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So I plan on brewing a Theakston's Old Peculiar clone that calls for 8 oz of Lyle’s black treacle syrup. Any ideas on a local place to get it? LHBS doesn't have it. I am thinking Whole Foods might have some sort of Molasses that might be a good sub. Any other ideas? Thanks!

Any ideas if this will fit two corny kegs? Thanks!

Got it, thanks! I'll give it another try in a few days!

I have the universal beer agar powder from Midwest Brewing Supplies. Thanks for the help!

I don't have a small scale and am having trouble measuring the 2.5 grams of agar. I used 1/2 teaspoon and my agar hasn't set after about 12 hours. Anybody know the volumetric equivalent of 2.5 grams of agar (e.g. 2.5 ml, 5 ml, etc). Thanks!

Long story short, I am about to freeze my first yeast. I streaked a plate (petri dish) with Pacman yeast straight from a smack pack last week. The plate has been at about 70 F ever since. I just placed a loop full of it in 20ml of 1.032 wort and am waiting for it to ferment out. After it...

I have found this one: All-Grain (19 Litres) 12lb 3oz Maris Otter Malt 15oz Crystal Malt 7 AAU Fuggles Hops - 60 min 2.5 AAU Goldings Hops - 15 mins 0.5oz Goldings Hops - 0 mins 0.25oz Goldings Hops - Dry Hop 0.25oz Target Hops - Dry Hop Wyeast 1318 (London Ale III) Yeast Anybody...

I just had the opportunity to enjoy a Young's Special London Ale, and think it is going to be my next all grain home brew. Anybody have any good recipes? I noticed AHS has a clone for sale for $45!!! OUCH! Thanks!!

I mashed at 154 for 60 minutes. I also toasted the oats at 350 deg for 12 minutes. It tasted great, I am just use to things fermenting down to 1.00x not 1.020. Thanks!!

So I was going to bottle my oatmeal stout today, and the specific gravity of my brew was 1.020 after 14 days in the primary!! OG was 1.062. I racked to secondary instead of bottling and will see if it ferments any more. Is this normal when using Wyeast 1084? I made a 1 liter starter 24...

After some nasty tasting beer, I am now more concerned then ever with sanitation. I bought some foam stoppers from Northern Brewer to be used on my yeast starters replacing the aluminum foil I had been using. In the past, I prepared my starter by boiling the DME directly in the flask on the...

So I brewed up a spur of the moment pale ale using White Labs Cal Ale WLP001 that had expired over three months ago without a starter. It took nearly three days to start bubbling. Here is the recipe I used: 10.50 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 87.50 % 1.00 lb Munich Malt - 10L...

Same here... efficiency went from ~55% (consistently, although I often let crushed grain sit around for about a month in sealed bags) to 75% on first brew, brewed day after crush. 15# is the bomb. While it probably isn't worth the extra money for the bigger hopper, it sure is very very...

Got it. Thanks!!

Well, I was going to make a starter for my next brew session, and long story short smacked the wrong yeast. Can I just stick it back in the fridge and use it in a few weeks? I am getting a barley crusher for christmas, and smacked the pack for the brew that I didn't have the grains milled...