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What is everyone setting their temperature at on their temperature controller on their refrigerator? Say I want to ferment at 18 Celcius (65 F), what would I set my temperature at? Has anyone experienced a differential between what their temperature is set at and what the beer is actually...

I currently brew 2.5 gallon batches and I am currently using a cooler mash tun. I want to upgrade to using all stainless steel. I am wondering if a small pot (say 2 or 3 gallon) pot would be to "curved" to create a seal that won't leak. Does anyone use a weldless fitting on a smaller pot? All...

If anyone out there has had any of De Molen's golden type ales (Op & Top for example) you will know that they all have a similar yeast characteristic. Does anyone know what kind of yeast they use (if a commercial strain)? I have done some research but found nothing. Any input is appreciated...

Is it possible to force carbonate PET Bottles (Like these: http://www.mayerscidermill.com/Mayerscm/images/B_plasticBeerBottles500ml.gif ) with a carbonator cap? (Like this: http://www.homebrewery.com/images/carbonatorcomp.jpg ). If so, how quick would it be and what PSI? My reasoning is that...

So I have an idea to convert a pop bottle into a keg. There have been several topics on here and have read them all and I have a few questions. I plan to carb the bottle with a carbonator cap like this: http://www.homebrewery.com/images/carbonatorcomp.jpg . Or do something like in this video...

I feel like making an apple cider and have a few n00b questions: 1. Store bought apple juice or apple cider? It should be pasteurized correct? 2. Corn, cane, or brown sugar? 3. I should aerate the juice before adding the yeast (champagne yeast)? 4. I bought a package of dry champagne yeast...

What is the best sugar to prime with? Will ordinary white sugar be ok? Thanks:rockin:

I picked up some Oxyclean from the store and had a few questions. I plan to bottle this weekend. 1. The store didn't have any Oxyclean Free, just the regular Oxyclean stain remover so I picked that up. Is that ok to use? I hope so. 2. How long should I put my bottles in the Oxyclean...

I have been saving up standard beer bottles to reuse for my first brew which will be sometime next week. I brought in some from a neighbour but they were dirty so I decided to take them back to the store. That promoted me to look at the ones I have been saving up so far (maybe 20 - 30 or so) and...

Both of my brothers are chemists and when I told them that I wanted to start homebrewing, they said to be careful to produce the right kind of alcohol but did not give me any more information than that. Ethanol is the alcohol in beer. Is there any chance to produce methanol (the bad one) in...

I have yet to brew any beer at all. I'm doing research before purchasing any equipment I may need to get started. I stumbled upon this video that really dumbs it down (I pretty much knew all of it) but he uses milled barley and malt extract in the same batch, even though he didnt buy it at the...