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I have a batch of pale ale which is a week and a half in the fermenter. I plan to leave it there for four weeks. A friend of mine gave me some fresh hops from his vine which I'd like to use to dry hop this brew. I've never dry hopped so I'm curious about when I should add them. Or should I...

I'm posting this here before I put it on CL. I bought a new fridge for the basement and want to give this one away. It's not pretty but it works:[/URL] Uploaded with ImageShack.us[/IMG] [/URL] Uploaded with ImageShack.us[/IMG] Complete with Homebrewtalk.com decal! It gets very cold...

So this past weekend I was all eager to brew an American Brown Ale and try out my shiny new home-made copper manifold in my mash tun. I had a few things to do on Saturday so I thought I'd get all set up Friday night so I could jump right in Saturday morning. Mind you, I was well into the Troeg's...

What options are available for 5-10 gallon batches? Are there any bpa free coolers? Do I have to go with metal and a blanket?

I want to get a better handle on the amount of boiloff I'm experiencing without introducing other factors. However, I don't feel like boiling 6 gallons of water for an hour if I can avoid it. Would I get an accurate answer if I were to boil, say, 3 gallons of water for half an hour and then...

A brewer fermenting in plastic Had an idea that might be fantastic Would adding a spigot Be just the ticket Or is that thought not too scholastic? He first searched the topic and read Until his eyes nearly bled Some are all for it While others abhor it Perhaps he should siphon instead?

I racked 5 gallons of Kolsch into a corny on Sunday and primed with 2.5 oz of corn sugar. I pressurized the keg about 5lbs to seal it and attached a bleeder valve to monitor the pressure increase. The next day the pressure was down to zero. Today I got around to repressurizing the keg to 5...

I have a corny of keg conditioned Ed Wort's Haus Ale just about ready to tap. This will be my first keg. I have no idea how much pressure has built inside the keg. Should I bleed off the pressure and then connect to the CO2 at 10psi or just connect it without bleeding it off? On a related...

I bought a used tap system recently and after cleaning everything thoroughly, I notice that the clear rinse water has a metallic taste. I read somewhere that brass faucets can cause that. This is an old chrome faucet and shank, both with brass innards. Is that the source of my metallic taste...

Cruising my local paper I see a guy in the next town advertising a tap system. It's a 5 lb CO2 tank/regulator, faucet, etc. set up in a refrigerator/freezer for the princely sum of $50. It followed me home that night. So now I need a couple of cornies, right? Well, my neighbor was given two...

A friend gave me about 5 oz. of hops flowers from her vines. What do I do with them? Lay them out on cookie sheets and dry them? Vac pack them and put them in the freezer? I have no idea what type of hops they are but they were grown in south eastern PA, specifically in Lancaster County...

Can it be done? As in, mash Friday night and boil Saturday afternoon? I'm always looking for innovative ways to keep LOML happy.

I printed Deathbrewer's treatise on partial mashing and want to give it a go with an American Pale Ale recipe from How To Brew. That recipe calls for 3.3 lbs. LME at boil and 3.3 lbs. LME at knockout. Also included is a steep with .5 lbs. of 60L crystal malt. The all-grain version calls for...

Greetings all! My first batch of brew in about 15 years is sitting beside me in the fermenter. It's an American amber ale and smells terrific. Things have changed quite a bit since I last brewed. The information and quality ingredients and supplies that are now available are amazing. After...