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Head looks good (one of the few places that can be said without someone getting upset). Hope you enjoy the hobby

I'm distilling high proof alcohol that I have given to our local emergency services to use as hand sanitizer.

welcome. Is that a red ale?

I find stouts and malty beers seem to benefit if you condition them for a few months (if you can stop yourself from drinking them). I don't really brew very hoppy beers, but the ones I have brewed tended to be tastier for me after 4 to 6 weeks in the bottle.

At this stage if you distill and you are caught just explain you are making alcohol based hand sanitizer.

This is an awesome thread. I have so many new recipes to try! Thank you

I'm making some Pynappel bier which is a South African version of Tepache, so basically a home brewed soda.

Should be completely safe, might be a bit bitter

I brewed what was supposed to be a nice stout for the winter and the realised that I made a starter with lager yeast, so now its a Swartz bier

making wine at home is incredibly dangerous. You are always in danger of getting drunk with this hobby, even worse is you are in danger of enjoying a huge assortment of wine

it should be legal to distill fuel with the necessary permits. Just don't tell too many people if you use the fuel to fuel the body. That said in South Africa we have a weird way of dealing with it. It is legal to distill any alcohol if you either do it on a hobby level and register your still...

They are yes, made from foodsafe silicone. They seem to work like a baby bottle's teat, there is a cross cut in the top that the gas escapes from but it is small enough that nothing else can get in. I got them from wish.com took a month to get here, but I like using them for starters, small 1/2...

don't drop them or let them fall over when full, the will never be the same.

Not sure mine is that great either, but when I started fermenting everything cooler the beer improved quite a bit. That said I brew to keep me sane and to be able to drink what I want regardless of whether the small town liquor store stocks it, I kinda got tired of having to buy cases of the...

I screwed up my last brew day. I planned a nice light lager, but had to do other things while I was getting the grain together and ended up adding 30% more base malt than intended. So I have a gallon, 1/3 gallon and 1 quart in fermenters to keep abv in the range I wanted. should still be a nice...

There will always be someone who thinks any method that is not the one they use, has to be completely wrong. Like when many of us stared brewing we learned how to mash with a three tier system, and now many homebrew sites suggest BIAB as one of the best methods to start with. Considering I...

Ailing Ale

You pretty much using the best yeast for kilju if you want to try and get it to ferment dry. I would agree raisins are a good idea or any kind of nutrient for the yeast, or it will stall. Is there a specific reason you want to ferment plain sugar rather than adding a bit of lemon/lime/any juice...

Hi If there is a thread about this, sorry. I'm wondering if anyone has tried to recreate a brew from a book they have read that seemed interesting? Or from a tv show? For example in the Dresden Files Books (Jim Butcher) his main character drinks a Brown ale that is apparently amazing, but...

Hi, Sorry if this has been asked before. I'm starting kegging and planning to use a jockey box type setup primarily untill my keezer is built. Will the kegged beer go off if the keg isn't kept icy cold? Any idea how long a keg will keep this way? (I figure a weekend if friends come by, but...