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I am brewing a Vanilla Bourbon IS. This is a 5 gallon batch. How much vanilla bean should I put into the secondary? Thanks

OK about a month ago I brewed a barleywine with a couple friends. One of them is a great homebrewer and has even earned his way into becoming an assistant brewer at a big craft brewery. Well I am into my boil when I remembered I needed something from the store. I asked him if he would watch my...

They are being stored now in the house at 75 degrees. Ok I will shake them up and wait for a few more months

Help. I have never had this problem. I bottled my Dark Belgian, Tripel 2 months ago. As of now, it has not taken any carbonation. Any ideas? Thanks

Are there any more 5 gallon barrels?

Ok, I was given a bonus at work, which I was not expecting, so of course its going to my addiction er I mean hobby. First thought is a conical fermenter. I use plastic buckets and glass carboys now and think a conical would be a great addition. Now, which one to buy. I have found...

Ok wacky question. Can you use dry ice to carb a beer? Dry ice is frozen CO2 which sublimates into CO2 gas. If you put dry ice into a corny and then racked the beer onto it and put the lid on it, will the dry ice force carb the beer? The liquid would rapidly become cold and as the dry...

These barrels are awesome. I love mine. I cant wait to put in my barleywine. This is actually the only piece of brew gear I have that SWMBO will let me have in the house, out in the open. It is in such good shape, she is using it as a decoration in the house while it will age my beer!

No this is for a 5 gallon batch. And I never thought of soaking the vanilla and bourbon together. Good idea. Then when the oak cubes are finished soaking I can drink the bourbon.

Ok, I am planning on making my first imperial stout. This is my recipe, any feedback is appreciated. I push 65-70% efficiency. 2 row 15 pounds Munich 3 Lb Chocolate malt 1 lb Victory 1 lb Caramel 120 8 oz Roasted Barley 8 oz Hops: Magnum 1 oz full boil Chinook .5 oz 30 min Chinook...

My barleywine wont be ready to go into the barrel for about 2-3 weeks. He said it was a honey liquor, so that why I went with the rum (closest thing I could find). They were a bargain at 95 dollars and they are in exceptionally good shape, almost like new.

The guy at Farmhouse (cant remember his name sorry) said they had rum or a honey liquor in it. If these barrels held rum, will adding whiskey to it change the flavor or will the rum being infused into the wood, stay present? Ok where do you get citric acid and sodium metabisulfite? My...

I just got my used 5 gallon oak cask from farmhouse brewing today. It was used once for rum. I am going to place my english barleywine in ti for 4 months to age. The beer will not be ready for aging for another 2-3 weeks. I poured in a 1.75L bottle of cheap rum into it and put the bung...

So, I can use a single infusion mash at 154 for 60 minutes for a lambic? I plan on using 7 lb Pils and 3 lb red wheat. With the wheat do I need to do a step infusion with a glucan rest at 122 for 30 min then step it up to 154 for 30? Di use rice hulls? I plan to add like 1/2 lb...

I have been reading up on brewing a Lambic. I currently do AG home brewing. Questions: 1 - If I use Wyeast Lambic blend, do I need to get the dregs from bottles, or is the Wyeast alone sufficient 2 - Where can u get aged hops? Or do I have to cook hops in the oven? 3 - Is a turbid mash...

I saw the same issue Bill mentioned in the study. But it is widely accepted that wort needs aeration in order for healthy yeast to bud and propagate. There are a multitude of factors that goes into healthy yeast and fermentation. Also, the levels of various nutrients in the wort, temperature and...

I like kegging my beer, but I want to share it with friends so I want to be able to bottle it. So I was looking into the Blichmann beer gun. Anyone ever use it? I have pin lock kegs. Will it work with them? Any advice here?

Hello I brewed a blueberry wheat several weeks ago. I had it in primary for 3 weeks then went to secondary a week ago which is when I added the blueberries. How long should I leave it in secondary before bottling/kegging?

I just brewed my barleywine. I plan on adding yeast when bottling. If I use a dry yeast like Notty, will that affect the flavor of my beer? Or will the small amount of fermentation not have any affect at all? I am using Wyeast Old Ale blend for primary fermentation

A friend showed me this article. It basically says you dont need to aerate the wort by using a drop of olive oil. Has anyone heard of this? I tried it in my starter and the starter went nuts, so it may be true. I have not tried it in a full batch yet...