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I am brewing an Southern English Brown this week and I have an issue. The two LHBS in my town do not carry brown malt. After some research I have determined that brown malt (like so many others) is simply pale malt that has been roasted at high temps for periods ranging from 15 minutes to 1...

First- Thoughts on a vial of White Labs Oktoberfest Yeast that has a best if used by date of Feb 08? Can I use it? I was planning to make a starter, but is that an exercise in futility. If so, is there a dry yeast that may be a good substitute for a Oktoberfest? Second- My LHBS has...

Greetings from Ohio- I am bottling a batch some time over the next 24 hours. The challenge is that I really need it to be ready to consume by July 3rd. Is there a way to encourage a faster carbonation in my bottles? Normally I find that three weeks is perfectly fine, but since I have...

Greetings- I brewed a batch yesterday and all seemed to be going according to plan. I pitched the yeast (WLP001) at 74 degrees and expected fermentation to begin at somepoint over the night. This AM when I checked it, there was ZERO activity on the airlock. I then proceeded to open the...

I was going to purchase a Sanyo 4912, but a FREE GE mini fridge came into my life and I decided to try that first...since it was free and all. I have read many posts that it is "POSSIBLE" to bend the freezer tray backwards or to the side, but there is no instruction on how to do so. Does...

Greetings from Columbus- When I first started homebrewing I used to think that I would never grow tired of bottling. Well, guess what...I am tired of bottling and thinking about upgrading my hobby to a two-tap keg system using a mini-fridge. The keg side of the project is straightforward...

Greetings from Columbus, OH- I was sanitizing my bottles before bottling a batch of wheat beer when I was forced to abandon my bottles and tend to a homeownership emergency. Unfortunately, the bottles soaked in one-step for more than 24hours. When I was able to return to them I noticed that...

I just did a batch of wheat beer (A knock-off of Miami Weisse) and when I took the OG before pitching the yeast it was quite low. The recipe calls for an OG of 1.052 and I got something more along the lines of 1.036. What happened? Is it going to turn out okay? Here is my adapted recipe...

Good morning folks- I have three questions. 1. I plan to brew a wheat beer today (actually the Miami Weisse recipe available in the recipe section on this site). Unfortunately, my LHBS did not have any of the special wheat yeasts available. So I purchased a yeast (Windsor dry yeast) that...

Okay, so when I purchased my second carboy I failed to notice that it was a 6g instead of my original 5g. I just racked a batch of red ale into the secondary and there is a large amount of head space. I understand that air is the enemy of beer while it is in the secondary and as such you do...

Greetings from Ohio- Currently, my second batch of beer is in the primary. It is a Brewer's Best red ale that I brewed last Saturday (3/1). Unfortunately, I forgot to check my calendar and now realize that I am traveling for work starting this Saturday. I would like to rack the beer into...

Greetings from Ohio- As every first time poster does, I have to thank you all in advance for all the knowledge I have gleaned from just reading your posts over the last few weeks. It is nice that you can ask any question, no matter how basic, and get great responses from those with a ton of...