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I have brewed with flaked oats a few times generally with about 2lbs in an 11lb grain bill and I have never had any problems.. I recently bought my own grain mill and brewed the other weekend.. I ran the grain through the mill and the flaked oats afterwards (although probably not necessary)...

It's so hot that I couldn't get my wort to temp today. So I put it in the fermenter and put it into the fermentation chamber and put the temp on 66. I figure I will let it sit for 24 hours and pitch the yeast and then set the temp to 68 degrees. Does this sound reasonable? The wort was about...

I just brewed a CC yesterday and have it in the fermentation chamber at 64 degrees. I plan to leave it for probably around 2 weeks at 64 degrees.. When I am ready to drop the temp on it, should I put it into a secondary, keg, or just leave it in the primary? and how long should I leave it in the...

I have brewed about 4 batches of all grains and have never had an efficiency issue until tonight. I brewed an ESB with 11.75 lbs of grain. I had 3.5 gallons of strike water at 173 to mash at 154 then used another 2 gallons for mash out at 198 degrees to mash out in 170's and then used...

I brewed a Pecan nut brown ale this weekend and used white Labs liquid WLP002. After 60 hours there were still no signs of fermentation, no Krausen, no bubbles or anything. So I added in some safale s-04 yeast and within 10 hours I have signs of fermentation.. What do you think may be the...

I have the governor and I kegged my beer last.. I tested with soapy water for leaks and couldn't find any.. However I noticed the psi dropped 100-200 psi in an hour.. I turned the tank off as I went to bed. When I got up this morning, the psi on the governor read 1000 psi less.. Am I...

I plan on building a kegerator out of a chest freezer and I bought the 5 gallon dual keg system with double body regulator from Midwest supplies.. My question is, besides the collar and keg dispensing taps.. Do I need to buy any other hoses? Should I buy the fridge converters or will...

From Dalton, GA. Brewed with a buddy one time and got hooked. Brewed my first batch from extract last tuesday, can't wait to see how it turns out.

I brewed my first batch today using a BSG kit. Everything went well besides dropping the Groument into my wort, but after reading a post from here, hopefully I will be OK... Question that I have is, I first Brewed with an experienced Brewer with a mash tun, but I've only brewed one batch by...