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i am experimenting with filter my beer. i have a The Buon Vino Mini Jet Filter from my wine making days. if i use a coarse pad, will it take out the yeast. i bottle condition everything and im concerned about carbonation.

i'm kinda new to all grain brewing (on my 4th batch) and i want to brew a Sam Adams Noble pils with dry hopping. 1. with all of the worries of contaminating your beer, how do u sanitize the hops used in dry hopping. 2. do i just add them to the secondary or will it be better if i put them in a...

I did a brewers best October fest a little while back and i have a couple of problems. first i did it as an ale. i have a freezer and temp controller now but didn't them, oh well. i cold crashed it before bottling to clear it up a little. everything else was by the instructions (like that really...

Based on a balance of price, customer service, stocked items, timely delivery etc. what is everyone's favorite home brew supply site?

Anyone know of a Home Brew club in the Braselton area (East side of Atlanta) or any other home Brewers in this area that would be interested in starting one?

OK, looking for experience i queses. i have a new 7.2 freezer (SWMBO said i would be happier with a new one so who am i to argue) and Brewers Edge controller II. i have the set point at 40 and the differential at 1 deg. as i understand it, the unit should turn on at anything above 41 and turn...

i have been looking at small freezers to cold crash and lager in. i have a digital controller that i can turn it on and off with but...... all of the manuals for the freezers that i have been looking at say that if the power is lost or turned off to wait 3 to minutes before turning it back on or...

i am a little confused. can i filter my beer and still have enough yeast to bottle carbonate. What does everyone use to filter with?

i am brewing an Octoberfest (brewers best) partial mash. the instructions say to ferment the first week between 48 and 53 degrees. i have an extra fridge in the garage that i keep beer in but it only gets up to 42 on its warmest setting( i know what your thinking but that project is still on the...

i have been sweating some copper parts for my all grain structure and i have a couple of concerns. i can clean the flux residue off of the outside of the parts but how do you get off of the inside. it smells like flux and i am concerned that it impart something in to my brew.

about finished with my single tier. what would you guys recommend as a good, cheap, easy beer to christen it with?

this may be a stupid question but im going to ask any way. im about finished with my single tier. here is the scenario hose from bottom of HLT to pump input, pump output to top of MT (strike water or sparge). the pump primes fine and moves the water. when the water is gone in the HLT or when...

After several Wine and Beer brews i have decided that flat bottom fermenters are for the birds. i want a conical but it is really confusing. here are some of my questions 1. what are the pro's con's of plastic vs stainless (besides the obvious one....cost) 2. there are some less expensive...

i am relatively new to brewing but i got hooked quick and i have been working on my all grain brew structure for the last few months and its starting to take shape. i read a lot of the threads on weldless fittings, some good and some bad. i finally concluded that its a matter of preference. i...

counterflow chiller or Blichmann Therminator. any opinions on whats best. i like the compact design of the Therminator but i afraid of hop residue and hot break material clogging it up.

i'm building my all grain setup and i have a question. i decided to use a couple of 100,000 btu turkey fryers (i have my reasons). i wanted to be able to control the burners from a central control panel. adjust the gas and light the burner. i have accomplished the lighting part with a great...

i brewed my first batch of home brew with a brewers best India pale kit. i love good beer so i thought i would start with this even though i have done a TON of reading and research. i decided to follow the instructions EXACTLY even though some of the things they do in the instructions seemed to...

i have enjoying my home brew for some time but know i am changing to all-grain. i have decided to do step mashing and my original thought was to run the mash through a heat exchanger (copper coil in my HLT). i came up with a thought that i need some advice on. why cant you use a chiller like...