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Just wanted to share what kind of deals are available on Craigslist to any new brewers looking to upgrade their equipment. Alot of this stuff I already had, but back ups are nice. All this was $100 and in like new condition 2 -5 gallon primary fermentor (buckets) 1- 5 Gallon Glass carboy...

I read that Aluminum pots are better conductors...problem is my 5 gal aluminum is too tall to fit under the fan hood at my new house. So I will have to do a 2.5 G boil in a 3G stainless steel pot I have. Question is, to cool wort faster, at the end of the boil can I pour the wort into the...

Is there a website someone can point me to that will allow me to input ingredients I have leftover, and give me recipes that will utilize them?

I recently visited Ommegang brewery in upstate NY, and during the tour they mentioned they import their bottles from France. They are seamless, and necessary since they bottle condition/carb their beers. I was wondering if anyone has reused these bottles, and am I correct in thinking that I...

Brewed a Red Ale 53 hours ago, along with a batch of Apfelwein. The Apfelwein airlock is bubbling away, the Ale shows no activity. I waited as long as possible, but just lifted the edge of the pails lid and there is no krausen, so signs of fermentation. A slight sulfur smell. My digital...

Just moved to the Capital District and need to find a new Homebrew Club, bad! Need my fix, if anyon knows of a reputable club, please let me know...thanks

This has probably been covered before, but I am still unsure I guess. I have a batch ready to be racked to secondary, and am brewing a recipe that calls for the same yeast the same day. After the primary is empty, except for the yeast cake, what are the next steps to get my cooled wort onto...

Brewed up a batch of Brown Ale on Sunday (3/30) and took the OG @ 1.056. Thru Tuesday night I haven't seen the airlock bubble once. Wednesday still no activity. I followed a recipe I have made 2 times previously and it was great beer. The only thing I did different was rehydrate the...

Just bottled my 1st batch and couldn't wait until it was carbonated to drink some. Great mild sweetness with 9.5% abv. Its not exactly EdWorts recipe, I used 5.5 gal Apple Juice, 2 lbs Brown sugar, and Nottingham Ale yeast. 5 weeks in fermenter, then right to the bottle. Its clear, great...

I currently have a 5gal Stout which I added thawed raspberries to after the boil, for 10 min, then strained out before pitching. While in the fermenter, I could smell a great Raz aroma through the airlock. I know the yeast probably ate up all of those sugars, and when I transferred to 2ndary...

Yesterday I set aside the whole day for beer. Woke up early, and bottled my Hefewiezen. Washed and sanitized my carboy, then racked my English Brown ale into it. That Brown Ale looks great!. Washed and sanitized my Ale pail. Brewed an Irish Stout, and added raspberries after the boil, let...

I have been wanting to start kegging for a couple weeks now, and held off due to the $$$. I live across the street from a Pepsi distributor, and as we speak, one of the drivers left the cargo doors wide open and 4 corny kegs are sitting right there. Its 9:33 here and in the middle of a bad...

My latest brew is in the Primary since Wednesday 2/27 and was bubbling away nicely. This morning I woke to see the foam from the surface had worked up into my airlock, stopping the bubbling, and then seeped up through the hole in the lid for the airlock. After inspecting the area, I saw the...

I curently have a similar batch to Apfelwin but I used an Ale yeast. I also have a Hefeweizen (which I will be racking to secondary tomorrow) bubbling away. I read on some cider threads people have liked the outcome from Cider with Hefeweizen yeast. My question: If after I rack my...