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Hey, y'all. So, my problem's in the title. I brew partial mash and all-grain, usually 2.5 gallon batches (due to stovetop boil limitations) though my most recent one was a 5 gallon partial. Anyway, I've got 2 finished beers in bottles. One is a cream ale that was good but not great...

Hi. I'm sure this has been asked before as it's a question that's been rattling around in my head for a while. Why doesn't anyone make some sort of option between the low-end ($10-45 for plastic buckets and carboys) and high-end ($600+ for a stainless steel conical) fermenters? Am I just missing...

Hi, y'all. I made a cider exactly 2 weeks ago. Heated 1 gallon of fresh cider with no preservatives from the local coop and 1 cup of dark brown sugar to 190F to pasteurize. Let it cool overnight and pitched the yeast (some wine yeast in a red packet that was recommended by the LHBS, forgot the...

Hello. I've been brewing for about a year. Had some good ones, some stinkers. Switched to all-grain not too long ago. The all-grain batches I've done, all BIAB, while following a recipe have generally been quite good, so I threw together some recipes of my own to try to get a feel for...

Hello. I live in a small apartment but have switched to all-grain, so I'm a 2.5 gallon BIAB kind of guy. Since smack packs and dried packets are meant for low to medium gravity 5 gallon batches, I would normally pitch the entire contents of them into a high gravity 2.5 gallon batch (in lieu of...

Howdy. Made a rye brown ale last night. Or attempted too anyway. At this point, I have no idea what I'm going to end up with. Temperature readings from my digital thermometer were all over the map. Even with vigorous stirring, I was getting wildly different readings during the mash (bouncing...

Howdy. So, my brew partner and I are still new to all-grain. We're still doing stovetop and have a small kettle, so we've been limited to 2.5 gallons for all grain up to this point. We brewed half of this: http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/imperial-stout-all-grain-kit.html last week. I...

Hello. I know there's a lot of info about washing and reusing yeast, but I still had some questions about what the best method would be if I want to reuse the yeast right away. I'm currently brewing little (1-2 gallon) batches. Because of the small volume, I want to minimize the amount of trub...

Hello. I did my first all grain batch last night. 1 gallon ipa of my own (very simple recipe). I'm planning to make 1-2 gallon batches at home in my little kitchen somewhat regularly. The problem is that I only have one 1 gallon jug and two .5 gallon jugs (growlers). If I ever wanted to...

Hi. I'm brewing a high-ish gravity porter (OG 1.08) tomorrow and decided it would be smart to make a starter. However, I'm an idiot and still a bit of a noob, so I didn't pick up any DME while at the brewshop yesterday... It's an hour's drive away, so I'm not planning to go back. In a pinch, can...

Hello. I'm going to pick up ingredients for this porter recipe from the LHBS: 10# Gold malt extract 1 oz Nugget hops 1 oz. Perle hops steeping grains 1# Crystal malt (120L) 8oz Munich malt 8oz Vienna malt 8oz Chocolate malt 4oz Black malt 4oz Roast Barley This is going to be a bit of...

Hello. Just joined the forum. What a great resource! My brewing partner and I just checked the gravity on our most recent (third) beer today. It was a slightly modified version of Papazian's Dubbel Your Pleasure. We added some pumpkin at the advice of another experienced home brewer and just...