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Yeah, I considered chips, but since this is an old ale and I am going to be aging it for several months, I figured cubes would be best. If I was just doing a standard bourbon barrel ale that would only be in secondary a few weeks, I'd got with chips, I think.

This is what I worry about. I was told "they're not über fresh, but they should make fine beer barrels." I know the guys that run the place, so if I got a barrel and it didn't work, I'm sure they'd refund my $100, BUT... I'd likely lose out on the 5 gallons of beer I brewed. Right now, I...

I'm going to be brewing batch No. 4 this weekend. This is going to be my first "adventurous" brew - meaning not straight from a kit. I'm going to be doing a bourbon barrel old ale. I plan on letting this age a long time - like at least six months - but here's my dilemma: There's a...

Don't sweat it. If you did everything right, you've likely got nothing to worry about.

So, I've drank half a 6er of Bell's Winter White Ale (pretty sure it's just a hefe, but it's a tasty one nonetheless) and I've noticed in the three I've had so far a nice little layer of yeast in the bottom. I haven't noticed this in most of the commercial brews I drink, but it's got me...

This thread is really intriguing to me, because I love ginger too. I love Blenheim hot ginger ale. It's the best. Being that I'm a fairly new brewer (just bottled my second batch and brewed my fourth batch) yesterday, what kind of beer would you say goes well with a bit of ginger in it?

What's wrong with returning the sample to the batch prior to fermentation? As long as your equipment is sanitized, it shouldn't be a problem, should it?

Meh... that sorta defeats my purpose of wanting to immediately reuse a yeast cake. I'm looking to make the process simpler, and that's not simpler. If reusing a yeast cake isn't advisable, I'll just pay a few bucks for a packet or two of yeast and not worry about it.

So if I were to brew something like a simple, low-alcohol English Countryside Ale and then I wanted to brew a barleywine... I could just put my barleywine wort right up on top of the ale cake, aerate and then just sit back and let it get down to business?

I've only bought from Rebel since it's so close and I don't have to pay shipping since I can pick up from the store. How does their kits compare to what you'd get from AHS?

I've pretty much read all of Palmer's book I am going to now. I skipped a lot of the stuff about all-grain, but I may go back when (if) I decide to move up to doing that. I'm interested in reading other brewing books though. Would Papazian be a good place to go next, or would I be better off...

I sorta blame Palmer for a lot of this fear of contamination. After reading his book, I was really paranoid about it. Since reading a lot of this board (and applying my own common sense) I realize that there is not much to worry about. That doesn't mean I'm not careful about sanitizing...

So, when/where does this BG brew club meet? I may want to drop by a meeting or two and check it out.

I have to admit, this kit is very intriguing to me. My wife loves the Lindeman's Kriek lambic and I think it's okay, so I want to brew this kit. BUT...I've been reading about it on the forum and it seems like every time someone asks about it, someone chimes in and basically contradicts what...

I'll probably get to that point eventually. Right now though, I only have about 5 or so cases worth of bottles total. I have two 5-gallon batches in primary and all the ingredients bought for a third. It'll probably be brewed the same day I bottle this weekend. So, for the time being, I need...

I'm getting ready to bottle my first solo batch this weekend. I soaked a bunch of saved commercial bottles in PBW last night to remove the labels. I have a bottle washer for my sink that I used to rinse out bottles after I pour them to keep them clean. A few of the bottles I had saved before...

I screwed up my first batch too. Didn't know about keeping oxygen out after fermentation, so I poured it through a strainer from the fermenting bucket and into the bottling bucket. That was a little over 2 weeks ago. I've been drinking the beer while it was green before the wet cardboard taste...

I'm getting ready to brew batch No. 4 in a few days. So far, I've not done any "big" beers, but pretty soon I want to do one - probably a barleywine, but maybe a high abv IPA. I've been doing some research and trying to make a plan. I want to make sure whatever yeast I use can handle all the...

The one from Rebel Brewer is pretty great, especially if you like Boddingtons.

Woke up at 6 a.m. today feeling like a kid on Christmas morning because it was time to dry hop my ESB and I was gonna open the bucket for the first time since brewing. Loved the smell when I first opened the bucket and taking the sample to check gravity - it's down from 1.062 to 1.018, btw...