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Is it true that the beer will taste grassy or who knows what if you do not filter your wort at the end of the boil? Please reply to this only if you have personal experience with not filtering hops and you beer turned good/bad.

I'm buying a 2 kegs system. Would like to add a keg to make it 3 kegs total. It has a dual double gauge regulator so I can carbonate and dispense at the same time. What parts do I need to add the extra keg?

I'm trying to figure out what to get for a fermentation chamber. Does anybody use this one as a fermentation chamber? Does it fit 6.5 gal glass carboy? Did you have to cut anything in it?

What are a good current mini fridges for fitting a 6.5 gal carboy? I know there are lots of threads about it, but a lot of the stuff is outdated, like the sanyo mini fridge that is out of production.

I made a 5gal Raspberry wheat: Ingredients Amt Name Type # %/IBU 5 lbs Organic Pilsner (Gambrinus) (1.6 SRM) Grain 1 40.0 % 5 lbs Wheat Malt (Gambrinus) (2.3 SRM) Grain 2 40.0 % 8.0 oz Crystal 15, 2-Row, (Great Western) (15.0 SRM) Grain 3 4.0 % 1.00 oz Willamette [4.70 %] - Boil 60.0...

Does anybody know where to find/buy sugar beets this time of the year?

I just got my Barley Crusher and milled a pound with the original setting. Here's the picture of the grains. Is it too fine? Or is it ok? I always bought grains milled before and they seemed crushed coarser, efficiency sucked though.

Besides getting a little more wort by increasing the mash temperature to around 165*, is there any other benefit to do that? I've read that people do it to stop enzyme activity. What's the point of it?

I got a WLP 001 vial with a best before date Nov-18-2012. From what I find in threads here, yeast is good for 6 months. Does that mean that my yeast was made on May 18th? I'm trying to figure out the starter size I need to make. Brewing on Saturday :rockin:

I'm thinking about brewing a belgian dubbel. Looking at Zainasheff's BCS recipe. In it it says to lager at 45-50* for a month after bottling. What is the purpose of it? Can I just skip it and keep the bottles at room temperature? Not having the fridge space...

I'm planning on buying a thermometer for my stainless steel mash tun. I am thinking about getting the Blichmann Brewmometer from Rebel Brewing: http://www.rebelbrewer.com/shoppingcart/products/BrewMometer-%252d-Weldless.html Does anybody have any experiences with it? Good, bad? Any...

48 qt cooler with a copper manifold. Needs a valve. Needs something heavy on top when mashing as it leaks a little steam from the back corners and you lose a few degrees when mashing. With a proper weigh though it works well. FREE!!! Would like to help a brewer who is just moving to all grain...

After spending days researching homebrewtalk trying to figure out how to put my stovetop brewkettle, being able to brew full 5 gallons on my stove top, this is what I came up with. Please feel free to ask any questions, as I'm sure I'll miss something. Bought a 35 qt stainless steel pot at...