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I recently bought an 5 gal oak barrel originally for looks more than anything. I've brewed around 10 times and am starting to really get the hang of things. but I do not know if I could use the oak barrel for the beer? Can I use the oak barrel to "Cask" the beer? If so, how?

I have an IPA that Was brewed a week and a half ago. It fermented in primary for a week. OG: 1.070 FG: 1.012. I transferred to seconday after a week and threw some pellet hops in for dry hopping. I've seen somewhere that somebody said the did dry hoping with pellets and had crunchy pieces in...

I fermented a LHBS "Dark American Lager" 2 weeks ago. I did it as an ale with California ale dry yeast. It spent one week in primary before I switched it to secondary. It had no bubbles in the airlock or on top of the beer when I switched and was calm until just now. Now it has bubbles on top...

I just finished a yeast starter for my American IPA partial mash from my LHBS. It's sitting on top of my fridge now (it's a glass 1000ml beaker). I just noticed some black stuff on the bottom of the beaker. It looks like little black grains of sand. They do not cover the entire bottom tho...

I just finished a yeast starter for my American IPA partial mash from my LHBS. It's sitting on top of my fridge now (it's a glass 1000ml beaker). I just noticed some black stuff on the bottom of the beaker. It looks like little black grains of sand. They do not cover the entire bottom tho. My...

My yeast starter that I just bought from Northern Brewer has instructions for using a wyeast smack pack. My question is whether I use the same procedure for dry yeast? I've seen people on the Internet saying I need to rehydrate the dry yeast by boiling water n letting it cool to 90-100 degrees...

I recently bought a yeast starter kit from NB for the NB India Pale Ale extract kit I had purchased the week before. The yeast starter instructions differ depending on whether you have a low, medium, or high OG. What I need to know is whether NB's India Pale Ale is considered high or medium...

Going to Saint Arnolds Brewery in Houston this Saturday with a friend and my fiance. I've been told that micro breweries will give away yeast for free... Can anyone confirm that this brewery does or that most actually do??

I started fermenting 2 weeks ago and when I started I only had a single stage fermenting bucket. I just bought 2 glass carboys and was wondering if I should switch the beer into the new carboy for the last week. Or if It too late? Or maybe it won't have much of an effect? Any thoughts? All help...

Does anyone know a way to lager without having a fridge to do it in? I know you can keep it outside in winter but that just passed..

I started brewing recently for the first time. Brewing day was Thursday March3rd. It started fermenting the next day and it now seems that the bubbling through the airlock has stopped. MY QUESTION IS...can i open it now and check to see if the foam has subsided?? I only have a fermenter...