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Hi all, I have been looking at these forums for a few days and I am confused. I would like to brew indoors in my garage and use an electric kettle. I am happy with my igloo cooler mash tun for now. I am going to instal a 4500W ULWD element into my 15 gal kettle. My electrician will...

Hi all I'm going to brew a Munich Helles. I thought it would be fun to make 10 gal of wort and use 5 gal for the Helles and use the other 5 gal for an ale. The grain will be pilsner and some munich and a bit of carafoam or wheat. Hops will be noble. Any suggestions for the ale yeast...

I just brewed my first lager, a Munich Helles I have one chest freezer with a Ranco temp controller. The lager is fermenting in there at 10C and my finished beer is in the freezer too. When it is time to complete primary fermentation, I want to increase the temp to 13 degrees over a few...

Hi All I am going to brew Jamil Zainasheff's Brown Porter (extract version, full boil) from the Brewing Classic Styles book. Can I use just reverse osmosis water? Will enough calcium be present for the yeast? Should I add any salts? Thanks!

So, My American Pale Ale is fermenting in the 6 gallon Carboy. The yeast is WLP-001. Can I just put new wort into the carboy after I transfer the current beer to my keg? The American Pale is moderately hoppy. I will not be dry hopping the current beer. What styles could work well in...

Hi all Im going o rebrew an American Pale Ale (Jamil Zainasheff's recipe). I have brewed it twice using Safale S-05 and liked the results. What would be different with WLP 001 or Wyeast 1056? What about Pacman yeast? Thanks

Hi all I want to make a lager but my Erlenmeyer flask is only 2 litres. I have read that 4 litre starters are appropriate for 20 litre (5 gal) batches of lager. Are there any cheap alternatives to buying a 5 litre flask to make my lager starters? Thanks Valvefan

Hi all, My first Saison has been in the fermenter for 7 days. After one day at 65F I started increasing the temp to 80F over about 2 days. Now there has been no bubbling for one day. I was planning to keep the beer in the primary until the 14 th day and then check the gravity. Should I keep...

Hi All, I have a 15 gal (60 l) kettle with a ball valve. I chill with an immersion coil. I have been transferring the chilled wort to the fermenter with a siphon. Is there any reason that I couldn't just drain the kettle through the ball valve? If I get a plate chiller, will I need...

Hi all I have a Belgian Golden Strong ale that has been in the primary fermentation vessel for 23 days. Temp is controlled at 82F. I see bubbles every 30 seconds. I bottle condtion my beer. I dont have a keg system I don't usually use a secondary, but this is a strong ale(OG 1.085)...

I am going to make a Belgian Golden Strong Ale and I plan to bottle condition. I would like to carbonate to 4 volumes CO2. Can I bottle condition in the 500ml brown PET plastic bottles with the screw caps? Has anyone done this? Any problems? I want to avoid bursting bottles...

Hi all I would like to make my first lager I don't have a fridge for fermentation temp control but I do have a garage and it's winter in Canada. I have a Cool Brewing insulated bag which can completely contain my fermenter bucket. If I get a temp controller and use it to control a belt...

Hi All, I just brewed an English Barleywine and I have a question about bottle conditioning. I don't have a kegging system so I bottle condition everything. My english ale yeast (Wyeast 1318) was a fresh smack pack and I made a 1.5 litre starter and had it on a stir plate for 44 hours...

Hi all I boiled off too much volume for my Original Bitter today. My 5 gal batch had a post boil gravity of 1.043 and a volume of only 15.5 liters. I added boiled then chilled water to achieve a volume of 19 liters. I believe my OG is now corrected to 1.035. Does this sound correct? Thanks

Hi All, I'm going to dry hop for the first time next week. I have made an Imperial IPA (an attempt at an Arrogant Bastard clone). The beer will have been in the fermenter for 3 weeks. I am looking for suggestions on how to add about 1oz (28g) of pellet hops. I was planning to just toss...

So I'm in England and I tried Sharp's Doom Bar bitter. It's amazing!! I'd like to make a similar ale. Looking at old posts and using Beersmith 2 I have come up with the following grain bill: Marris Otter 3.8 kg Crystal 60 0.3 kg Roasted Barley 0.15kg Single infusion, light body, batch...

Hi all, I have an un heated garage and where I live winter temperatures can go down to -30 C (-22 F). Summer temperatures can get up to 30 C (85 F). I would like to control temperature for fermentation. If I got a big fridge and a dual channel temp controller. Could I put some kind of...

Is it OK to store full bottles horizontally (laying on their side)? I have limited storage space and I could store many more bottles if laying them down does not create problems. I look forward to hearing your advice. Thanks!

Hi all, I'm going to do a full volume BIAB for an oatmeal stout in a 60l gas fired pot. I have read that a beta glucan rest for 20 minutes at 44C will reduce the gumminess of the mash (John Palmer's book) This is the grain bill: 3.6kg of 2 Row Base Malt 0.23kg of Black Roast Barley...

Hi All, I have made 3 batches of beer now and I'm having a great time. I have noticed that a lot of experienced brewers use a glass or PET carboy as a primary fermentation vessel. What are the pros and cons of using a carboy vs a plastic pale with a lid for primary fermentation? How...