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Is there a maltster that sells millet malt by the pound online yet? I want to try my hand at GF brewing and millet is the grain I want to try first. If ready made malt isn't available I'm not against malting it myself, but how can I tell if the grain I'm buying will germinate? Are there well...

I'm in the early stages of planning a microbrewery, so I came here for advice and pointers, as well as some questions. I want to open a brewery and tasting room somewhere in Chicago IL. At the moment my main mission is to figure out what size in terms of BBL capacity I should start with. I plan...

I did a 1 gallon pilot batch for an IPA recipe, and my efficiency was much higher than anticipated because I used a lot of water and then boiled down 3 gallons of mash to just 1. I ended up with an OG 1.123 at 88 degrees, corrected to 60 F its 1.126. How well can I expect Danstar Nottingham to...

I have recently noticed that certain yeasts produce more headache generating compounds than others. For me, the headache is the only unpleasant part of the hangover, when I drink a brand of Vodka that never gives me headaches, I can ignore the rest of the symptoms and be up and about no matter...

I have a question about old pin lock coke kegs. I have an opportunity to acquire some cheaply, and I'm going to take it regardless of the answer. But my question is this: are they heat safe enough to receive boiling wort or are they lined with plastic?

I have been surfing the web trying to find these for quite some time now. I was seeing a bunch of out of stock links before, now I can't find any. I don't have a problem finding other NZ varieties year round, why is this one so rare.

My hometown tap water has a silky, soapy texture on the tounge and smells like algae. I decided to start using burton water salts and distilled water, because I don't want to bother with formulating my own salt blend with separately purchased minerals just yet. My question is, how much should...

Anyone tried to measure the sg of juice pressed from fresh strawberries? I'm exploring the possibility of making adjunct-free strawberry wine.

I am thinking of making a starter using corn sugar, yeast nutrient and accelerant. Would that work or should I just get DME for it?

Has anyone tried to age with oak species that are not french, american or hungarian? I have an evergreen species of oak growing in my area that I'm considering using to make things more interesting and tailor the recipe closer to the local terroir. I'm also thinking about using citrus wood...

Which strain will produce the smallest amount of fusel alchohols at 75 degrees? I don't care much if its a funk bomb ester-wise, so long as it doesn't give me a massive headache. I have effective mean of temp control, but would occasionally like to be able to do something at my ambient house...

I brewed my first batch in an aluminium kettle without first reading you have to boil water in it first. That batch got too many tannins and was meant to be expermental for the purpose of testing new eqipment and the tannins ended up coving up the metalic taste pretty well (lol). Since then I...

I mashed for about 60 minutes at 145, but when it came to sparging I accidentally added sparge water that reached equilibrium at 178F. All the mash water was drained at that point so the bare grain got hit with hotter than expected 2.5 gallons of water, gravity of the drainoff was 1.02. Any...

I don't find a lot of beet sugar where I live, but all of the big box stores sell organic state grown light brown cane sugar and I'm tempted to use that for making candi syrup. What kind of flavors may be produced for using light brown sugar? Another question: what are good sources of acid...

Hello, I have no easy way to control temperatue while my bottles are conditioned. My house is kept at 75 degrees and I have no control of that to push it lower. I plan to bottle condition for 2 weeks in the same cooler with ice bottles where I ferment, but afterwards I would like to keep the...

I have recently acquired a used turkey fryer of craigslist on the cheap and would like to put a drain spigot on it. I plan to use it both as a mash tun and brewpot. Are the materials used in weld-less designs able to tolerate the temperatures of boiling, such as silicone o-rings and teflon...

I have captured a strain of wild yeast by dunking some of my backyard fruit in a solution of sugar and yeast nutrient, and so far it was been fermenting nicely. As expected I also caught a bunch of bacterial infections with it as well.I don't have the resources to properly culture it in petri...

I'm thinking of embarking on a DIY project to convert a 1 gal keg like this one http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001RUW64K/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 into a pressure keg. I know kegs like this don't have a problem withstanding natural 2x carbonation, so it should be able to tolerate light bursts...

Does anyone have any experience with growing hops in Florida? Its too hot for them here but I have seen success stories on gardening forums. I have shaded area I can plant them in. If anyone tried, is there a reccomended variety?

How can I tell if a cooler will tolerate the heat of mashing, without bending or leaking melted plastic into my beer? I have an opprotunity to get a 5 gal igloo cooler on the cheap, and was wondering if that was safe. I examined several coolers at wal mart but none said anything about heat on...