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I have a 5 gallon rum barrel that I keep wet with a bottle of rum and about 2 gallons of water that I flip from time to time. I was thinking of dumping out the water and replacing it with 5 gallons of a 2 year old red flanders that's been sitting quiet in a fermenter. What do you think?

Hi, normally when i clean my kegerator i break it all down shanks and all and soak, rinse and reassemble. i just bought some BLC and looked up how to use it and everyone shows a hand pump connected to what looks like a nalgene bottle and its pumped manually. i was wondering, is there a problem...

There is a lot of talk on what kind of vessel to age a Flanders in. I hear plastic buckets permeate too much air, whereas an airlock on a glass carboy doesn't let any air in. I've read about Raj's technique using an oak table leg and letting it act two-fold as a stopper and oak infusion. His...

I live at sea level and will be traveling to 8000 ft. I would like to take my nitrogen tank to dispense my stout. Is there a problem with taking my tank to this altitude? Is it safe? I suspect that it is, but just asking. Thanks!

my question is this: what are the calculations for running dispensing lines and getting the right carb levels without foaming over? in other words, what are the calculations for the perfect pour?

I washed some yeast from a CDA w/ an SG 1.064. I always here that it's best to pitch the yeast from lower SG to higher SG. I was planning on brewing an APA with an SG 1.056, 8 points lower than what the yeast are now used to. What are the implications for repitching yeast from higher to lower...

hi i am brewing a helles this weekend and i've got 2 x 2000ml starters sitting on stir plates to be decanted and pitched on Sat. (when i brew). OG 1048 for 6 gallons. wlp838 southern german lager yeast. i have never brewed a lager ever but i have brewed a hundred batches of all sorts of ales...

Hi, I want to brew jamils Bavarian Weizen: http://beerdujour.com/Recipes/Jamil/JS_Bavarian_Weizen.html I have access to two different types of water: I sent both types into WARD labs and here are the results. My filtered (filter from morebeer.com) tap water profile looks like this: pH...

Help! My last four batches have come out tasting like gag! The off-flavor is the same in all four batches. The beer tastes good going in but the finish tastes bad. I've made four diffrent beers all resulting in the same nasty tasting finish. I thought I was cleaning and sanatizing correctly...