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well i just got a 5 gallon rubbermaid round cooler for free from my brother in law and am looking to turn it into a mash tun. i am wondering what the best option to go with as far as the manifold. I am thinking the steel braid but also thought about just doing cpvc as it will be pretty...

ok so i have had my first brew sitting in the fermenter for about 18 days. I ended up ordering 12 1 liter flip top bottles from monsterbrew.com cause that was the most cost effective way of getting the bottles i needed. ( didn't find out till later that there was aplace here to get grolsh but...

ok getting ready to bottle my first brew in a few days and i am a little confused on the priing solution. i have about 2.75 gallons of brew 9 it's made from pale malt i malted myself and unsulphered molasses) and i plan on using cane sugar to prime with. i know i need to use about 1oz per gallon...

well it's been about 17 hrs since i threw my very first brew into the fermenter and aded the yeast. There are EXTREMELY small bubbles in my homemade airlock, looks a lot like carbonation in a soda. Is this real fermentation or a sign of a problem? I do have a lot of head space in the fermenter (...

i just got my first batch into the fermenter. problem is, i made up my dry yeast a bit sooner than i should have i guess and it ended up sitting (without stirring) for about 30 mins instead of the 15 the package said. i pitched it anyway. is this going to be a problem you think?

well it's that time. Got a bit later start than i would have liked but i am getting started on my first brew ever, from grain that i malted myself. :) got the mash water heating now. I am doing 2.5 gallons with 5lbs of pale barley malt, no crystal malts or anything with 1 oz glacier pellt hops...

well i am a brewing noob and i guess i just wanted to be different but i am malting my own grain for 1st brew ever. i know i know i should start with extract to get a feel for things but so far it hasn't been too bad. after 24 hrs of turing and spraying grain i have 1/2 inch long rootlets and i...

I have 2pkgs of muntons dry active brewing yeast that i plan on using for my first batch. the back of the package says to use boiled water at 38 to 48 degrees C. I am wondering since i am using bottled spring water will need to boil before putting in the yeast?

Well this is my first post guys so bear with me here. many years ago, when i was a lot younger, i thoought about getting into brewing beer and , ewll, discarded the notion as too hard. Now, for various reasons, i am back and serious about trying it. after a LOT of research on the web, i decided...