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So, I have an English Barleywine that is about 8 months old. She's ready to be bottled. I am planning to put a splash of one of these in every bottle: Bourbon, Cognac, or dark Candi sugar. So, my questions are if I want to use the dark candy sugar as the primer for that variant - how much...

I'm not a trusting person and the shady gas people have me concerned. Is there a trick to confirm CO2 versus just plain air?

The chocolate porter keg is empty! I plan to fill the empty with my Arrogant Bastard clone which has been setting in secondary for about 4 weeks. My point: in the liquor store yesterday, I spied the Oak-aged AB. Given I have 1oz of american medium toast cubes, I am considering adding them to...

I have a yeast cake stilling in about 1" of wort from primary. I racked the beer to secondary on Monday and plan to brew today. The cake has been sealed in the primary. If I give it a quick wash today (original brew was an Arrogant Bastard clone so I have lots of trub), can I dump tonight's...

I have had a big Belgian IPA in secondary for about 6 weeks and the picture shows the separation that has been moving down ever so slowly. Do I need to wait the estimated additional 6+ weeks to rack to keg? http://www.northernbrewer.com/documentation/beerkits/HoublomonstreTripelIPA.pdf...

Last night I took part in a last minute brew night with the neighbors, so I didn't have time to start the yeast. I washed last batch's yeast and filled 3 pint mason jars. I took 1 of the 3 and poured the amber solution into the fermentor leaving the 1/4" trub in the jar. 22 hrs into...

When I pour the first beer of the evening, I noticed that I'm not getting the head that I would expect. I have about a 6ft picnic hose on the keg. I'm wondering if the beer in the hose is flat and only until the beer inside the keg flows I finally receive carbonated beer. Does this make...

Greetings- After boiling my jars, lids & rings, I placed the jars with the boiled water in the frig. In the bottom of all the jars, is a chalky white powder. It is not thick, but troubling. The outside of the jars have a dusty feel. We have hard water here, so my question... Assuming...

I thought it would be fitting that my first post was done during my first brew session. I don't want to jinx myself, but the brewgods are happy as am I. Thanks to all the members which makes HBT such a great resource for all the freshman. Carry on! Craig