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Just bought a steelhead 2.0 pump and am using it for the first time. Also my first time trying to recirculate my mash (saw it on Northern Brewer video). I'm using a Blichmann kettle with a false bottom. Initially, i tried to use my homemade Sparge tool (copper spiraled tube with holes drilled...

So I have been kegging for a couple years now and I still can't seem to get it right. Originally I had my tubing too short, 7'. So I coupled two 7' foot sections together with a barb fitting. It flows well for half a pour and then starts to foam. I'm assuming it's because of the barb in the...

I am brewing a Pale Ale (5 gal batch / 60 min boil) and was planning on using some leftover hops that I have. I was hoping to get some advice / suggestions about how much, which ones to use, and when to add. I have: 3 oz Columbus 0.6 oz US Magnum 0.5 oz US Northern Brewer 0.7 oz Liberty What...

So, I had severe foaming problems and learned from posts here that my tubing (3/16") was too short, about 3' long. I thought, from what I read hear, that I needed to increase the length to around 6'. I've done this and the foaming is better, but still too much (half the glass is head). So...

I aerated my wort and after doing so there was foam all the way to the top of the carboy. Last time I pitched the yeast and when it started fermenting it pushed quite a bit of krausen through my blowoff tube. So this time I decided to let the foam settle while we were out for a couple of hours...

I'm making an all grain bourbon barrel porter (northern brewer kit). Made a starter and had fermentation start within a couple of hours of pitching. Left in the primary for about three weeks and racked to a secondary. After racking I added the bourbon and soaked oak chips. I checked it the next...

I have a recipe that calls for: 1.5 oz Chinook at 60 min 1.5 oz Chinook at 20 min 1. Oz Chinook at 1 min 1. Oz Chinook dry hop My LHBS only had 1 oz of Chinook pellets and 1 oz of Chinook whole leaf. I bought 3 oz of Cascade as a substitute. My questions are: Should I use cascade for the...

I'm brewing a northern brewer AG Russian Imperial Stout kit tomorrow. I was planning on adding a pound of lactose at the end of the boil. The recipe includes 4 total ounces of hops. If I were to add the lactose, would it be advisable to reduce the amount if hops? Maybe by half? Input...

Couple of questions regarding brewing and effects on the septic system: 1) typically I just dump my trub and post boil/fermenter hops down the drain. I'm assuming that they'll break down in the system. Thoughts on this? 2) after sanitizing, I just dump the sanitizer down the drain. I started...

So when taking gravity readings do you return the beer to the fermenter or do you toss it out?

I am brewing a barley wine that has an OG around 1.100. I determined initially that I needed 4 million yeast cells. I pitched the wort on top of a yeast cake from a previous brew. I'm not sure if fermentation is complete although it seems to have stopped. If in doubt, should I add more yeast or...

I'm brewing a barleywine that calls for dry hopping with 1.25 oz of cascade. Apparently I missed two packages of these when I initially bought my batch ingredients. I have on hand: 0.7 oz liberty 0.7 oz US Northern Brewer 0.5 oz Columbus 0.5 oz Centennial Is there a combination of these that...

Im relatively new to kegging and am just doing the set it and forget it method. I'm putting it in the keezer and just sample it now and again. Is that ok or should it be conditioned in the keg for a while before it's refrigerated?

Ping to brew a barleywine that has a target OG of 1.106. Should I pitch two packages of yeast or would I be ok if I did a good starter?

Seems like it would be a pain to clean, fill, etc Is there a market to sell or trade these for old soda kegs?

I did a yeast starter with a yeast that was 3 months past its "best before date" last night around 6pm and as of 11am this morning it doesn't seem to have any activity. Do you think its a no go or should I try to pitch it any way and see what happens?

Not looking to create recipes from scratch. Using existing recipes, looking for something to help calculate mash / sparge volumes / temps, boil times etc.? I use to have something like this on my iPhone but can't seem to find it now.

Anyone ever use Nalgene bottles to transport kegged beer?

Trying to figure out how to take my kegged beer camping with me.

I've been just been just spreading my used grain out in the yard instead of filling up my trash can with it. Anyone see problems with doing this?