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Looking for some guidance here on using fruit extract for flavoring. We made a nice strawberry ale a while back by adding extract at bottling, and wanted to make a similar blueberry beer. The blueberry extract label says "May contain high fructose corn syrup. Allow several days to re-ferment...

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Stir plate question: In the style in this picture, does it matter whether same or different poles are facing up on the magnets?

I made this map of all the St. Louis breweries that I know of, except for one :) I hope others can view it. http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=211909787820544176533.0004af11bd3221c6486bc&msa=0

I think WhineAdvocate would be a more appropriate name for that place. I check there in every now and then, but the conversations always seem to revert to petty complaints and pointless bickering.

Thanks for the suggestions guys. I will pass on the compliments too.

My buddy & I have recently started all-grain brewing. Some of our favorite beers are lagers, so we really want to be able to make some of our own. He found his old dorm fridge in his parents garage and came up with a plan to use it in a lager chamber. We were curious what others use to lager...

Is it worth it? As a new all-grain brewer, there is no question it is worth $22. Can you live without it? Of course. Man has made beer for thousands of years without Beersmith.

The hydrometer reading post-boil was 1.052, taken at about 73F so if we add .0011 according to Palmer's How to use Hydrometer, it may have actually been 1.053. I believe our goal was 1.047 or so. I do not believe we took a reading pre-boil. Is the pre-boil reading what we want to look at for...

Thanks for the quick responses guys!

Yesterday my buddy & I brewed our first batch of all grain. Everything seemed to be going very well until we transferred the wort into the carboy and ended up with about 3.5 gallons, well shy of our goal of 5 gallons. When we started cooking the wort we had between 5.5-6 gallons. Is this...

Hey all, I’ve been reading this board for a while now while my buddy & I have been acquiring our AG equipment. This board is an incredible resource full of tons of useful information. A big thanks go out to all who have already been extremely helpful to us without even knowing it! We made...