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3 dog thanks that helps alot. I am not sure what rinse the grains means though? I am sure i can look it up thanks.

Hi i ordered a breakfast stout kit from northerbrewer.com (all grain). I don't know when to add the 1lbs of lactose. The kit doesn't really come with directions like they do from midwestsupply and this is only my 2nd all grain. Also it has a mash schedule of 152f for 60 min then 170 for 10...

yeah i was kinda startled so i yelled and she ran for her life. In hind sight should have taken the photo.

So i learned a couple of things. First ice cubes are evil. I threw some in to lower my mash temp, that went great except i didn't have enough hot water to counter balance my new way to low temp so i had to heat some more (longest 13 min of my life). 2nd thing i learned was my dog likes...

So there are lots of recipe's but how do i know if i should buy more grain then the recipe says because i don't know what my efficency will be roughly because i have never done one? Sorry if this is a stupid question, i have got so much information on all grain my head is starting to hurt and i...

thanks sounds like i should go with the one that fits in my pot better and that is stainless on ebay thanks.

Is a stainless immersion chiller better then copper? Is it harder to clean? Do you just put it in early to sterilize like copper?

New guy who knows nothing second beer was brewers best Hefeweizen kit beer and it was very good. I had it judged just for curosity and it did well (especially for an extract). If you buy the kit add just a little more priming sugar and it will make it a heavy carb like a hefeweiz should be...

I am just a new guy take it for what it's worth but it's not warm cold that is the problem it is usally the light. However warm cold will effect it if it is extreme warm or extreme cold or if it happens a ton of times. Just my experience

Hi all i just can't seem to find what the temp differential means? I have a full fridge with a heater in it and a 2 stage controller, for fermenting ale's what should i set the heat and cool to and their differentials? thanks for any help i am so confused

Can i buy a $7.00 upright 5gallon watter bottler from walmart drill a hole add the rubber gasket and make it my secondary fermentor? It has a screw on top. Thanks

So this is my third kit (second was good no comment on first) and i was wondering if there was any minor tinkering i could do to the beer to increase flavor or something. Thanks for any suggestions. Also doing my first lager next week brewers best black lager.

Bummer missed you, will be there the first week of july. Running a little low on beer to trade anyway.

I was asked to join a brew demo but this is only my 3rd batch. Do i have to run my beer home once in fermentor to get to the proper temp or is it ok if it is a little cool for about 6 hours? (brewing outside about 40min from my house) Going to be drinking so i don't want to worry about getting...

Hi all, i have a full size fridge bottom frezzer i plan on buying a two stage thermostat (not sure how to wire them yet if anyone has sugestions on an easy one i would be open thanks) I have a mini heater that will be in the fridge, i am going to age and ferment. My question is will the fridge...