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Planning on bottling my latest batch and I soaked my bottles in oxyclean with warm/hot water for about 3 hours then rinsed inside with a jet bottle washer and rinsed outside with hot water. they had a haze on them after they dried, I rerinsed but haze is still there. Are they safe to use? Will...

I'm going to purchase a 15 gallon brew kettle from Texas Brewing Inc. and I was wondering does anyone have any experience using them? Is it worth the extra money to get the tri-clad bottom over a regular ss kettle? since I've heard that wort is hard to scorch.

I have been brewing extract w/ seeping grains for about 2 years now, all my brews have came out tasting good. I'm ready to step it up to alll-grain. I have been looking at recipes and have a few questions. They say to mash grains at 1.1 to 1.5 quarts of water per lbs of grain and then spare with...

Thanks for the advice. I currently have a 8.5 gallon kettle, a propane burner and an immersion chiller setup and do full-boils, what is the largest BIAB i could do with my current set-up?

I have only brewed with extract would like to try all-grain but don't have all the equipement right now. BIAB looks as it would give me a option to step up my game. I was looking into kits from Northern Brewer and they all seem to be 3 gallon kits. Is there a reason for this or can you brew a 5...

I'm a newbie and I just finished an Amber Ale during the heat wave we had in S. California. I was able to keep my fermenting temp. stable using a water bath, a towel around carbon and using ice bottles(changing 2X a day). BTW I do my fermenting in my garage and it was really hot in there.

I just finished bottling my 1st brew, an American Amber Ale. I need to decide what I will brew next. I want some that will challenge me but not so unforgiving. I enjoy Hoppy Ales while my wife is prefers Belgian Style Ales(which are also good), I like to brew something we can both enjoy. Any...

Thank you for all the advice. After multiple gravity reading that didn't change, I bottled my beer last night after approx. 3 weeks. The final gravity was higher than the recipe stated it would be, but I think the heat wave we had in So. California most likely had something to do with that...

I finally got everything in order and brewed my first batch of American Amber Ale. Everything went smooth. I followed the recipe for an American Amber Ale. Had an original gravity reading of 1.055 which according to recipe was spot on, tested at 2 weeks and got a gravity reading of 1.022. The...