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Well i did my first all grain brew last friday and everything went great took about 4 hours from start to finish . i enjoyed the whole ritual...i made a brown ale..i'm getting ready to rack to secondary in a few minutes..i decided to buy one of those sparge arms from phils mashing and those...

I'm ready to start all grain and am wondering where i can find a grain mill for a cheap price.i do 5 gal batches about every 2 weeks.so i won't be needing something all that fancy..i have a local HBS.where i can get everything i need but i have to drive 45 min to get there .they have a mill...

after doing around 50 extract brews i'm ready to do all grain..i allready have a nice propane burner,sparge water bucket all the taps and fittings and am waiting on my 30 qt. stainless brew pot which i got used off ebay for $53..so here's my question..i bought a 5 gal round igloo water cooler...

Well it's finally happened.the other night i got home from work to find my 16 year old daughter..passed out naked on the bathroom floor in a pool of vomit!!seems she had figured out how to connect the lines on my kegs and enjoy the fruits of my labor..and before she has some of her friends come...

Ok ,hope nowbody laughs...but i'm finally gonna try a shot at brewing my own wheat beer recipe...well here it goe's...10 lbs wheat lme,4 lbs light lme..but i'm not quite sure what hops to use for bittering and and finishing..i was considering going with1 oz of northern brewer for bittering and...

Ok heres what i do.i use TSP when i clean all the crud out of my carboys by filling them up with hot water and adding 1/4 cup and let sit over night then all i have to do is rinse it works great for me..then i sanatize with a 1/4 cup of bleach and a gal of water..slosh it all around and let it...

i'm thinking of trying to add blueberries or possibly rasberries to a wheat beer.how do i go about this...thanks to anyone who answers.:tank:

I recently discovered a new home brew shop in my area and they have bulk LME at $2.25 a lb....sounds like a great deal to me...iv'e been paying $10 for 3.3 lbs for muntons...also a while back i purchased a old brew shops entire stock of Brewers best kits...for allmost nothing which were a bit...

doe's anyone have a good, wheat beer recipe useing malt extracts ...iv'e made one from a kit and it was very good...thanks....:tank:

Well i made a great deal today...i found a wine store that i drive by on the way to work and decided to stop in and see if they had any brewing supplies...turned out that they had a back room with a little bit of everything...i saw 8 brewers best kits.sitting on a shelf...so i read the date code...

this is something iv'e been wondering...why keep carboy in the dark....

Ok here's my question..i'd been brewing kits that had the hops allready in the extract..the kit i brewed last night i had to add bittering hop pellets during the boil and finishing hops at the end...will this sediment settle out with the dead yeast cells on the bottom...thanks.

Hello.well so far i'm sticking to extracts.iv'e done 6 brews with the muntons kits..very good beers so far with exception of 1 which was drinkable but all it was good for was a great nights sleep..and a good buzz..my latest brew was a muntons wheat beer...iv'e allways liked wheat beer and this...

Well i just added some more to my arsenal...i had to get rid of the plastic bucket as a primary..went out and bought me a 6.5 gal carboy for primary..i like to watch all the action..in the last 2 months iv'e bought a used kegerater..which i had done a ton of work to..sandblasting and all..2...

I just had my co2 tank filled today..and i told the guy that i kept it in my fridge and he told me to keep it on the outside..i told him the tank pressure dropped considerably when it was in the fridge..he explained that when the liquid gas is cold you lose about 25 to 30 % head pressure ..which...

i'm planning on brewing a high gravity scottish ale and it says i'll have to aerate the wort prior to pitching the yeast...iv'e figured out why but the how part stumps me...are we talking some kind of air stone that you drop in with a aquarium pump or what....don't laugh even though it's a dumb...

Well, got my kegs up and going with no problems.6 feet air line 6 feet liquid line with a 10 pound serving pressure..and as cold as i can get it...about 1/4 tap and you get foam and full tap you get straight beer...you can even pour it and make it look like a guiness...i bought this used and...

I was cooking up a batch of muntons old ale..I have been useing their kits till i get used to brewing again..getting ready to go grain next time around...well here's what happened...i get the kit and they usually call for 3 lbs of DME..well the bags of DME are 3.3 pounds..but who cares i like...

I just filled my first keg and force carbonated a few days ago in my new setup and get this....stupid me just figured out that the gas and liquid lines are 2 different dissconnects...grey..mmm black for liquid..just ordered 2 black fittings from the BEV FACTORY..guess i'm gonna have to wait a...

Well here is my question.my keggerater will hold 4 cornies..but it's kind of tight.can i store a keg of home brew in a room thats maybe 70 degrees carbonated and still under pressure..and for how long could i do this..just a thought..i'm also a brewing junkie that just started kegging and what...