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I am preparing a starter yeast and did a step up. It blew out the foam stopper from my flask. I didn’t know what to do with it so I got out my blow off house and bucket. There was krausen all over the outside of my flask so I hit it with some Star San from a spray bottle. This caused the krausen...

So one of the banner adds is for used bourbon barrels at Woodinville distillery not far from where I live. They say these can be used for aging beer? Anyone do this? I was just wondering if Bourbon Barrel Porter could be made in one of these instead of the wood chips? Can you sanitize a...

Hi everyone, I did my 2nd full boil today but I didn’t lose as much water during boiling as I expected. When I put the wort in my carboy it was a little over 5 ½ gallons. I was using a 5 gallon extract kit for a cream stout. The OG was 1.040. The recipe said it should be 1.044. Does the extra...

Hi everyone, I’ve been skulking around the board for a couple months getting my questions answered from other posts so I thought it was time I introduced myself. I am just getting started. I’ve made five batches so for. The 1st two were with the Coppers Kit. The others were extract kits. Two...