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Why do you boil the banana? I might be mistaken but in papazians brew book he said no to bring fruit to a boil and instead let it steep at 160-180degrees F ? I'm not really sure how wine works compared to beer. Can anyone explain this to me? Is it because the banana is such a different kind of...

A PET bottle is like a BetterBottle...i think?

Thank you guys so much! I love this website. The community is so helpful!

More specifically Illinoisan brewing. I'm from Illinois lol

I'm really obsessed with the history of beer lately. Can anyone point me to good sources? Tell me how the process has changed (if at all) in the past two hundred years? I just can't find much on anything from the nineteenth century

Thanks old-Ned I'll let you know how my batch turns out

If I do it I'll probly only do one or two gallons just in case I don't like it

I'm starting an onion patch this week and I was wondering if anyone has tasted or even attempted brewing an onion beer. If so what were your results/reactions to it. Do you have to like onions to like the beer? Anyways just rambling thoughts I had gardening this afternoon.

I wanna do a three gallon batch of a mead with a little bit of maple and some peaches I think. I'm not sure how to proportion it evenly to make a good flavor. Any advice?

I thanks homercidal! Duff on!

I was gonna dry hop this brew and I was wondering if it'd also be wise to mix these hops. I think I'd be fine based on what most of you guys are saying. I'm just not to clear on the whole process. So I was thinking of dry hopping with centennial Columbus and cascade. So I just put the dry hops...

I'm brewing an imperial pale ale the grains are in the pic and the hops are all Columbus. Would it be wise to mix one ounce Columbus hops with half an ounce of cascade?

Cool. Thanks for the advice! I'll rack it again in a little while before bottling it and taste it too. I used lavlin ec-1118 for the yeast

I brewed some mead back in August. 15pounds of honey 5 gal of water and then later during the secondary I added close to 2 gal apple cider 3apples and 3pears. It's close to filled the 6gal carboy. I was wondering when would be the best time to bottle. It's been about Four months already and I'm...

There's a friar tuck in my town it takes them forever to restock their merchandise. I'm looking for where I can buy good, quality equipment and ingredients at a reasonable price if possible.