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I am new to all grain. So far, when my batch sparing slows down to a trickle I have been reaching in with a spoon and mixing up the bed to get it to flow more. I believe this is a mistake causing me to have cloudy beer and lower than desired efficiency. My mash/lauter tun can be sealed. So...

Any insight on how to hold a peer reviewed homebrew beer contest? Assume a single category: pale ale. Assume 100 entries (hence 100 judges, so show that it can scale) Obviously, the judges can't each drink 100 beers. How to do it? How to score it? How many beers are required for an...

Pretty much the title. I did a quick google and didn't turn anything up. Not really solving a homebrew problem - except maybe saving some water.

can I put potatoes in the primary? they are a starch and the yeast should be able to eat them.

Currently, we brew with a 1/2 full kettle and add malt extract and steeped grainw ater to it. What would happen if I steeped the grains in the kettle, then removed them, then added the wort? So instead of ~2quarts of steeped grain water I would have ~2.5 gallons of steeped grain water. I...

I live in Vancouver, BC. There is a store on Hastings (dans homebrew) that I go to that is very good. Fresh ingredients spread out to see (grains, hops still in freezer), never out of ingredients. Prices are good as well. Knowledgeable staff that don't try and push kits the entire time. I...

So, the batch I have in now, I used Splenda in place of the priming sugar. Put it into bottles last weekend. Will it still carbonate?

I am new, this happened on my 7th batch. We cooled the wort, poured it into the primary, added water. Then I fillled the hydrometer, then I pitched the yeast. The SG was 1.060. We went and ate dinner. 30 mins later, the SG was 1.070. Which SG corresponds to my potential AC? I wrote...