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wow, thanks brothers, good to know!

So I was cooling down a pumpkin milk stout about midnight last night and apparently my thermometer is now a little off. I ended up pitching yeast at 83 degrees, it was a dry packet of Safale US-05 which says the highest temp should be 77. My wort is now at 76 degrees and the little plastic cup...

My wife just got me one for christmas and I'm in the same boat as you. There is supposed to be a dispensing kit with a 2nd hose, CO2 attachment, piercing needle for the dispensing unit and there is none of that. She got it on amazon and contacted the seller but I can't find anything about this...

I'm a beginner but would eventually like to make a gruit (un-hopped) historical ale. I have a recipe but it's for all-grain and was wondering it was possible to make this with DME/LME since I don't have the room or equipment yet for all-grain brewing. This is based on a Scottish ale with a...

Thanks guys! I appreciate the input. Pretty new at this, I just bottled my first batch today of Oat & Caramel brown ale and it's coming out great, I poured myself a pint before carbonation. I drove myself crazy worry about sanitizing and possibility of infection but it seems as long as I'm not...

I'm just wondering since I saw plastic carboys advertised. I have a bunch of empty water-cooler jugs in my basement and I was wondering if sanitized... could it be a carboy? Or is there something fundamentally different about the plastic?