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I am wanting to brew on monday and cant find this anywhere but i really would like something very close if possible. Thanks in advance.

do i need to prepare the steel wool in any way? It smells like steel wool, will that transfer into my beer? Can i use a green sos pad that doesn't have soap in it? I am doing it tomorrow morning and would appreciate any input.

I dry hopped for the first time for a "dark IPA", used pellets and no hop bag. How do i make sure the hops dont get in my keg when i syphon and is it ok if a few do?

I recently was given a sticklebract hops plant and it is growing like crazy. Problem is that i have never used this particular one and dont know anyone that has either. I know it has a high AA and used for bittering but that is about it. Can anyone give me more info on this New Zealand hop...

I mash in an igloo cooler and have never mashed out before but now understand the benefits. How much 200 degree water is needed to bring 3 gallons of 152 degrees water up to 167? Thanks for anyone that has a formula.

I mash and lauter in an igloo and was wondering if it is possible or necessary to mash out without being able to add heat directly. If so how? Thanks

I am pitching liquid yeast into 1 pint of 1.040 starter wort and it bubbles a little and works fine when i pitch it. I see pictures of starters that have and inch of foam on top of them and i was just wondering what i was doing wrong if anything. I aerate it by shaking it by the way.

I currently have it in a bottle of water in the back of my fridge, i was wondering if there is a more efficient way. The only reason i question myself is that i have four different thermos reading all different temps. The reason for this is probably where i have them located in the...

does the steel wool work effectively? I have that just lying around

I just recently bought a Johnson Controls thermostat for my beer making and a couple of questions just popped into my head. First off i have a second refrigerator/freezer that i use the refrigerator only for beer. The freezer has actual food in it though. My question is that if the thermostat...

Well im not a new brewer but i have yet to, to my knowledge, had an infected beer. I am just paranoid half the time that something might be wrong because i have never seen a pic of an actual infected one.

I would like to compare actual pictures with what i have. Thanks

whirlpooling has never worked for me like that. I have stirred and had the liquid all the way up the sides of the brewkettle but it didn't settle into the center like in the picture.

i have been brewing for about 6 months and have had varied success removing trub from my brewpot to my fermenter. Does anyone have a foolproof technique to help with this "problem" for me? Also what opinions on effects of it do you all have on not removing all of the trub ifor the primary...

That also makes a lot of sense, thanks

thanks Yooper, you confirmed what had originally thought and done in the past. I guess i got some bad advise from someone else because i can tell you know your stuff.

I have another question that i am confused about as well. Any advise would be appreciated. Is it during the secondary period that you prime you beer for the lagers or do you secondary, than prime?

Hey everybody, i am new to this forum although i have been a reader of it for a while. My question that i am confused about is how to naturally prime (carbonate) a lager beer without the ester and diacetyl effect of room temperatures. I know that you could do it at 50 degrees for a long time...