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I need a pump that is self priming to pump wort to another vessel or chiller. Pump must be able to pull liquid above vessel. Capacity should be in the range of a March pump.

My plate chiller is gravity fed from my boil kettle. I started noticing that the thruput was getting slower and slower. I assume that some wert gunk is clogging the plates. I tried cleaning the chiller by forcing water under pressure through the chiller, then injecting a solution of oxyclean...

I have an extract recipe that calls for 1 lb wheat LME. I do not have this but I do have wheat malt. Can I use this and steep with my speciality grains? If so, what would be the amount needed?

Yesterday while cleaning my kegerator (freezer chest) I accidentally left the temperature sensor outside. Therefore it was on overnight and everything froze. 3 cornys my CO2 tank and gauges, and some beer bottles burst. I am trying to thaw them with an incandescent utility light. What damage...

I just setup my first kegging system and I have a problem setting pressure. Is there a step by step sequence? One problem is that when I set the pressure, lets say to 10 the needle moves to 20. I set the screw to lower it to 10 it then it creeps back to 20. Other problem is that it sticks...

I just received my first kegerator setup. Carbonated as recommended; 12 pounds for two weeks. Boy, what an improvement over bottle conditioning. Attached second keg, purged, then set to 12 pounds. Checked a short time later the pressure gauge read 30 pounds. I released the pressure on the...

I am a newbie having just received my keg setup. I have a 3 gallon brew in my fermenter. I would like to keg it in a 5 gallon corny. This of course leaves a very large headspace. Is this a wise thing to do? Will I be using a lot more CO2, especially to initially purge the O2? WHich...

I have noticed that on a number of my brews the yeast cake has many big blobs, like ricotta curds. This happens using new or recycled yeast and with ales and lagers. I want to wash this cake. Questions; Are the blobs yeast, trub, or some other stuff? Can I wash this cake and retrieve good yeast?

I am mashing in a kettle - not an MT cooler. What are the potential problems (if any) of adding my grain to cool water and then heating the water to 150+ mash temperature?

How do I adjust my hop bill for different alphas when I brew recipes I have made before. Specifically I have brewed recipes with Cascade pellets with an alpha of 4.5%. I have a new batch of cascade pellets that have an alpha of 8.8%. I assume that I reduce my bittering hops but what about the...

I am using Beeralchemy. It works well but the gain database is UK oriented (many Australian and NZ grains). Most of the listed grains are not available here, and most of the grains we do use are missing,unlike Beersmith which has just about all grains used in our recipes. I know that I can add...

i am fermenting my first lager. primary temp 48 f. Yeast is S-23. I am close to my FG of 1.015. The beer has a definite buttery taste which I assume might be diacetyl. will it disappear during Lagering? Can I do anything like change temperature before lagering? Or am I just stuck with this flavor?

Why do you need to use an erlenmeyer flask when making yeast starter.?

I have acquired a large amount of Munich, Vienna, and Victory malts. I notice that the ppg of these is close to pale malt. Since these have pretty good diastatic properties I would like to use them in a large percentage to make malty beers. Can anyone recommend beer recipes that use an...

Do I have to use the wort that I get after sparging immediately or can I store it and boil it later? If I can store it, for how long? and does it need refrigeration? I am concerned that wild yeast or some bacteria can get into the sweet wort. Will boiling kill them?

I have several beers in primaries and conditioning in bottles. They won't be ready for at least a month. I would like suggestions for an ale that I can brew that could be ready to drink quickly. Could be a session beer. Any suggestions?

I finished my first batch of Hefeweizen (using extract). Everything went well until I was ready to bottle. two weeks after moving to secondary. The beer looked good, almost no clouding. Odor was good. BUT the beer in addition to the usual flavors also had a distinct medicinal taste in the...

The beer that I just finished fermenting has a lower ABV then I would like. What would be the consequence of adding 1 or 2 percent of neutral spirits (like ever clear) to the batch?

I want to scale some recipes down to make small batches. I now use one packet of dry yeast for 5 gallons. Do I use the Same amount for 2,5 gallon batches or cut the yeast quantity in half?

I started fermenting a 5 gal. pale ale using double pitching and a yeast energizer. Overnight the fermentation became very violent coating the top of the carboy with large amount of kreuzen. If I had any less headspace I would of had a spectacular geyser. It was bubbling constantly and the wort...