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Wondering if anyone knows of a quality establishment in the area... I can usually find something with a google search but have come up empty handed on Orange Beach. Thanks!

Just pulled this out of the cold crashing freezer to bottle. This doesn't look right. Any ideas?

Dry hopping... Went to my LHB to pick up my hops. I always get my hops from a mail order house. Everything comes neatly packaged in 1oz. vacuum packed baggies... it seems sterile. When I asked for several different hops in 1oz. increments, my local guy went and opened up large bags of...

Hey Guys, After another break from home brewing (2nd child) I got back in the game a little over a week ago. I put together two kits... mini-mash... an IPA and a Pale Ale. My equipment has been sitting idle for nearly a year. I began by an overnight oxiclean soak of both of my carboys. Both...

Bottling today... My last few beers have gone 3 weeks or more in the bottle. Each of them has failed to develop proper carbonation. Anything that I may be missing? Just a thought... I have been using Dawn to wash my bottling bucket and hoses... but rinsing thoroughly. Any chance that could...

I've got two 5 gallon batches in secondary carboys - both getting dry hopped. They have been sitting for two weeks now. How long can I let them sit? Ideally, I'd like to bottle this weekend. However, I've got a 5 day old baby in the house. Can I wait another few weeks? Thanks!

I've looked around a bit and come up with nothing. As soulless as these two are... I love them... mainly for nostalgic reasons. Can anyone help?! Many thanks!

Okay, I have an extract recipe that calls for .5 oz. of Cascade for dry hopping. I have an ounce of Cluster in the freezer. Never used Cluster before and was wondering if the substitution would be a mistake. Thanks!

I need to keep my freezer (fermentation) warm enough. I thought I could change my temp regulator over for heat. I took the top off and found a switch that read "maximum" and "minimum". I pushed it over to the max thinking that that was all I needed to do... nothing. I have a heating pad...

I brewed 3 beers on October 11th. An Oaked Porter, a Brown, and a Pumpkin Ale. They were sitting in my temperature controlled freezer at 68 degrees up until Sunday. Most of the activity in each carboy had died down enough for me to feel good about moving them over to secondary with about 7 or...

1. How long does the beer in a keg stay drinkable once you tap into it? 2. What kind of maintenance I am looking at? I'm thinking a basic cleaning/sanitization of the lines in between kegs. What kind of time is involved there? I am seriously considering the purchase for myself over the...

Just wondering... Once the boil is over, where does everyone have their hop bag? I have been leaving mine in the wort during cool-down, but am wondering if I haven't been hurting the hop profile of my end product. Should the hop bag remain in the wort during cool-down or come out immediately...

Well, I am going to be short .5 lbs. of LME (extra pale) for my next brewing. I am wondering if I could just add .5 lbs. of DME (extra pale) to get the same result. Do the two equate? Thanks!

I received my mini-mash kits on Wednesday this week. Upon opening, I discovered one of the White Labs Yeast vials to be leaking slightly. California Ale yeast... lovely smell. Anyway, I contacted the shop I purchased the kits from and was told that I should pitch it regardless. I'm having a bit...

Hey guys, I racked three brews over to secondary over the weekend. They have been sitting in my freezer outside at 68 degrees since then. The temperatures outside are dipping into the 40's this weekend. My question is... Should I bring the carboys inside (72 degrees in the house)? Would the...

So, I moved my pumpkin ale over to my secondary on top of my spice tea. The water was boiled for 10 minutes. I brought the temperature down, added the spices and steeped them for about 20 minutes. While I was racking the batch over, I noticed a strange cloud that was caused by the spice tea...

Hey guys, First time using a freezer and temp control unit to ferment. This morning I realized that my carboys were reading higher than my target temp. Target temp was 68 degrees - using WhiteLabs yeasts - British Ale yeast and English Ale Yeast. The carboys were reading 72 and 74 degrees...

Okay, I'm all set to go... 3 batches in the works today. Unfortunately, I didn't plan as well as I had thought. I've got several Apfelweins going, which are using up all of my airlocks. I'm in need of two more to complete the day's task. ANY idea if someone other than a homebrew supply...

I'll be using several fresh pumpkins to put together a pumpkin ale (extract recipe). After baking these guys for a while... I am wondering what would be the best way to introduce the pumpkin to the wort. Cut into cubes and throw them in a grain bag? Or should I puree the pumpkins and dump them...

So... I have made my freezer repair and am looking forward to putting it to use. I've got three kits on the way to the house and hope to get them all brewed this weekend. I'd like to set the temperature control to 68 degrees for a month or two and then cold crash all 3 (5 gallon carboys) in...