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I've only used wine expert but have had amazing results from their kits. My LHBS owner told me that they have a guarantee on their kits that if it doesn't turn out well they'll replace it. I was looking on their website but couldn't find anything. Has anyone else heard anything about this?

Just brewed my first Berliner weisse...should I get new tubing so as to not worry about lacto contamination? I figure it's so cheap...do it just to be safe

I did a SMASH with Marris Otter and Brambling Cross hops a couple weeks back and it turned out to be a pretty good combo. Looking forward to seeing how this turns out. Make sure to get a picture up to if you're able!

I had a Bell's Hopslam that was on tap the other day that was incredible...I think I'm about to go crazy making me some IPAs!

Thanks guys. This is super helpful. I'm working on a Belgian strong right now with a bit of honey and corn sugar. Happy brewin'!

Thanks for the feedback schokie. It's only been a week so far but I'm going to take a gravity reading tomorrow and see how it's coming along. It's an imperial red rye ale that I'm making for a homebrew comp in March. I'm about to start a Belgian strong myself! What ABV would one want to...

That's what I figured, thanks duboman.

Quick follow up question for this topic...I'm brewing an ale with an estimated abv of above 8%. What is a generous range of time that fermentation should be complete for primary? Looking back at how I worded this question I feel like Yoda...

Not a terrible amount of expertise on smoked malt but I had a friend of mine who made a soft pretzel beer and added salted soft pretzels in the mash, then added more salt...it was absolutely amazing. I was impressed at the characteristic that salt brought out of the beer. Good luck and let us...

I'm about to rack a brown porter with rum, raisins, and cinnamon. I'd def like to brew with you guys sometime!

I'm about to rack a brown porter with rum, raisins, and cinnamon. I'd def like to brew with you guys someitme!

I try and use different bottle caps (colors, runoffs, anything to differentiate). Def don't put a label on there if you don't want to clean them again! The stickers should work well. I've also found that metallic sharpies work really well to write on glass and metal.

I have only had a few bottles that seemed to be infected. Similarly to Captwalt I've had to fill a couple not properly sanitized bottles and have had little problems from those. Does this question come from a few experiences of of infected brews or simply curiosity?

I just keep it simple with a 1:2 ratio of DME and water. Make sure you boil at least ten min. Sanitize the yeast vial bc one time I dropped it in the wort...thankfully it didn't contaminate my starter. If you don't have a stir plate make sure you give it a good shake bc the yeast can cake on...

That's pretty cool. Thanks for posting this. If you're able to read it would you be willing to repost the recipe?

Haha! I made an amber cream ale about two months ago and apparently didn't clean out my keg properly...have I still been drinking the beer? YES! Also, it has a nice funky tang to it so I made some beef stew with brisket the other day. Cooked it for about six hours using homemade beef broth...

Good luck Rel and post a pic of the beer once it's finished. I just made a porter that did something similar and I think the yeast was just supper excited!

Hey Guys, Just found this post and wanted to invite you guys to our Philly HBC meeting. We meet every third friday (next Fri) at Barrry's Homebrew Outlet 1447 N. American St. in Northern Liberties. We always have food and a ton of beer! We have a pretty big event coming up the second weekend...

Second. I'd just use the whole thing and rinse the yeast when done. https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f163/yeast-washing-illustrated-41768/ Waste not, want not

What I used to do when I was working with extract was to do a 2.5 gallon batch and poor it over a bag of ice. That way you know the ice is sanitized as well. If you make 5 gal batches it might be worth it to make one yourself...