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I am brewing with some Chinook hops I grew this year. I have enough for the brew and for dry hopping during fermentation. Is there something I need to do with the hops that I will use in the fermenter to prevent contamination of the beer? I have never tried it but would like to if possible...

I have a 3 burner brew system with 10" banjo burners that I think are Bayou brand burners ( its a custom built brew system I bought) and I am looking at converting to natural gas. Do I just need to change the orifice on each burner or is there something else I need to do? Can Bayou burners be...

I have made up a yeast starter that is currently on the stir plate. I was planning on brewing tonight but may not be able to due to a schedule change. If I put the yeast starter in the frig for a few days, will it negativly affect it? I would be able to use it on Sunday.

I am going to make the Sierra Nevada pale ale clone that was in the December 2012 issue of BYO magazine and it calls for a 90 minute boil adding the first hops at the beginning of the boil. What does that do different than a 60 minute boil which is what all my previous beers called for.

I bought a Danby DAR 440bl that I converting into a kegerator. When I got it home and looked at it, the interior door panel is glued into place not screwed in like I read online from others who have converted this frig. I am interested in know if anyone has converted this frig with the panel...

I was wondering if using a hop spider will have any negative effects on hop utilization. Are there any reasons one would not want to use one.

I am making an American Amber ale today using Wyeast American Ale II yeast. I am guessing I am going to have a problem getting the wort any cooler that about 70 to 72 degrees as it is warm here and I checked the water temp coming out of the fauct yesterday and it was 69 to 70 degrees. I use a...

I am looking at starting to keg my beer and was wanting to know if there if any advantage in going with the ball lock vs the pin lock corny keg.

I was wanting to know how long can you keep Starsan around before it is no good. I have heard the once it gets to a certain ph that it needs to be replaced.

I am looking at brewing a brown ale that calls for Wyeast British ale yeast. We have a small LHBS that recently opened and they currently only carry dry yeast. Would Danstar Winsor be a decent substitute for the liquid yeast?

After 2 years of making extract beer, I made my first batch of AG this weekend. I hit the target on the OG but ended up with only 4.5 gallons of wort. I could have added water but was concerned about decreasing the gravity too much. The beer was a kit from Northern Brewer. Belgian Saison. What...

I am thinking about entering some competitions so I can get some feed back about my beer, plus I thought it would be fun. I am wondering about shipping beer to the competitions as there aren't any that happen close to home. Is it legal to ship beer? I thought I read the USPS won't do it.

I have been having trouble with diacytal in my beer so I checked the pumpkin ale I have had in the fermenter for the last 2 1/2 weeks by taking the 3 piece airlock off the bucket and getting a sample. In the past I have never checked the wort until I am ready to bottle and have usually bottled...

I just experienced my first home brew competition last weekend and had a great time.One of the main comments I got from the judges was there seemed to be diacytel in my beer. I have looked online for answers about how to reduce/ eliminate the amount left in the finished beer but I am still a...

I am currently using fermenter buckets as I haven't moved into using carboys yet. I noticed some scratches in the bucket the last time I used it that I think are from the metal spoon I have. Am I asking for trouble if I continue to use it? There are quite a few scratches.

I am going to be in downtown Chicago and was wondering if there are any HBS in or near the downtown area.

I live in an area where there isn't much for HBS and can only get dry yeast locally. I have a Pale Ale that last time I used Danstar Nottingham and it turned out pretty good. I am planning on making it again but can only find Safeale yeast. I am wondering how similar is Safeale 05 to Nottingham...

Is there anything wrong with using a 5 gallon water cooler jug for secondary fermentation? They are less expenive than a Better bottle and easier to get as there isn't a HB shop in town where I live.

I have a couple friends who want me to brew a batch of gluten free beer but they only want a 2 1/2 gallon batch made. I was going to use dry yeast. Do I just use the entire yeast pack or is there a problem doing that? I would make a 5 gal batch but I don't want any for me.

I have a couple friends who want me to make a gluten free beer for the. One of them likes Red Bridge beer. Does anyone have a clone recipe for that or at least something close? Also is brewing with sorghum much the same as barley? BTW, I am an extract brewer as I haven't yet made the jump to...