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Today I popped open an Old Peculier clone and it was super fizzy. No explosions but the glass was full of head. I scooped a little out, poured in the rest of the beer then sat down to taste test it. Yummy by the way. However, now my beer sits in front of me with no head whatsoever and no...

Hi Folks, I searched (Google and here) for an answer to this question but couldn't find an exact answer. I want to brew today but it's raining outside. I don't want to move back indoors because I'm addicted to the convenience of outdoor brewing. Do I need to prevent rain water from...

I tried this in the Recipes / Ingredients forum but I don't think that gets nearly as much traffic as this forum does, so I deleted it and re-posted it here. Hoping for a little better luck. :) I have a batch of this Imperial Stout on the go and I have a question about the process (the...

I have two cases of Newcastle Brown Ale clone that I bottled on April 6/7th, so about 3 weeks ago. I bottled the beer and realized I had no caps (read : I had a brainfart and they ended up in a pan of water on low for a very long time - now I sanitize the caps). I covered the bottled beers...

Has anyone built a fermentation cabinet that doesn't use power? I mean, a cabinet that is insulated from the changes in ambient temperature without actually doing anything to alter the temperature inside the cabinet? I have a converted cabinet freezer that I am using for lagering so that is...

I brewed a Dos Equis clone a couple of days ago (no visible signs of fermentation but that's not my issue). I have my fermentation bucket sitting in a trash can of water. I want to rack this to a 5 gallon glass carboy and put that in a modified rubbermaid 10-gallon cooler. I should be able to...

Just downloaded BeerSmith 2 today and have been poking around. I looked at one of the two extract recipes they provide - the Muddy Pig Oatmeal Stout - and in the instructions it has a Mash Style. This is an extract recipe, I won't be mashing anything. I can't remove it or set it to No Mash...

If you are brewing a recipe that uses extracts and specialty grains, is it possible to steep the grains for the prescribed time, save the grain water and then create the wort later by resuming the process.....or should everything be done at once? Ordinarily I would do it all at once but I was...

I started a Thomas Hardy's Ale clone a few days ago and I pitched one smack pack of Wyeast 1084 Irish Ale Yeast. I didn't make a starter (in my pitiful defence, the recipe doesn't call for a starter BUT the preamble in the book says to use starters - I just didn't see that before). It's been...

Hi Folks, Since I started brewing a month or so ago I've been keeping notes in a notebook. I've just moved that information over to my website and I'm looking for opinions. I don't really care if you think it looks good or not :) I'm looking more for ideas of what sort of information to...

I'm not sure if this should be in the ******* section but I had an idea the other day. I think I am going to try it anyway but I want to see if anyone else has ever tried it. I'm not looking for validation or assurance that I'm not being a *******, I'm just curious, and hopefully the reason...

Thought I would give this a try : That was me a few minutes ago. Anyone else do anything similar? Any pros / cons to using this approach? Cheers, Max EDIT : I realise I didn't show you exactly what I was doing. That's a long paddle I have attached to my drill, and I am altering the depth...

I brewed an Old Peculiar (sic) clone yesterday. The recipe says that the OG should be between 1096 and 1100. When I measured mine, a few times (while taking temperature into account) was "only" 1082. I followed the recipe exactly (ingredients below) so what could cause such a difference in...

Hi Folks, I'm new to the game, been brewing for a couple of months now. I've had a few questions before that have been answered by searching the web, reading this forum and / or reading the book that came with my starter kit - The Complete Joy of Home Brewing 3rd Edition. Last week I...