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Hey guys, I hope you guys can help me out because I'm being driven crazy here. I have been extract brewing for about a year and recently switched to all grain brewing. I had a bad thermometer the first brew and didn't hit mash temps so I got a new one. Second and third batch seemed to go...

Hey guys, About to do an all grain brew and I'm wondering if the filtered water from the fridge is okay to use for the mash? -Dave

Hey guys, I just brewed an all grain beer that I added .25 lbs of honey malt to. I have .75 lbs of gambrinus honey malt left over that I'm not planning on using anytime soon. I wanted to make it into bread. That'd be cool. All the websites I find are using spent grain from the mash. I'm...

Hey guys, I recently bought a nitro kegging system and everything was working wonderfully. I had the beer gas connected to my keg connected to my tap inside my kegerator. I went out of town this weekend and when I returned, there was beer sitting in the gas in line. Turns out that my beer gas...

I just brewed a chocolate milk stout and it has fermented over the last week. Very few bubbles are coming out and I checked the gravity and it is 1.028 down from 1.053. That seems very high. Is it because it needs more time or because I didn't put enough air in it? Or maybe something else...

Hey everyone, I tried a Lambic the other day and loved it. So I'd like to try some more sours to see if I'd like to brew one but I have no idea what they look like. I went to a Spec's liquor store and looked for a while but had no idea what a sour looked like because I didn't see any that said...

I'm looking for a black chest freezer to make a kegerator because I don't like the look of painted. I searched black chest freezers and all I found was the 7.2 igloo and the 8.8 Kenmore. Are these really the only two black chest freezers!? Thanks, Dave

Hello everyone, I just kegged my first batch of beer. It's a delicious IPA. I am having trouble with my double body regulator. I'm only using one body at the moment. I have a 15 pound co2 tank that is brand new. Whenever I turn on the tank, the regulator gauge for the tank pressure goes up...

I am planning on taking my old small mini fridge and make a new insulated box for it but use the refrigeration components from the fridge. Effectively making my small mini fridge into a larger fridge to ferment my beer during hot summer's. I found surprisingly little information on the...

Hey everyone, I am about to brew Northern Brewer's Cream Ale extract kit and I would like to add some fruit to it. I'm just not sure yet on what kind of fruit to add! Does anyone have any good fruit combos or flavors that they could suggest to me? I have an ounce of bitter orange peel that I...

Hello everyone, I'm planning on brewing on the Fourth since there is no work! I'm planning on taking an extract kit from Northern Brewer of their Cream Ale. But I want to change it a little bit by adding some sweet orange peel at the end of the boil. And I also am thinking about adding some...

Hello everyone, I'm new to brewing and am wondering if my plan for my current brew sounds okay and if anyone has any tips for me! I'm brewing an extract IPA. Right now I have it in its primary. I'm planning on keeping it there for 2 weeks and then racking onto an ounce of hops for dry hopping...

Hello everyone, I'm planning on making a kegerator but I need a good freezer. I found this thread, https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/sizing-your-chest-freezer-corny-kegs-75449/ In the thread there is a Holiday 5.0 cubic foot freezer with a very small hump so it allows three kegs. I would...

Hello, I'm planning on building a keezer and really like the holiday 5.0 cubic foot freezer to do it in because it perfectly fits three corny kegs and a co2 tank. I found the freezer on this thread and there are pictures of it at the bottom of the three kegs fitting perfectly...

Hello everyone, What is a normal price for a used pinlock or ball lock cornelius keg? Also can someone explain the difference in these two products from northern brewer and why one is more expensive than the other...

I really enjoy NorthernBrewer.com because of their cheap speedy shipping as well as their awesome customer service. So I would like to continue to support them while buying ingredients. That being said, shipping at northern brewer is $7.99 no matter what. So whether I buy 1 or 5 ingredient...

I recently brewed a batch of Irish Red Ale from Northern Brewer. It was an extract kit. The OG it was supposed to have was 1.044 and my OG came out to be 1.038. I'm curious to know if that is a big difference? What changes in the end product? And finally, what could have gone wrong during...

Good morning everyone, I'm still a few weeks out from bottling my first batch of homebrew but I have a quick question about bottle conditioning. I live in Houston and it's about 74-76℉ in my house and 90℉+ outside. I'm using a swamp cooler to keep my fermenter at ~60℉. I'm...

Hey everybody, I just finished up my first ever batch of beer. The optimal yeast temperature is 57℉ to 70℉. I live in Houston and my house temperature is around 76℉. So I have a swamp cooler with about 6 inches of water in a tub and a shirt dipped in the water and wrapped...

Hello everybody, I live in Houston Texas and it is getting pretty toasty. I'm just about to dive into brewing my first batch of beer and need to keep it cool while fermenting. My yeast says to stay around 63-68℉. I'm planning on using a swamp cooler and am wondering if anyone has any...