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I was wondering if anyone has tested the difference between brewing a lager (cold fermentation) and lagering a brew (storing at cold temperatures after fermentation is complete). Both are supposed to help create a crisp, clean tasting beer, but I would think cold fermentation would be better...

I'm getting ready to stabilize and backsweeten my mead. I'm using a Camden tablet and K-sorbate to stabilize. My question is, do I have to wait 24 hours between adding the Camden tablet and the K-sorbate? Most people online say to wait, but some say the 24-hour period between the two chemicals...

I do appreciate that people are trying to look out for me. I think I'll try rice hulls at least once. I'm working with 1 gallon batches, so worst comes to worst, I lose $10 worth of ingredients. That's not gonna break the bank, even if it is a little disappointing. With my equipment, it would...

I just had an idea. If beta glucanase is water soluble (which it is), then I could measure out a cup or so of it. With a known weight for a known volume, I have the density of the glucanase. Then I can mix a small measure (maybe a 1/2 teaspoon or something) into water. I can calculate a much...

A lot of barley and wheat is also treated with pesticide and can contain pesticide residues, so it seems like you're getting pesticides no matter what unless you have a source of organically raised grains. I can definitely see the appeal of using beta glucanase over rice hulls (less pesticide...

I don't really have a brew system yet. Working with a couple of pots making 1 gallon brews. I'll upgrade eventually, but for right now, I want to make sure I'm gonna love brewing before making a big investment. I normally just dump my mash through a strainer to get the grains out, and then I...

In the future, I'm planning to do a Weissbier, which will contain 50+ % wheat malt. I've heard that when you use a significant amount of wheat malt in a brew, you should add rice hulls to aid drainage during sparging because wheat malt generally doesn't have husks like barley typically does...

Thanks. I had read an article that said increasing to 1.5 qt/lb could give you up to 5% more efficiency. But I wasn't sure how to true that was.

I started All-Grain brewing recently. On my first two all-grain recipes, I only achieved a mash efficiency of 60%. Both were 60-minute mashes with 1.25 qt/lb Water-to-Grain ratio. On one, I just rinsed the grains with sparge water, and on the other, I did a 15 minute batch sparge, but they were...