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Where are you buying your bulk grains from? I am looking to get my costs down if possible. Thanks.

I am a total newbie when it comes to doing a Lager so please keep this in mind! :fro: and thanks for reading! My question is after the initial 10 days of fermentation should I lager first then carbonate or carbonate first then lager? I am using Saflager W-34/70 yeast, and I have save 1/6 of the...

Well, I got a few 1/2 gallon glass jugs on hand but no caps, so I need to buy some (38mm screw caps) to carbonate my home brew. I see they sell three types, metal, plastic, and polyseal. Any opinions on these?

My first BIAB attempt as well as using my home grown hops that I picked about two weeks ago (hallertau and tettnang). I am currently mashing as I am posting this. My 3 quart slow cooker is doing the 1.5 hour mash and only has the volume to do about 0.6-0.7 gallon batch max, so for a 1 gallon...

This is my second at growing fresh hops and I been collecting and drying them. But I noticed that after a week drying they tend to fan out and expand as they dry. So now I am wondering how the heck do I know how much I need to add to lets say an average 5 gal batch in an average beer style using...

I have read 1.5 quarts per pound of grain and I assume this is if you don't squeeze the grain bag. But I have also read 0.7 or 0.8 gallon per pound of grain and I suppose this if if you are really squeezing the grain bag well. Is the above statements correct? I am going to start a small...

I been wanting to grow hops now for a while and I finally got around to ordering them. Would anyone know how these two types will do here in South Coast Mass? I can plant with Easterly exposure and if I plant the root ball in center of yard it will get full sun all day long, but I plant it to...

Hi, Anyone know where I can especially find the Mittelfruh? But I am looking for both.......I am on the east coast (South Coast MA) Thanks.

Are whole cone hops available?? I am looking to buy some for my next brew. I was also wondering if you grow your own hops when can you use them? I mean do you have to dry them first?

I was just looking to see if we have any web programmers here. If so I had a question on starting my own ASP.NET page and was looking for the most reasonably priced host provider. I wanted to go the ASP.NET way because my programing skill's are much better with VB than PHP.

Hey guys, A week ago I cleaned my bottles with star san placed them upside down in a covered plastic tote. Thinking I was going to bottle my beer then but I got side tracked, do you think they are still sterile a week latter or should I do it over again?

Hey guys, I just got done brewing this and I added 1LB of English Maris Otter crushed grain and 1/3 cup of corn sugar to it. I also used the Windsor ale yeast. I am thought buy adding the extra grain I might get a bit more body to it. What do you guys think...

1.0 oz of each: Nugget Crystal Cascade If you more experienced brewers had these hops on hand and a 1lb bag of Carmel 20 grains, 1lb DME (sparkling Amber), and only 3.15lb of LME (Amber), and some corn sugar to make a 5gal batch how would you utilize these hops I have on hand? How much corn...

Hey guys, My history is two extract brews and both did not have hops. I want to experiment now using some hops but I am not sure how. If I use pellets do I just drop an ounce into the wort? And then I see they sell a Stainless Hop Steeper do I need this? Then there are Leaf hops, if I use...

Hey guys, I have my first beer brewing kit on the way and I am excited! But I have a few questions, and here they are: How many cups in 1Kg of corn sugar, is it 4 or 5? Should I substitute the 1Kg of sugar and go with DME instead? If so how much and what color? I would like a ABV of 4.0 -...

I am looking for an extract brewing kit that might get me close to a Samuel Adams Boston Ale "style" of beer; any suggestions on this?

Hey all! I need advice on the most economical way to start a brew. I do not own a 5 gallon stainless steel brew pot so should I just buy a kit like you see on amazon for $119.00...