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What gives root beer its darker color? I made my first batch and its very light in color. Used dark brown sugar and honey as the sugars... would molasses darken it? Tastes great otherwise

Ive been considering trying a couple different ways of dry hopping to minimize the loss in volume. 1. Make a hop tea, let it rest and settle a few days, and add the liquid to the secondary. 2. Make a bigger beer (higher abv, IBU) dry hop it, and then add sterilized water to dillute it down...

Just curious as to whether the red wheat we use has been malted or not?

So from what I've seen, our mineral levels and alkalinity here are pretty high right? When I put my profile into Bru N water, everything is basically already too high to do anything with. What type of filter would you guys recommend so I can end up with workable water. Here is my water...

Hello everyone, I've been AG brewing for a few years now and have always had very low efficiencies (55%) and am looking for ways to improve this. I've read the sticky on efficiency improvement and believe I'm covering the bases. My latest grain bill was 12lb pale 2row, 1 lb munich, 4oz...

Anyone know if it's legal to use plastic fermenters in a commercial brewery, as long as they're food grade?

Hey, i'd like to legally protect my brewery name just incase i realize my dream of opening a commercial brewery one day. Does anyone know the best way to do this? Or at least point me in the right direction?

I'm a farmer in souther california and our company recently decided to replace the stainless steel tanks on front of some tractors. The tanks are already setup with valves and have around 150 gallon capacity. HOWEVER, they've been used to hold pesticides/herbicides/fertilizers in high...

I want to start kegging my beer now that i've been bottling for a year. Do I need the co2 systems or will a hand pump tap + corny keg work? Also is there a quality difference aside from the variation that comes with pumping vs regulated pressure?

In John Palmer's How To Brew he mentions in the extract section that some specialty grains do not need to be milled before steeping. When all grain brewing, i've been mixing up the grain bill, milling it, and mashing it all together. Is this correct or should i steep uncrushed specialty...

A friend who lives up in wine country brought me a bunch of grapes straight from the field (whatever type is used for white raisins). I would like to add them to my next batch of beer, but when/how do i add them? Seems like i should boil to avoid contamination, but that'd change the flavor...

Does anyone know what permits/licensing/certification is needed and the cost to brew, and sell brews commercially?

Hey, I've been brewing for a while now, but have a couple questions... After boiling, should I dump the entire wort collection into the fermenter? or try to leave out the crap on the bottom? Also, my BG reading have been extremely low... 1.026 for my last brown ale (All grain) and 1.035...

Currently, I use a dorm fridge with the door partially opened... obviously i need to upgrade to a more reliable method. I've seen the cabinets made on the DIY forums, and they look awesome, but what is the advantage to building a cabinet? I know you can customize the space, and they look much...

I'm currently fiddling around with home-malting, and different all-grain recipes... but I've been toying with the idea of turning my hobby in a source of secondary income. Eventually, I'd love to open up a brewhouse in my home town, which currently has no local brewery. So for those of you...

Hey everyone, I'm a farmer here in southern california and I set aside some of my wheat crop to malt for brewing. I've been experimenting with temperatures in kilning and had a question... When i kilned at a low temp (under 170 F) my malt smells exactly like dirty socks, or feet. I'm...

Hey everyone, I'm a farmer here in southern California, and I just bagged about 50lbs of grain from out last harvest. I've been brewing for about 6 months and will be starting my first all-grain batch this week as soon as the maltmill arrives. My question is how important is the grain...