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I was wondering if anyone has any good online sources of where to get fresh yeast? I have a local homebrew shop that has fairly fresh yeast within a month or less, but has a limited number of strains available. I am looking for yeast that is usually within about a month of its manufacture...

I have been noticing that with lighter colored beers like IPAs, Pilsners, Pale Ales, etc. tend to finish with a stale/oxidized flavor. When I brew stouts and porters I don't get that taste at all. It comes through with a smooth and malty flavor without any oxidation. My process is the same...

I keg all my beer and have been doing so for the past 2 years. Most recently I have started bottling my beer off of the keg in order to submit bottles for homebrew competitions. Unfortunately, in both the competitions I have entered my beer in the carbonation has been almost non-existent. I...

So after 2 weeks of lagering between 41-45 degrees I popped the top on the fermenter and found a weird film on top of the beer. Is this anything to be concerned with?

Any recommended recipes for a Belgian IPA? I am looking for ideas on what type of grain bill to utilize. I know some people choose to do just an American IPA grain bill using Belgian yeast. I'm thinking of using some crystal malt and maybe some candied sugar. I'm open to anything. I plan on...

I currently have a 3.1% ABV Irish Red Ale on CO2. It is only at 6 psi and I still have about 75% of my pint glass full of head/foam. About half of that dissapates after about 5 minutes. I have not had these issues before on previous beers. I had cleaned out the beer lines and my taps...

I have been extract brewing now for about 10 months and have had some success brewing a Belgian Witbier. I most recently brewed a Irish Dry Stout and after 2 weeks in the primary (66-68 degrees). Even after 2 weeks it seems like the beer is a bit light and still has a hint of sweetness to it...

I started carbonating my Irish Dry Stout with a 75/25 nitrogen and CO2 blend at 5 psi 8 days ago. When I want to pour my beer using my stout tap it came out very flat and had no body to it. Since then I increased it to 10 psi. Just wondering what recommendations people have using a gas blend...

I was wondering what solutions people have found in order to filter your tap water. The solution on a small scale is just using your typical Brita filter, but that is not scalable when you are trying to filter enough water for a 5 gallon all-grain batch. Any suggestions or success stories...

I have been reading about the differences of using just one cooler versus two coolers for all grain brewing and was interested to hear what people's opinions were. From what I can tell you can mash and lauter within one cooler or you can mash within one cooler and then transfer to another...

I just wanted to hear people's thoughts regarding whether to use a braided mash manifold or false bottom to extract the wort from your laudering? I can see benefits to both, but would love to hear people's actual experiencing using both to determine which one I should buy now that I am...

I bought a GE 7 cubic foot chest freezer in order to build my keezer. I was able to get it cheap through my local Sears store. I figured it should fit about 3 or 4 corneys along with a CO2 tank. I had already bought a Johnson controls temperature control in order to control the temperature...

I am considering making my first Oktoberfest beer from extract and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions regarding what yeast to use. I have the ability to lager and would prefer to do so being the style of beer. I have generally seen the most success using Wyeast and based upon their...

I was wondering if anyone had any opinions regarding placing your hops in muslin bags or just having them loosing during the boil? Does it have any impact either way or any best practices.

I was wondering what opinions people have regarding whether to use tap water or spring water when brewing? I know that some people feel that tap water can effect the outcome of your beer dependent on the quality of tap water.

I was considering using some of my harvested Irish Dry Sout yeast for a small batch of a porter. I was wondering what effect this might have on my beer if any? My thoughts are that since they are similar styles it shouldn't make a huge difference.

I recently finished brewing a Belgian Witbier and now that the fermentation is complete I have decided to harvest the yeast cake that remained. I was actually considering taking this harvested yeast and placing it in with my Dubbel that has been aging for about 2 months now in a secondary. It...

I apologize if this sounds incompetent, but after reading some information regarding the benefits of yeast harvesting/washing it seemed like the key benefits were saving money and being able to use the yeast multiple times. After reading about how to do a yeast starter (being that I had always...