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Can I use corn sugar in a pinch to make a starter or should I just pitch the Wyeast Activator pack without a starter. I am making an IPA with a gravity of 1.080ish. I do not have access to DME without driving for 3 hours or ordering. I will now make sure I have plenty of DME around so this...

I am new to the idea of killing yeasties and such(kegging and force carbing). What are the best things for me to start searching/researching?? I've been out of the game for awhile and I have forgot some things. Help!!

Well it has been a two year absence since I've brewed and I'm back. I am starting this time with kegging and just put an ESB and a brown ale in kegs this evening with the plan to put the two taps in the fridge next weekend and start drinking!!! I am back!!! I still can't believe its been so...

My wife frequents the city of Lansing, MI, and I am looking for a quality supplier of ingredients and good beer. I live in the northern lower penninsula(I know, oxymoron but Michiganders understand) and do NOT have a ready supply unless ordered on-line. Thank you in advance!!!!

When bottling a pLambic, brett and assorted bugs present, are there any differences or preferences?? Should you stabilize with meta and then repitch yeast ans some sugar?? I don't want to make a potential bottle bombs if some critters continue to eat over extended bottle conditioning. I...

So it has been 5 months since the brew day, the pelllicle formed and has now gotten smaller in recent days. 1. When should this be bottled??? 2. Should I use campden tablets to stabilize then repitch yeast and sugar to carbonate?? 3. Should I still wait???

I am new at this, very new. I am going to fill up a corny of ESB at a brewery for a party this weekend. The air house is about 4 feet long and it will be served picnic tap style(3' long) all sitting in a tub of snow inside the house. What pressure should I be roughly at to start with???

Some friends of mine meet every year for NFL Championship weekend. This year we want to brew a beer that will age well for the next years Championships. Question is this: No body lives near where we meet so the wort will have to be driven 2 hours back to someones house, would you pitch the...

About three months ago I started a "quick lambic", I use the term Lambic loosely. The primary fermentation of a basic wheat beer was normal, krausen formed, fell and a couple of weeks later I transferred to a secondary with two cans of cherry puree. Two weeks later I transferred to a tertiray...

Well I have been trolling the forum now for about a year and finally decided to post a hello. This site is great and has answered alot of my questions over the last year. I have been making beer, mead and cider and am in the process of setting up a kegerator!!! Good times and good fun to all.