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Hi everyone. So I brewed a Barleywine back in May to celebrate my now 3 week old daughter. As others have done, I want to open a bottle on each of her birthdays. the beer ended up @ an FG of 1.020 @11.7% ABV. I added 1/2 pack of dry yeast and 5oz of corn sugar at bottling time. I wanted to...

Im going to be brewing the Citra clone recipe from CYBI tomorow and on the show the mentioned needing to adjust the recipe for the whirlpool time if you dont have the ability to whirlpool. The brewer whirlpools for 20 mins after a 60 minute boil. How do I adjust my recipe for that? Do I move...

Hey everyone. I am trying to put together my gas setup for my keezer. I would like to be able to carb/serve at 3 different pressures. My plan is to have a primary with 2 secondaries. I have a 15cf freezer and I can fit 9 kegs inside. Im wondering what the most cost effective way to work my...

I posted this in another area and one of the members suggested that I post it here. To add to what I left out in the other post, I know nothing about chemistry or water compostition. Im just looking for some basic improvements that may help me make better beer. My next two planned brew are a...

So I have never really looked at my water make up before. I have read a lot about how much benefit can come from good ph and mineral levels. So I pulled the report and its all greek to me. Can someone take a look and tell me what Im looking at? Thanks...

I bought some O2 absorbing caps for my barleywine im making and when I compared them to my regular caps they look exactly the same. Should they look different?

So I just transfered my barleywine to my secondary to bulk condition for 2 months or so. I started fermentation at 66 degrees and slowly ramped up to 70 towards the end of fermentation. My question is now that I have transfered the beer to the secondary to condition, what temp should I keep it...

So my buddy is heading to Florida, I think Miami, this weekend and offered to bring me back a few bottles. Im from California so it will be nice to try a few east coast beers. Unfortunately I have no idea what is available in that area. I know Cigar City is supposed to have some really good...

So I am brewing my first really high gravity beer. Its a barleywine with an OG of 1.115 using 26.5lbs of grain. I have seen some conflicting info online and I wanted to get everyones opinion on the most efficient batch sparge method for high grav brews. I dont want to boil for more than 2hours...

Not sure if this is an issue or not. I have a stir plate that also has a heating element. I have never used the heating element before but I figured today would be a perfect test. I set it to the lowest heat level and it was barely warm to the touch. It seemed perfect. I placed my yeast...

Made an apricot wheat beer last weekend. Racked beer on to apricot in secondary fermentor yesterday. It began bubbling almost immediately and died off after a couple of hours. Not sure if the yeast have access to all the fruit since I did not stir it up after I racked it. Should I give it a...

I have searched the forum and couldnt find much info on how to puree apricots for brewing. I found many posts on using apricots but not on how to prepare them. I have seen a few recipes online for apricot puree but all of them included adding sugar. Im not sure if this technique would be best...

So when brewing my first all grain batch I overshot my mash temp by about 12 degrees. I didnt let my stike water temp equalize in my keggle before adding my grain. 154 when I left, 166 when I checked 30 mins later. I stirred the hell out of it and got the temp down but I guessing too little...

So I made a starter with wlp001 and long story short I believe it got infected along the way. While I was making the starter it developed a sour smell which turned to a slightly vinegar sour smell. After chilling the starter I tasted it....and wouldnt you know it was sour! But if you took in...

Is there any way to identify a decommissioned keg? For instance will a brewery stamp the keg with some identifying mark when they are done with it?

I just want you to know this is not a panicked thread where I am debating wether or not to keep my yeast. From what I have read sour smells dont mean the starter is bad. That being said.....i made a starter yesterday afternoon with WLP001. I have used this yeast many times and have made a...

So im not quite ready to start kegging just yet. I need to save up a few $ first. I plan on building a keezer with a collar. Im interested in finding out what the high quality kegging accessories are. Im looking for taps, shanks, beer line, gas line, keg connections, etc. I have learned that...

So I am making my transition to all grain. I had planned on converting a cooler into a mlt and have been researching that for the last couple weeks. This past weekend I found a seller on craigalist that was selling his entire brewing setup for a reasonable price and I bought it. Among many...

Im heading to Santa Barbara, CA this weekend for a wedding and I will have a couple extra days up there. Are there any good bars, brew pubs, or breweries in that area? I dont mind a little bit of a drive for some good beer! Any suggestions?

So on sunday I washed my yeast from an ipa that I had in the fermenter for 3 weeks. Its wlp001. this was my first yeast washing experience and I didnt do a great job. In the jars was a 50/50 mix of cream colored yeast and trub. So on monday I warmed up the jars to room temp, added more cooled...