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I have made this same recipe several times and this has never happened. I had it in my secondary for about two weeks and then a weird white colored film started to form. This was also about two weeks after adding the 8 oz. of all natural peanut butter and 8 oz. of cocoa nibs. There was no weird...

Is it possible to leave a beer in the primary for too long? If I leave it in there for a little over two months, is that going to cause an issue? Thanks, Nick

I want to do a science experiment with my kids this weekend and I was thinking about using some cheap yeast to show how different types of sugars ferment or do not ferment. I didn't see anything that had a break down of the different types of sugars and how yeast would interact. Is there already...

Not sure if it has been mentioned, but Magic Hat beers. I live in KY/TN and it is everywhere. I was excited to find a new beer at first but man it was awful. Especially the not quite pale ale. Horrible...Anyone else ever had it? Explain why it is so off tasting please. - nick

Hey guys, I was wondering if someone could run something through beer smith for me. I made this extract once and it turned out pretty good. I want to try it all grain. I am overseas and away from beer smith right now but I need to place the order as soon as possible to be ready for my return. 9...

From the reading that I have done it seems that it is 70% sucrose. I am not sure if that is completely accurate. Is fructose ok to brew with? I see a lot of sucrose being used. - Nick

I am wondering if anyone has tried using palm sugar as a substitute for Belgian candi sugar. I was trying to figure out what kind of sugar the palm sugar was and I found this chart of nutritional values. I was assuming that palm sugar was only sucrose but it seems to have a little more than...

Hey guys, I just made a pick up filter with some PVC fittings and the only ones that were the right size for what I needed were grey PVC. They were still in the plumbing section and are used with drinking water so I assumed it would be ok. Does anyone here know of any issues with grey PVC...

anyone see any issues with using a spiral copper manifold with slits? -Nick

Looking at the sparge arm again, I do not think that this will be as big of a deal since it is adjustable. The only issue that I am having with this 60 QT ice cube cooler is that the angle of the existing drain plug causes a lot of water to be left behind. I was looking at the way that some...

I am about to install an auto sparge on a 60 QT cube cooler and I was wondering where I should install the auto sparge. I would like to be able to bounce back and forth from 5 and 10 gallon batches but I am afraid that if installed to high it would not work for my 5 gallon batches and if too low...

Alrighty guys, I am taking the step up to all grain brewing. I thought that I had a good handle on what to do but now that I am just about to do it, I am a little confused. I have a 5 gallon kettle but a 15 gallon enroute (not available just yet), and a cooler with an auto sparge attachment...

Thanks for the help. I ended going to a fire safety place where they sell fire extinguishers.

I have watched a couple of videos online and I am still a little confused about a couple of details. I have heard that after the transfer that the keg should be kept in lower temps so that the beer absorbs the CO2. I watched one video where the guy sat the keg on its side, rolled it around and...

I am trying to find a place that does CO2 refills in my area. Tractor supply has a CO2 mix for welding. Is that the same? Forgive my ignorance, I just bought the Kegging kit and I am on the road now. Thanks, Nick

Just cracked some of these open last night. Super bitter and very high alcohol content. I was pretty buzzed after just two. Smell was great, very hoppy...but the hoppiness didn't come out in the taste. Not a bad beer, just didn't hit my target. Any suggestions? My thoughts..... Change the hop...

I am just about to buy a Kegging kit. Is the beer forced carb? Should I wait the three weeks that I usually do when bottle conditioning? Should I age in the primary or in the keg? Do those little corny kegs really hold 5 gallons? Thanks again, Nick

Alright, I guess I will give this a shot. I appreciate the help. Thanks, Nick

I am using the calculator on the brewmaster warehouse website. What would the OG be with 6 lbs of sorghum, 4 lbs of rice solids and 1 lbs of Belgian candy? Are there any other syrups that would be compatible to up the OG? What would be the problem with using 10 lbs? Thanks, Nick

I was checking out the numbers and instead of an abv of around 9% it turned out to be around 5.5%. what would happen as I I crease the sorghum enough to match the original abv? Nick