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If I have 20 pounds of grain and 40 gallons of water, how much liquid can I expect to distract?

I've been brewing for years and about to make the jump to all grain. I would like to hear from all of you with experience in these two brewing styles - pros and cons. Thanks in advance. I appreciate all response.

I made a batch of this two weeks ago and will keg it tomorrow. I sampled a bit from the thief and wow! It is good. I think I may just go ahead and start drinking it. It doesn’t seem to need much conditioning. It tastes ready. Super easy to make and a good fall brew.

For those of you that use them, do you fill them with anything before you put them on your faucets? I’ve never used them before but the kegorator is now in the garage and I don’t want any critters getting into the faucets. I knew a guy who used them for this very reason. He filled them with...

I activated a wyeast packet that I won’t be using. Can I safely use it a week later?

After six years off I'm back to brewing. I had previously used filtered tap water and never made any salt additions, and the beer came out fine every time. I attribute this to we had great tasting tap water. We've moved and the tap water is more like crap water so I'll be using off the shelf RO...

It’s been five years but I’m going to start brewing again. Ordered most of my supplies online. The wyeast arrived warm despite the ice pack(which was unfortunately a warm pack). Is it still ok to use?

I've been brewing for a few years now and finally have the means to ferment a pilsner at proper temps. I brew mostly ales and never use a secondary fermentation process and my beer comes out a-ok. Can I get away with this with my pilsner or do I need to rack it to a secondary?

So my yeast no worky.(frowny face thing) Do I need to re-airate the wort before I repitch?

...after about three hours of smacking the nutrient pack I have minimal swelling of the bag. I'm worried that it's a crappy batch. should I be worried - I'm gonna pitch any how and monitor. Any insight from folks out there? Thanks:mug:

I've been force carb-ing my kegs. I keep the co2 at 11 psi and eventually(after two months) the beer overcarbs and all I can pour is foam. Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong?

Question: If you keg a batch and put 11 psi of co2 on and let it sit unrefridgerated and disconnected from co2 will it carbonate over a weeks time or do you need it constantly hooked to 11 psi?

........traveling up 95 from Maryland to pick up relatives at the airport. I'm wondering if there's a distributor on the way once I hit PA that carries Pliney the elder. Anybody know?

I've been getting some pretty good fermentations going on with one of the following three happening: -The airlock gets clogged several times -the lid vents itself -the lid completely blows off I'd like to keep the lid on! I'd appreciate any help/suggestions. Thanks:tank:

I need to clean my beer lines and bought some 5 star Liquid Line Cleaner. The instructions say to circulate for at least five minutes. So does that mean run through the lines for five minutes or can I let the LLC sit in the lines for 5 minutes?

Making an ahs nz rye ipa and I have a couple of questions I'd appreciate some help with. I'm brewing an extract and after removing the steeping grains the water just looked cloudy and opaque. Not at all what I'm used to seeing. Attached below is a pic. Additionally I took a look at the...

We have an antique china hutch and our daughters placed the skeleton key in a location unknown to even them. Does anybody have any idea on how to find the right skeleton key for such a delima? My wife bought on she thought might fit but it didn't work. Any help would be appreciated!

So I figure the lid blew off about a week ago and has been sitting in my basement like that until tonight. Bummer. Is my beer ruined after sitting uncovered for about a week?

.....in rehoboth, DE sampling the 60, 90, 120, Midas touch, Palo santo marron and the wet hop American summer. So many beers so little liver!

I have a AHS Nelson Sauvin pale ale kit on the way and I'm thinking off adding some Citra Hops at the end of the boil. Anybody ever try this? I would think these two hops would compliment each other. What do you say?