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Sweet Oatmeal Porter 2142+5=2147

A little update on my beer, I'm planning on bottling tomorrow, but just realised that I only have 35 - 12oz, 1 - 16oz, and 2 - 22oz glass bottles :( . I think my only saving grace is the 8 1L PET bottles from my Mr. Beer kit that are in the hall closet. My question is can I use the old screw...

I'm pretty sure the egg is for clarifying but needless to say I may leave that ingredient out and just pitch some good modern-day yeast.

I recently got into brewing after a few failed Mr. Beer attempts, and after recently getting some old wine making equipment including 3 glass carboys from my grandfather. He gave me a book American Wines and Wine-Making that he used as a guidebook when he brewed. My grandfather has always made...

I just finished racking my Sweet Oatmeal Stout to a secondary. Being my first brew, i've made mistakes. First, I added the D.M.E before steeping the specialty grains (the instructions said to, but every other knowledge base says steep first, then add extract). My OG was lower than expected...

Hello everyone! The wife got me the extra equipment I needed for a 5 gal. kit for my birthday a few weeks ago. I had recently inherited a 5gal glass carboy from my grandfather that he used for wine. So with my new equipment and a borrowed turkey fryer/brewpot from my cousin I brewed my Sweet...