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yeah the mr beer kits are disgusting. i got a mr beer a few years ago as a gift and I made the two kits that came with it. they were just terrible. it was cool to kinda brew beer for the first time, but I would say avoid the mr. beer kits and get into real extract brewing. though the best thing...

it should be fine. yeah, you don't want to leave the stuff uncovered for extreme lengths, but once your yeast takes off it will out compete most contaminants. this is why you should take as much precaution as possible to shorten the lag time as much as possible. the sooner your yeast takes off...

I very rarely strain just because I'm lazy and it's an extra piece to sanitize. But if you're worried about having hops floating around, at bottling time you can sanitize a hop bag and a rubber band and you can rubber band the hop bag to the inlet of your racking cane, or to the outlet of the...

What's the measuring cup made out of? If you're using plastic materials you really have to be careful. I've heard of plastics getting contaminated and holding infections despite any effort to rid the equipment of the problem. I believe Plamer talks about this and he also recommends replacing...

Yes I made a starter. It was a 2 liter starter on a stir plate for 3 days, I doubt underpitching was a problem. I also aerated for about 10 minutes with a kitchen aid electric hand mixer on its highest setting. I've never had a problem doing that before. As far as wort volume, I was pretty much...

There's no need to boil. I would suggest getting however many gallons of apple juice you would like. Ensure they're free of preservatives, mott's will work. Sanitize your equipment and the outside of the apple juice bottles to be cautious and pour them in the fermenter. Then, thaw and add some...

Well normally I would agree with you except, the gravity hasn't moved even one point in a week, and there's no krausen on top or any visible sign of activity. The taste is pretty sweet but not so sweet that it's unbearable, it's more caramel sweetness. Given this, I'm banking on the fact that...

Hi all. Three weeks ago I brewed up an all grain Porter, here's the recipe: O.G. 1.060 F.G. 1.010 Efficiency 60% 7# Maris otter 46.7% 4# Brown malt 26.7% 1# Flaked oats 6.7% 1# Caramel 60 6.7% .5# Special B 3.3% .5# Chocolate Malt...

Hello all, I'm going to be brewing a Spiced Christmas Stout and I've got plenty of questions for anyone willing to answer. I've never brewed with spices before, so, I was hoping I could get some feedback on my proposed volumes/preparations of the spices as well as my recipe in general. I haven't...

I have a bass pro shops model turkey fryer, it came with a 30 qt stainless pot with a spigot. It has a 20 minute timer that needs to be reset in order to sustain the flame. I had a lot of problems with it cutting the flame off when I would go to reset it. So what I did was, I bought a big hose...

ok, that makes sense. thanks, I'll probably reduce the acid then.

that's a really good point, billl, I'll keep that in mind for the future. But I'm now concerned with having the acid malt in the recipe and having it ruin my mash because of the ph. Could anyone else perhaps weigh in on this?

thanks for the feedback everyone. It's good to know I'm on the right track with this. there's a lot of good information to consider. I was considering adding carapils as slarkin mentions, but at what ratio and what should it replace? I was also thinking that if I just increased the amount of...

Hi guys, the time has come, in my opinion, to start trying out my own recipes. While I know can just wing it and adjust through trial and error, I thought, why not get some opinions from the more experienced in hopes of maximizing the potential of making a great beer. So, I'm thinking of...

yeah, I realized after the fact that I did my math wrong. I just kinda winged it a couple minutes before I started mashing, which was dumb. Also, I didn't account for the grain absorption, so I think that's where I lost that extra gallon of water, cause I used a total of 7 gallons, so if I lost...

I decided to try and brew up a batch of edwort's hefe https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f70/bee-cave-brewery-bavarian-hefeweizen-35679/ I followed the recipe to the t except I forgot to make a yeast starter and didn't really have the time to push the brew to another day, so I opted to add some yeast...

awesome thanks.

Genjin, that is a very reassuring post, sir. I do have means of controlling temps for lagering and was in fact planning to make a yeast starter, so perhaps I wont fail horribly like i'm fearing. Anyway, thanks for the suggestions but could you perhaps offer an idea of how much carapils or...

6 row is what is typically used for this style of brew, it's preprohibition american lager, and 6 row is what was used traditionally along with the corn and noble hops, if i'm not mistaken

Hi everyone. I'm still pretty new to brewing, I've done 2 extract batches, and I'm getting ready to do my first all grain, but I have a question regarding my recipe. I want to make a Classic American Pilsner. I know that most people think I'm nuts for trying a lager as my first all grain, but...