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Hello all, My father and I are making our very first batch of wine. It is a winexpert kit of Sangiovese. I’m a long time beer brewer and have the basics down. The kit has been sitting in the fermentation chamber at 73 degrees for 16 days. Tomorrow we will be transferring and degassing and...

Hello all, I want to start making my yeast starters in the flask itself. I heard coils aren’t good to use but would something like this work? If this would work would it be ok to go directly from the heat into an ice bath? Thanks!

Has anyone ever brewed something along the lines of this beer? I’m looking to brew a sweet milk chocolate porter and this is the best example I can think of what I want. My porter recipe is great but I’m having a hard time finding something to add to secondary other than nibs to give it the...

Hello everyone, Long time Brewer here but never had great success with fruit. I'm brewing all the beer for my brothers wedding and his wife to be requested a strawberry ale. I went with a basic strawberry wheat beer. Just to be safe I tried to pasteurized the 10 pounds frozen strawberrys...

Hello all, I am brewing a whole bunch of beer for my brother in-laws wedding. A strawberry ale was requested. I've never really had great success with fruit but I'm determined to get this one right. Here's what I was thinking. Please criticize as you see fit :) 6# 2row 4# wheat Some...

Hello homebrewers, I'm looking to purchase a whole house water filter. http://www.aquasana.com/whole-house-water-filters/1000k-gallon-rhino/no-install I know RO is the way to go but would it be totally necessary if I just got this for the house? Thanks for any help in advance.

Hello all, I made a 1.5l yeast starter from a 200b pack of gigayeast Vermont ale starter on feb 8th. Life got in the way and I won't be brewing until Sunday the 26th. It was on a stir plate for 2 days then directly into the fridge to cold crash. I'd like to get away with not having to make...

Hello all! Hope everyone had a happy holiday. I have a DIPA in my brewbucket right now. It's my first time using it. I used about 7 ounces of hops (all late addition and whirlpool) They were all in a hop bag and a tried to filter out as much of the trub I could but a decent amount got in...

Hello everyone. I am about to brew a Cali common and need a 3l yeast starter. Can I make a big starter like that and put it on the stir plate or do I have to start small, decant and step up to 3? It would be a lot easier to just make one big starter. I read it's better to start small...

Hello homebrewers! I am very new into the world of water treatment. I just downloaded a copy of my local water report and the numbers have a pretty wide range. For example. Magnesium Low value .74 High value 13.04 Average 4.38 Chloride Low value 3.8 High value 164 Average...

Hello homebrewers. Let me start off by saying this is not about electric brewing but is about electric going to my brew shed that powers everything. I have a small electric problem I'm determined to fix myself even though my knowledge of electric is basic at best. My outside GFCI outlet that...

Hello homebrewers, I have the Fastferment conical and I cannot seem to drain all the yeast and trub out. I did my best to filter EVERYTHING and I only wound up with about a half gallon of yeast. When I opened the valve a thick sludge of yeast came out but then a lot of beer and some yeast...

Hello home brewers! I recently got a dual tap kegerator but it only came with a single gauge c02 regulator. I have an IPA fermenting now and my next batch will most likely be a porter or stout. These are served at pretty different pressures right? In that case I think I need a dual gauge...

Hello home brewers! I came across a great article on how to etch gallon markers into a kettle using salt, vinegar and a 9v battery. Here is the link if anyone is interested. http://www.make-digital.com/make/volume_40/m/Page.action?folio=87 It's just not working for me on my aluminum kettle...

Hello home brewers. I just purchased my first kegerator and it came with two sanke keg couplers. I heard that corny kegs are the way to go. Am I going to have to buy all new couplers or is there an easy/cheap way to convert them? Or should I look for sanke kegs? I heard they are a pain to...

Hello fellow homebrewers. I brewed a stout with an OG of 1.084 and FG of 1.030 after almost a month. Foolishly I used only one packet of US05. There is a pound of lactose in there also. I want it down a bunch because it's pretty sweet right now. I am brewing a hefeweizen with wlp300. I was...

Hello homebrewers. I'm brewing up a peaches and cream hefeweizen that won the American homebrewers association competition in 2010 for fruit beer. I bumped up the recipe and it's as followed 7 lb white wheat 5 lb pilsner 1.5 lb munich The original recipe calls for a decoction mash but I'm...

Hello all! Just wondering if any of you homebrewers out there can offer some critique to a recipe Im coming up with. I want a big sweet stout. I found a recipe for a Left Hand Milk Stout and I bumped it up and am going to add some of my own additions. Here's what I got so far. Sound good or...

I've been harvesting some conan yeast from 2 fresh headys for the past 6 days. I stepped up the starter every other day. The last step up was the most active. So active in fact it blew off the foam stopper while I was sleeping. My question is do you think the starter is still safe to use or...

I've been harvesting some conan yeast from 2 fresh headys for the past 6 days. I stepped up the starter every other day. The last step up was the most active. So active in fact it blew off the foam stopper while I was sleeping. My question is do you think the starter is still safe to use or...