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My first brew is currently bottle conditioning and I am ready to plan the next brew. I want to used relatively the same partial mash recipe with a few modifications to compare the end result (such as only doing a primary fermentation, etc.). The partial mash recipe will involve 2 lbs or pale...

I forgot mine as well as this is my first brew. There is a calculator here that may help: http://www.brewersfriend.com/allgrain-ogfg/

I just saw this on Reddit so sorry if it has already been posted. This guy turned a side-by-side refrigerator into my new dream household appliance: https://imgur.com/a/BezCj

So this concerns me. I've been using bottling bucket as the primary for nearly two weeks now. I was very careful to sanitize the spigot and make sure it was sealed. I also put a plastic bag around the outside of it, securing with a rubber band. Is it very common for oxygen to get in through...

Try the Container Store if there's one near you: http://www.containerstore.com/shop/storage/crates?productId=10000531 $9.99

When you say drain, do you mean tipping over the glass carboy or siphoning?

I've been lucky enough to find Grapefruit Sculpin in a few unsuspecting places over the past month. There are still 3 12oz bottles left in my fridge. Someday I want to attempt a clone, but I'm new to brewing so I'm starting with a few easier recipes first. If anyone has any recipes for...

I am about to secondary ferment in a 6.5 gallon glass carboy for the first time. The carboy is brand new from a kit. What do you recommend, chemical and process wise, for cleaning it for the first time? I have a milk crate to handle it, but was wondering about using PBW, vs oxy-clean, etc...

Find a way to talk to Mike Hess: http://www.mikehessbrewing.com/ I watched his brewery go from two beers on tap in a garage in an industrial park, to providing his first keg to a bar, to now having opened a wonderful microbrewery. It is what got me into craft beer and has inspired me to...

Wow, replies are quick on this forum. Thanks for the feedback. I didn't realize those drops could lengthen the time to carbonate. If so I could always use the corn sugar instead (as I mentioned the brew store is one block away). If I do that, it sounds like the bottling bucket would be the way...

Day 4 report. There is still some slight bubbling action in the air lock but it has decreased significantly. The temperature of the closet under the stairs where I am fermenting has stayed a consistent 67-68 degrees (in an SF condo without a/c so I don't have an options for manual climate...

So far so good as the air lock is bubbling as of this morning. I used vodka in the air lock instead of water after reading advice to that effect on this board. I'm guessing I was just steeping as I just took 2 lbs of Pale Malt grain that they milled for me at the store. I took 1 gallon of...

Hi everyone. My name is Brett and I live in San Francisco. I've been enjoying craft beer for several years, having come from San Diego and watching my favorite brewers such as Port, Ballast Point, and Hess grow and evolve. I've had the fortune that a brew supply store and soon to be brewery...