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Hey guys, Just wondering if I really need to soak the cinnamon sticks in alcohol before throwing it into secondary since the ABV is so high as it is. I don't really think I do but wanted to get on here and ask just to make sure. Also, from what I've read, I should let them sit in secondary for...

I've never cellared any beers before but I was wanting to save several imperial stouts to open around Christmas of this year. I've got several but have no idea which ones are worth cellaring and which ones will just get worse with age. Are there specific things I should look for in a beer when...

I looked through the forums to find an answer to my question and found things that explained whether to prime or force carb aged beers, when to carbonate, what to age in, etc, but nothing that answered this specific question. What I'm wanting to do is brew a pretty big stout, at about 15% abv...

My wife and I bought a house the last day of February this year that came with a detached garage that included a loft. I instantly knew that this would be the new home for all my brewing equipment. However, it definitely could use some work to get it looking better and, thus, the spending and...

I recently purchased a larger boil kettle and no longer have any use for this one. I've had it for about a year and 3 months and it's the one that I first got started brewing on. Here's a link to the version I have (with a notched lid)...

Just wanted to wish all the fellow homebrewers out there a very Merry Christmas or Happy Hannakuh, whichever it is that you celebrate. Hope everyone out there has a great holiday!!!

This is kind of a newbie question but it's one that I need to ask. I normally filter my beer with a 1 micron cartridge filter that I buy from Morebeer. However, due to some problems with my orders from them, I had my wife pick up a filter for me from my LHBS. Morebeer says their filters are...

I have the ToP and have used it 3 times. Each time, the controller is continuously overshooting the temp by about 4 degrees throughout the entire mash. My recirculation rate is set at .75 gallons per minute (as stated in the boilermaker manual) but the ToP manual says to recirculate at the...

I've done 2 batches of all grain and am about to do my third tomorrow. I started with malt extract and always came with between 5 and 5.5 gallons of post boiled wort. Now I start with roughly the same amount of pre boil wort with all grain as I did extract. The first time I did all grain, I...

The video is of a couple buddies and me brewing a Pliny the Elder clone from Morebeer. I just wanted to make a stupid video that would make people smile. This is what I came up with: You can skip the ingredients section, it's long and boring, and I sound like a jack ass. Keep in mind that...

I'm stoke as hell to be able to say that I am now, as of today, going to be doing all grain brewing! I got the last of my equipment yesterday, made my yeast starter Thursday, and will be milling the grains to my porter recipe in about an hour. I've included a picture of my set up.I know it's a...

After kegging, cold crashing, filtering and carbing my IIPA I took a sample of said beer and everything was fine. It wasn't exactly the same as the last batch I brewed (same recipe) but close enough. The beer had just a little bit of a haze to it, but nothing terrible. Well, I brewed this for a...

I haven't seen this issue posted on the forums so I'm not really sure if anyone has had this happen to them before. I brewed a big beer about 9 days ago and pitched a 1.5L starter (before decanting) that was on a stir plate for about 24 hours. In this starter was 2 vials of White Labs WLP001...

First off, I'd like to say hey to everyone as this is my first post on these forums. I've been interested in home brewing for about two years but will be brewing my first batch tomorrow and couldn't be more excited! As the title of this thread implies, it will be a porter. The ingredients are as...