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My first all grain batch (oak butt brown ale) is in the primary and I would like to give it a slight chocolate flavor. Is cocoa powder a good alternative to add to secondary? If so, how much should I add to not overdo it? Also thinking a small amount of vanilla extract. Obviously I'm...

Just made a mash tun with copper manifold in a 48 Qt Coleman rectangular cooler. I ran a test batch of water through and because the drain is above the manifold there was little over a gallon of water left in the cooler. Is this a problem and if so any suggestions for a fix?

Should I use a 3/8" ID or 1/2" ID hose to drain converted cooler mash tun. Seems most sites suggest a 3/8 but if speed is important seems 1/2 would work faster.

I'm looking at getting into All Grain brewing and curious if anyone has any good links or instructions on making a Mash Tun? Also, I've seen round and square coolers, any advantage in using one over the other? I've also seen using PVC pipe, and copper pipe. Again, any advantages of one over...

I'm getting ready to bottle my 2nd batch of beer and curious if I can just add the priming solution (2 cups of boiled corn sugar) directly to the secondary fermenter (5 gallon carboy), instead of transferring to a bottling bucket. I will bottle directly from my secondary using an autosiphon and...

I would like to take sample from secondary fermenter with wine thief and would like to know best way to sanitize while conserving starsan?