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Hi I just puchased a fermtech bottle washer, works great but I was wondering if anyone else had the same issue, ill explain... I am using the laundry tub in our basement and attached to the faucet is a runoff hose thing which goes to the floor drain (it has somthing to do with keeping water in...

I plan on brewing a honey cream/wheat beer im adding some orange peal zest I almost opted to brew the same batch as the last one as the bottles are going down fast a very tasty ESB but I thought somthing on the lighter side would be nice.

This post got me thinking, and my question is along the same lines, could I take the yeast that settles at the bottom of my beer/wort after it is done fermenting from my prim/secondary and fill a few bottles with the beer/yeast mixture (as there is usualy some beer left at the bottom along with...

It gets better every day, there is a haze but only slight and it seems to be clearing with age. the color is almost orange, hard to describe. I would have used a different yeast but my local brew shop only carries coopers dry yeast but they get a special type, because it is definately different...

ora8i ive tried a couple different "coopers" kits and they are pretty good but I know exactly what you mean, (mabye thats the way coopers taste in australia though?) but there is no comparison (from my experience) to an extract/ grain recipe from scratch. Batches where I use good ingredience...

ill agrea with aove posts my porters usualy are ok/good after a week but Ive saved a few for a couple months now and just amazing flavour/smoothness and everhthing.

my last batch I added 1 lb of wheat and it starts with a 1-2" head and 1/2" down to the last sip.

hey again, Brought a couple of these brews to a lil get together at my bro in laws, the bud/coors drinkers loved it! "I cant believe how much flavour, your beer has" all of a sudden all sorts of questions were being asked about how they can brew beer too hehe. gotta love it.

I just made an immersion chiller the other day, my bro in law is a plumber so he hooked me up with 3/8ths and 1/2 copper tubing, I was going to go for the counterflow chiller but I had all the stuff to make the immersion. I always chilled 3 gallons in our laundry sink, I now will use (havent got...

I have only made one thus far but I used nottinghams ale yeast (dry) and it tasted very good, I only have a couple bottles left I am saving for a special occasion.

in my last batch I wanted to create a signature ale, not sure if its british, german or american or I guess canadian but its awsome! Even after only 6 days in bottles (I couldnt resist trying one) here is the recipe L-Wood Signature Ale 7 lbs pale LME 1LB Wheat .5 Crystal Caramel 2 oz...

I am no expert but after reading about adding the malt late increases IBU's for 2-4 gallon boils, in my last batch I added malt with only 15-20 mins left in boil. The beer is in bottles right now conditioning so I cant say exactly if I achieved higher bitterness, but my brew was lighter than...

Hi I brewed an ale yesterday and added more hops than usual and was planning on dry hopping the secondary. I like to smell the air comming out of the airlock to smell whats going on and most of my brews smell sweet but this time all I smell is hop aroma, which is what I am going for but just...

I am on my last couple bottles of coopers (kit) IPA I didnt add anything too it and it tastes good but I think more hops would make it even better! thats my 3 cents

I am fairly new to home brewing (on my third batch) I have mostly used plastic bottles, a combination of soday bottles and green 500 ml plastic beer blottles. Though My brews havent lasted months ( because they taste good and I drink them) I havent had any troubles. I plan on getting more...

I have always been a beer drinker who likes a variaty of different styles of beer, that is one of the reasons why I wanted to brew my own. My first recipe from scratch (non kit) turned out wonderful. I love porter and black licorice, so I decided to try to make licorice porter. Pretty standard...

ive never had bottles explode on me but mabye thats because I wait until there is about 5 minutes between bubbles heh. I am fairly new to brewing so mabye someone with more experience could give you a better answer.

Hi I need some advice on how long to leave my porter in the secondary. The recipe I followed says 1 week primary and 2 secondary 4 weeks bottle conditioning. However I have been checking out other similar recipes which only suggest 1 week prim. 1 week secondary... I know temperature is part...

Looks like I beat the odds, After lots of research/reading I realize I did about 10 things wrong with my first batch (well mabye not that many) but it turned out pretty good, carbanation is good, its clear and tastes like beer. Not too much body but very drinkable :) My first was a coopers IPA...