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anyone else have any advice?

had recently moved home from college to work and was living with my parents, i don't remember why but i was looking up things about beer. I believe i was looking up different styles of beer and getting exact answers about the differences between them. Then i stumbled upon an article from...

so i am able to do full 5+ gallon batches on my kitchen stove (yes we have a burner with a power boil setting and it will achieve a pretty good boil with 6 gallons in it.) i want to rig my kettle up with a ball valve, and also have a counterflow chiller. questions: 1. is a weldless fitting...

i am sorry, what do you mean by that...? thanks

that beer is aweful, picked up a single of it to try and it was aweful, possibly the worst beer i have ever had. it is not a good representation of the style. try something else...

yeah that was my thought was splitting and scraping the beans and then racking on top of them. any other thoughts? thanks

today i am brewing AHS vanilla porter, and i have a couple questions for those of you who have also made it or have made a very similar beer. the ingredients include some vanilla flavoring (it is a powder) i am not terribly interested in using this because i feel that vanilla beans would give...

alright thanks for the replies, i just wanted to make sure, because i have been storing this yeast in the fridge for a little over a month now, waiting till i had time to brew again

yes it does foam when i shake it, and it is pretty cloudy, i sure can't see through it that is for sure

This is my 4th batch using White Labs yeast and have made starters with all of them. This one however is not seeming to act the same as the other ones did, i am starting to wonder if these yeast might not be too lively. :( I made the starter over 36 hours ago and am still not seeing a ton of...

almost 5 weeks for me here, but my starter is made and the kitchen will be smelling wonderful again on saturday!

5 G german ale, 5 G Razzberry wheat, 5 G Honey Brown, 5 G Irish Red, 5 G Summer Saison Belgin Ale 9879 + 25 = 9904

what does everyone else think? racist? or no?

well personally i thought the connection was bourbon, south, old gentleman enjoying some vanilla bourbon porter. idk maybe i am off but i guess i just thought it kinda fit and made sense to me. maybe i am seeing something no one else does, wouldn't necessarily surprise me

so my SWMBO and her friend both think that this label i made is racist, i personally do not really find it to be and am just wondering what everyone think. Thanks for the input :mug: Also if any of you find it to be racist or prejudice i am extremely sorry, that was never my intent...