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Will this work. I bought the wootstout extract kit from NB and it comes with nearly 3lb of specialty grain for steeping. Supposed to steep for 20 min or until water reaches 170. This seems like an awful waste of some tasty grains. My thought: Could I was these same 3lb and do a mini...

Wondering if anyone has a solution for sticking taps? My kreezer is in my man cave outside in my garage and it gets pretty warm in there 100 degrees in summer easy. I find the beer gets carmalized in the tap spigot between days. If I pour one then don't use for a few days the tap gums up and is...

I tried to skip the secondary fermentation based on many other opinions on here and elsewhere. Thought I would try it this batch. Made a honey brown ale and left it in primary only for 4+ weeks. Cold crashed it over night then transferred to a corny trying to pull as little trube as possible...

I am by far still a noob to this hobby so this is just a few questions about IPA recipes. So I know IPA's are very popular right now but I have never been a huge fan. Brewers seem to be trying to one-up the other by adding more hops, getting more aroma, more bitterness, higher ABV, etc. The...

So I got my recipe but shop no carry gold LME so bought gold DME. Not knowing any better assumed they were interchangeable. Brewed the batch this afternoon, popped it into fermenter, pitched it and let her sit. Now... reading on here tonight that the two are not interchangeable. .I have about...

So was making my starter yesterday and was at the point of adding yeast and when I popped the lid on my white labs vial .... Bamb... yeast fizz everywhere. Not sure how much made it into started. Looked on line here and turns out this pretty common. Would have been nice to know a head of time...

Was bouncing around the grocery store today and found a new beer from New Castle. New to me at least. It's New Castle Werewolf - Blood Red Ale. It's pretty tasty. Has almost a porter taste. Anyway, if you see it give it a try.

oops!! Porter not stout. I am new to this and did not get the result I expected so I wanted to check with the experts here. Extract Kit - NB Bourbon Barrel Porter - followed all instructions to the letter. OG = 1.082 (kits says it should have been 1.065) tested w/ refrac Pitched White...

So I was looking into those neat flush mount glass washing plates and then I found out they were pretty pricy (like $175). I could not get the idea of having one out of my head so . . . DIY later . . . . I made one. This has no real use other then short-term, say for a single night...

This might belong in the new brewer section but it is an extract kit. I bought the NB Bourbon Porter kit and brewed it up last night. The projected OG was 1.065. I followed the directions to the tee and tested with refract (brix) and it show at least 19 (more like 19.5) which converts to...

I just started this hobby and decided to start out kegging. I just kegged my first beer earlier this week, force carbed it and it tastes yummy!!! I started with a NB Irish Red Ale and i think it got a bit to warm during ferment but it still tastes really great. seems to have a low ABV (4.5...

I am new to home brew and have been bouncing around this site for a little while trying to better understand some of the tricks. I took the plunge and bought a full brewing setup and began to brew. So far I have had very good luck and good results. I decided to keg and not bottle for various...