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I had mold start growing in my blow off tank. I had two fermenters run into the one tank, both tubes submerged.... I shoulda switched back to airlocks when the fermentation slowed down I guess. Am I looking at infection? The beer is 3.5 weeks old. I plan to bottle tomorrow. Any...

I'm 5 days into primary on a Bavarian Weiss. My OG was at the low side of the style 1.044. I'm sitting at 1.020 and need to be at 1.014. The fermentation has slowed dramatically after the yeast went absolutely nuts for three days. Do I need to be worried? Sunday night is one week. If...

Ok. So I got two 11g packets of Danstar Munich for a 10g extract batch of Bavarian Hefeweizen. I looked on Danstar's site and they made no real mention of a starter. Do I need to make one or not? Any thoughts? They gave a list of procedures to revive the yeast. Should I follow there...

Hi friends, I recently found myself in a bit of a new set of circumstances that has me going in reverse on my brewing experience. My good friend CVstrat (forum handle) and I have been all-grain brewing at his place for over a year now. We had one heck of a great run at it (I think...

Hi guys and gals, Just pitched some Montrachet on top of two brainstorms I had recently. First up is a one gallon jug of (roughly) 1/3 organic White Grape Juice, 1/3 organic (concord???) Grape and 1/3 organic unpasteurized Apple juice with just a very slight splash of pure Pomegranate...

I've seen a couple pictures of a makeshift plywood shelf that sits over the refridgeration unit (at the bottom rear of the interior) for the CO2 tank to rest on. I'm not on location and don't have access to the actual dimensions of said shelf. It appears to run full width and rest where the...

Ok, After briefly reading over some very generalized info on the net, I figured that there is a decision to make. Is it true that the whole grain process has a more genuine representation of the flavors? Are there ANY homebrewer's that PREFER the finished product of an extract...

Hi folks, I'm so excited to be a part of your forum. Don't let the name fool you, I'm a really laid back back guy... That's a longstanding joke of a forum handle that stuck a long time ago...lol. I recently had the pleasure to eseentially get a quick crash course in homebrewing...