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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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

I am completely new to GF brewing and fairly new to home brewing overall. I was wondering if I could get a hand with converting a recipe. 9 lbs DME 1 lbs caramel 40 2 oz chinnok @ 60 1 oz simcoe @ 30 1 oz northern brewer @ 10 1 oz crystal @ flameout 2 oz citra dryhop WLP099 high gravity yeast...

I am on my fourth batch now and after a lot of reading I am starting to think that I have made some big mistakes as a rookie. I am still in the crawl phase and doing extract brews. During the boil, how intense should the boil be? I have come close to a boil over with my propane burner but on my...

This is going to be my first recipe thrown together on my own. I was looking for something heavy in Aroma with a piney/citrus taste. This is what I tried and it is already in the secondary. 9 lbs of DME 2 oz of Chinook @ 60 min 1 oz of Simcoe @ 30 min 1 oz of Northern Brewer @ 10 min 1...

I started some Centennial, Fuggle and Golding hops about a year ago. The area that I tried to grow them was pretty harsh. So, I dug up the ones that lived through the venture and put them in large 5 gallon pots. They are growing inside now and are about 12' in length. They are doing pretty well...

I just bought a better bottle and I am brewing an IIPA in there right now. It has been in the bottle for about 5 days and it is still fermenting strong. I used WLP099 yeast since it was a higher gravity. Started out at about 1085 and I am bringing it down to around 1020...or hopefully. I am a...

Can you add water after the yeast has started it's work? I am not sure that I have a full five gallons in there now and would like to make up the difference. I think that I lost more during the boil than I thought. Thanks, nick

This is my third batch and I think I went with a little too much in my bucket. I have a little bit of foam coming out of my airlock now. It isn't too bad and this is the second day of it sitting. I think that it is in the most vigorous stage right now. I was wondering if the smell of that...

I found this in the recipes forum and I really want to try it but I do not have the equipment to do all grain. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Amount Item Type % or IBU 15.50 lb Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 72.94 % 1.00 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 4.71 % 1.00 lb...

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