens batman!!! So here is the scoop: 1. I fermented mt Dunkelweizen for ~3 weeks. 2. Then I transferred the beer into a 5 gal keg with priming sugar for carbonation 3. It has been about 1 week and I wanted to "test" the beer to see if it was ready to put into the...

When I am priming my beer for carbonation, I want to experiment with using different sugars. Does anyone know where I can get a conversion table for this process for the varied sugars out there? (i.e. Brown sugar, honey etc...) I would imagine that I will need to also prepare these sugar...

Any brewers in the Cary area that get together and brew, drink, gather .....you know the drill? I brew every other Sunday and would be interested in meeting other brewers in the area.

I don't want to sound completely stupid :drunk: but....are there different qualities of Co2 or is Co2 just plain Co2? I am just thinking about the 5lb canisters of Co2 vs. the smaller 16/18g Co2 cartridges. Thanks.

1. I bought a 5gal soda keg with ball locks. 6 feet of tube, party/picnic spout, 16g Co2 charger and dorm fridge. So here are my questions....here we go! 1. Is 6 feet of tubing enough to cut down on foaming if I am only using a 16g Co2 charger and not a 5/10lb Co2 canister? 2. Do I...

So, I wanted to play around with the alcohol content of my beers and would appreciate any advice with this. I am mainly brewing from kits right now. If I added more sugar and yeast, will that increase the alcohol content and maintain the taste of the beer...or do I also have to add more grains...

When I prepare my bottles for brewing, I hand wash them with warm water and 2-Star, then I put them in the dishwasher on 2 cycles (1st one with some 2-Star, then another cycle with no sanitizer etc) Then after they dry, and when I am ready to use them for bottling I run them through another...

So I am fairly new at this beer brewing (about 8 months). I have had some GREAT success with kits and with all grain. My problem lately has been that every batch of Dunkelweizen I have tried to brew, has turned out bad. One batch never achieved good carbonation and tasted like vinegar and...

Hello from Cary, NC. Been brewing for about 9 months and have enjoyed the process so far. Looking for some new techniques and to just learn more about beer and brewing.