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So I plan on racking my pumpkin beer onto a nice bed of oak chips that I am going to soak with some rum of my choice.. My question is 1, do I have to sanitize the oak chips first? Or with the alcohol in the rum take care of that..? And 2, how much rum should I add to 1/2-3/4 of an ounce of oak...

Sooo, I just brewed my summer IPA a couple weeks ago and am ready to dry hop it with the pellets... I wanted to come here for opinions on doing it because I want the best possible aroma and flavor as I can get out of it.. It's going to stay in the primary and I was going to sanitize some marbles...

What does everyone use and prefer..?? A liquid extract or a dry extract....? Any preference or any advantages or disadvantages to either..?

So, I had no clue where to put this in this forum.. So I just put it here... I finished my clone of heady topper on Jan 6 and it's been sitting for the last 24 days and I have tried three beers since I brewed it and I am still getting the same results.. Zero carbonation. It's just flat beer...

I have been watching 3 1 gallon bottles of cider age and I was hoping to do three different flavored ciders.. When would it be smart to throw the "flavoring" items in.. And what should I use? I was hoping for a gallon of peach flavored apple cider, raspberry apple cider and more of a "spiced"...

So, I was brewing a winter warmer last night and was a little overwhelmed with what was going on with everything else but my brew. I know. Horrible. But I was toasting some 2 row and getting the water ready for my steep and I totally had a brain fart and got the water too hot.. Once the 2 row...

Hey guys, so I made my second batch of beer tonight and it was a 5 gallon pumpkin clone.. I thought I did everything right, seeped everything for 30 min, got the boil, added the buttering hops, spices and aroma hops as it calls out out for.. But once I pitched my yeast it checked the SG reading...

Not sure if this would be the right section for this question but, my boss has been growing hops for a couple years now and he just picked me a huge bag and I was wondering if anyone has ever used willamette and or nugget hops..? I was going to try and use them maybe for a dry hop ok...

So I plan on starting my first brew tonight and would like an opinion.. Should I go through with my brew in the 7.8 gallon primary and leave it in there until I bottle it, or do I rack it into a secondary in a couple weeks..? It is a Newcastle clone.. Also, with all the blowoffa I have seen...