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I see everyone on here talking about Perlick faucets. I have had problems with my standard faucet sticking so Im thinking about getting some forward sealing faucets. Ive noticed people saying that they have paid quite a bit of money for these perlick faucets. I found the link below on the...

So its a IIPA. Here is what I got. Lemme know what you think. Supertonic I.I.P.A Brew Type: Partial Mash Style: Imperial IPA Batch Size: 5.00 gal Boil Volume: 3.00 gal Boil Time: 60 min Efficiency: 70% Ingredients Amount Item Type % or IBU 2.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM)...

Hello everyone Since becoming a homebrewer I have read so much about head retention and what hurts it and helps it etc. Well one of my friends was watching me pour and noticed that I aggressively poured at the end to create a head. He asked me why I did this and I told him to create a nice...

So Im really excited because Im about to do my first partial mash recipe and my digital thermometer just came in. So sorry if Im rambling. But I ordered a digital thermometer on ebay for an unreal price of $1 plus $2.95 shipping not realizing that it was coming from China, until I got this...

Hello Everybody So Ive seen a lot of recipes that call for adding some DME or LME in the last 15 minutes of the boil. I assume this is so you dont have to use as much hops to get a certain IBU level. Is there a downside to doing this? I feel like there must be. Thanks

Hello All I plan on making a 1.120 barleywine and have read much about yeast starters and Im pretty sure I would need to make a 3L one to be safe and have enough healthy yeast to ferment all that sugar!!! My question is that I have read that you should add a half a cup or DME to every 2 cups...

Hello all So Ive been trying to make my own IPA recipe and have tried many different recipe calculator websites to try to find OG and IBUs. Well Ive gotten a wide range of different OG and IBUs for the same ingredients. Does anyone have an opinion on which recipe calculator is best or is...

So Ive been searching on ways to boost alcohol content in my next batch a pretty much found that the best options are corn sugar and honey. Ive read that they both dont add much of a flavor but just add a dryness and boost the alcohol content. Does anyone have an opinion on which one is...

Hello all. I really want to make a high ABV barley wine but Im not a big fan of the super crazy sweet barley wine. I have seen many Double IPA recipes that involved using corn sugar to raise alcohol content but Ive looked around and didnt see much about corn sugar in barley wines. Does any1...

Hello. Im a relatively new homebrewer and for my next batch I want to try to make a barleywine. I heard that barleywines need to condition for a long time so Im planning on trying to make a half batch. The recipe I wanted to try called for 2 packets of champagne yeast for a 5 gallon batch...