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Howdy. I've just recently gotten back into homebrewing. I just posted on these forums about my biggest pain point and got some great responses, soooo, I figure I'll post about my second biggest pain point: It takes me about 25-30 minutes to chill my wort with an immersion chiller, and I'd...

Evening folks! It's been a while since I've posted, because I took a hiatus from brewing, but I'm recently back and loving it. Here's a quick background on me so you'll have an idea of my experience level: I brew, on average, about once per month, but I've been doing it for about 3 years now...

Hey all. It's been a while since my last post. I've recently found the time to get back into brewing and have progressed into all grain over the past few months. Please bear with me as I ask my question, I need to provide a little background detail. I am brewing a Lagunitas IPA clone from...

I've still fairly new to these forums, and I've noticed that lots of people recomend aluminum pots. Seems like I read somewhere why it is a good choice, but I forgot... ...so why are aluminum pots a good choice? I've got stainless steel. Is that ok?

I've got my beer in the primary fermenter (don't have a secondary), and the airlock seems to be producing a bubble about every 2 1/2 to 3 seconds. Is that slow? I don't know how vigorously it should be bubbling. I had some yeast issues, which could be the problem: 1) It wasn't shipped on...

I'm currently brewing my second batch of beer, so I'm still new. I noticed my hydrometer floats crooked in it's tube, which makes it a little hard to read. The metal at the bottom of the hydrometer (which I read was lead, but I'm not really sure) seems to be formed crookedly, which could be the...

Hello all. I'm going to brew my second batch ever in the next few days. I ordered it from an online dealer, and the yeast is in liquid form. I have never seen liquid yeast before, so I'm not really sure what it should generally look like. I noticed, after ordering, that many people have...