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So I plan on brewing a Theakston's Old Peculiar clone that calls for 8 oz of Lyle’s black treacle syrup. Any ideas on a local place to get it? LHBS doesn't have it. I am thinking Whole Foods might have some sort of Molasses that might be a good sub. Any other ideas? Thanks!

Any ideas if this will fit two corny kegs? Thanks!

Got it, thanks! I'll give it another try in a few days!

I have the universal beer agar powder from Midwest Brewing Supplies. Thanks for the help!

I don't have a small scale and am having trouble measuring the 2.5 grams of agar. I used 1/2 teaspoon and my agar hasn't set after about 12 hours. Anybody know the volumetric equivalent of 2.5 grams of agar (e.g. 2.5 ml, 5 ml, etc). Thanks!

Long story short, I am about to freeze my first yeast. I streaked a plate (petri dish) with Pacman yeast straight from a smack pack last week. The plate has been at about 70 F ever since. I just placed a loop full of it in 20ml of 1.032 wort and am waiting for it to ferment out. After it...

I have found this one: All-Grain (19 Litres) 12lb 3oz Maris Otter Malt 15oz Crystal Malt 7 AAU Fuggles Hops - 60 min 2.5 AAU Goldings Hops - 15 mins 0.5oz Goldings Hops - 0 mins 0.25oz Goldings Hops - Dry Hop 0.25oz Target Hops - Dry Hop Wyeast 1318 (London Ale III) Yeast Anybody...

I just had the opportunity to enjoy a Young's Special London Ale, and think it is going to be my next all grain home brew. Anybody have any good recipes? I noticed AHS has a clone for sale for $45!!! OUCH! Thanks!!

I mashed at 154 for 60 minutes. I also toasted the oats at 350 deg for 12 minutes. It tasted great, I am just use to things fermenting down to 1.00x not 1.020. Thanks!!

So I was going to bottle my oatmeal stout today, and the specific gravity of my brew was 1.020 after 14 days in the primary!! OG was 1.062. I racked to secondary instead of bottling and will see if it ferments any more. Is this normal when using Wyeast 1084? I made a 1 liter starter 24...

After some nasty tasting beer, I am now more concerned then ever with sanitation. I bought some foam stoppers from Northern Brewer to be used on my yeast starters replacing the aluminum foil I had been using. In the past, I prepared my starter by boiling the DME directly in the flask on the...

So I brewed up a spur of the moment pale ale using White Labs Cal Ale WLP001 that had expired over three months ago without a starter. It took nearly three days to start bubbling. Here is the recipe I used: 10.50 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 87.50 % 1.00 lb Munich Malt - 10L...

Same here... efficiency went from ~55% (consistently, although I often let crushed grain sit around for about a month in sealed bags) to 75% on first brew, brewed day after crush. 15# is the bomb. While it probably isn't worth the extra money for the bigger hopper, it sure is very very...

Got it. Thanks!!

Well, I was going to make a starter for my next brew session, and long story short smacked the wrong yeast. Can I just stick it back in the fridge and use it in a few weeks? I am getting a barley crusher for christmas, and smacked the pack for the brew that I didn't have the grains milled...

I would like to re-use some of my liquid yeast from a clone of Anchor steam in my primary fermentor as we speak... It seems as if most people swirl their carboy with 'clean' water then then pour into another container and let it sit about 10-20 minutes then pour off the top part (hopefully...

New brewer here, working on my first all-grain rig. Great how-to BTW... Is there a reason I can't use the plastic tubing inside the original SS braid? It's about 7/16" OD and 3/8" ID (which would leave a smaller diameter for the fluid to flow) and might be a little tough to cut, but seems...