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Here's a what if question for everyone. What if you owned a brewery/brewpub and to start up you could only serve 4 brews. What four beers would you serve?

this is my first Mead, my question is...... Do you need to lay the bottles on their side like wine to keep the cork wet?

I'm currently bottle carbing a Cream Ale its been 1 week in the bottle @ 62-66F. i tried one today its low carbed and just a small amount of head (twss). I know it should be low to medium carb and head, but this doesnt seem quite right. My Question is..... am I conditioning it too cold? Is...

I don't know if you can see this well it looks like it's bubbles that have formed no ill smell. I was gonna bottle tomorrow, is it a lost cause?

I was having a discussion with a friend who has brewed a while and he says he starts the boil clock just as beer begins to boil not after the hot break. when do y'all start the boil clock?

recently i had an opportunity to volunteer in a brewery and learned a lot... My question to the quorum of beer knowledge, is i always see ball valves but no butterfly valves under 1" do they exist?

I've got my first mead in the fermenter right now at 62 degrees for about 2 weeks now. Should I leave it at that temp through the rest of the time I secondary it? should i bring it up to room temp? as you see in the carboy its clear as a bell then i brought a sample upstairs where its 70...

This is my first Mead and ive already made a mistake, i didnt put in nutrients in through the primary, it doesnt have any DMS or other bad smells just smells a bit boozy. i am wondering what a good secondary temperature is. also, can i cold crash without any damage? thank you in advance

Just built this recipe gonna brew this hopefully this Saturday. extract brew 3.3 lbs Extra Light LME 2 lbs Pisen DME 1LB orange blossom honey with 0.5 lb Honey Malt 1 lb. Flaked Maize/Corn gonna cascade and or chinook hops american ale 1056 whaddya think? also using 1oz bitter orange...

this is my first recipe for a stout 4lbs. Extra Dark DME 3.3 dark LME Grains .25 honey Malt .25 Roasted Barley .75 Black Patent 1084 wyeast Irish ale 1oz uk Kent Golding 1oz. us Cluster primed with dark DME. this is a total experiment. i did reach out to a few people that i...

Anybody here go to the brewfest in Royal Oak at the farmers market? there's one coming up on the 9th of May. i was wondering how it is. i am going to attend my first one thanks in advance

My girlfriend gave me a American Pale Ale kit that my LHBS builds themselves.... Had a couple problems missed the OG it was 1.054 mine came to 1.042 put in a little sugar brought it up to 1.050. Was unable to bottle so it sat in the for a extra week took FG today as I wanted to bottle the brew...

Hey folks heres a recipe for a barley wine its my first tell me what you think... 13lbs. light LME 1 lb honey 12oz flaked Barley 8oz caramel crystal 20L 8oz Honey Malt 1oz Brewer's Gold 60 min 1oz Cascade 60 min 1 oz cascade 45 min 1 oz EKG 55 MIN 1 OZ...

Hey folks heres a recipe for a barley wine its my first tell me what you think... 13lbs. light LME 1 lb honey 12oz flaked Barley 8oz caramel crystal 20L 8oz Honey Malt 1oz Brewer's Gold 60 min 1oz Cascade 60 min 1 oz cascade 45 min 1 oz EKG 55 MIN 1 OZ CHALLENGER...

Hey folks... i recieved a brewers best kit american light ale kit as a st pattys day gift. i want to change it a bit and i was thinking of dropping some honey into it. any thoughts, warnings, tips? i have been doing this for about 3 years so ive done a lot but sadly i have no one to bounce...

hi i wonder if anyone can tell what i might have done wrong i made a cream ale with blueberries that i let sit in primary a 2 day before i pitched the yeast (1056) let it do the primary with no bluerries then moved it to secondary i then put in 2.5 lbs for a week i filtered the junk out a...

Hi folks...have followed this on my iPhone for a little while... I've made quite a few beers and some root beers all have had some well lets say volatile bottles.... Can I use the pasteurization method to kill the yeasties? I figure I could submerge them in 140-190 water for 5-10 min. Then, let...