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Getting the hop sock out was a pain. The hops kept bottle-necking at the top of the carboy. I ended up having to cut it and spoon them out and then pull the sock out. But it is out and the pellicle came back, just not as prominent. I will keep everyone posted on the progress, I will be tasting...

I'm pretty sure it's a pellicle, here are two pictures. Let me know!

Howdy, I went to check on one of my pale ales I am brewing on my lunch break and I discovered a pellicle in one of the carboys (thank goodness it is only one of them) - rather than dump it I am going to cover it with a paper bag and put it along side of an intentional sour brown ale I am...

Count me in for 2013.. Good luck everyone!

Greetings, I am trying to make a sort of hybrid of the two beers mentioned in the title: Carton Boat beer and Lagunitas Daytime IPA as a birthday gift for a friend. I am semi-new to brewing so I have a few questions here as far as hop scheduling and if any of you have had the above beers, I...

If you are using electric or wooden setups feel free to mention it, post a picture... I'm just trying to see what the general consensus is.

Greetings Home Brewers and DIYers! I had a few questions about what sort of brew stands everyone is using. I will post a few numbered pictures of different styles just to get a general idea of what is most popular. If you could when you reply to what you use, answer the following questions...

As far as the Zinc plating on the stand goes, once it burns off the fumes will go away but the stand will rust. Has anyone sanded down the zinc and painted it with the high temperature paints mentioned to prevent the zinc burning and the stand rusting - sort of killing two birds with one stone...

Got some strange infection in 2 of my beers (1 Rye Pale Ale and 1 Milk Stout) I threw some Campden tablets in to kill the infection. The film is gone, the yeast is dead. I have all the tools to carbonate artificially but I have 15 gallons of beer and only 1 five gallon soda keg. I am wondering...

I think it got infected. Probably too much head space in the carboy. Not sure if it is a pellicle or mold. I'm either going to do 1 or the following 4 things. Idk what to do. I want to fix it somehow. I am going to taste it and determine if bottling is a waste. 1. Siphon everything out below...

While we are on the topic of infections in beer, I attached a few pictures. That is a Belgian Golden Strong Ale that I just racked into secondary a week ago, it is going to be in secondary for 2 months. I've been checking on it from time to time and now it has this strange white-ish film on top...

I purchased my burners (2 10" and 1 6") I also got a 30-plate chiller, a march pump and a huge quantity of high temperature hosing, now I just need to find the time and build the stand.

MisterTipsy - I went with a selection of ingredients from that list in the link you provided above. I went with sassafras, sarsaparilla, ginger, licorice root, a small amount of vanilla extract and a small bundle of fresh mint. The whole brew process went really smoothly, it is fermenting like...

Thanks for the responses guys, I am definitely planning to go the all natural "root route" based on these responses. I'm curious MisterTipsy- what were the "several other things" you added to make the root beer? My homebrew store sells sassafras, sasaparilla a number of other roots and natural...

I've got this Milk Stout base recipe but I want to make it taste like root beer. Ideally in my head I'd add sassafras root to the boil with about 5-10 minutes left, then probably put 2oz of root beer extract into the primary fermenters. This is a 5 gallon recipe, I plan on scaling it up to 10...