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Brewing 20 gallons of Homebrew for an upcoming wedding. I will have them kegged in cornies and ready to go. I have been throwing around idea's on how to "present"/serve the beer... Sure I can just to the normal plastic faucet head...but then it just feels like any kegger. Since its a...

Brewed a batch of nothing fancy dry mead about a year and a half ago. Because of the normal crazy schedule of life I still never bottled it. It has been in limbo in the Secondary for some time now. Because of an upcoming even less than 2 weeks away I want to get this stuff in bottles. I have...

Do beers age and develop in a chilled c02 ed keg? Essentially I would skip a sit in the secondary and use the keg as the secondary. I have two beers I am hoping to serve for xmas time. They could really benefit from hanging around and getting to know themselves probably a few weeks past xmas...

Whats two hot of a pitching temp for a champagne yeast? Anyone no.

A while back I ordered a semi-sweet northern homebrew mead kit. Kept putting it off to brew for awhile but finally decided to make it. When I went to smack my yeast I noticed they sent me Wyeast 4021 Champagne. Which when I go on their current website is the yeast they send for dry mead not semi...

Hey fellow brewers, I am currently brewing a beer with Vanilla Beans in it, and I realized I may have some helpful information for anyone who occasionally brews with them. I used to buy the occasional bean at the local supermarket where they sell for very high prices. Anywhere from 4-8 $ per...

Are there any good home substitutes for Yeast Nutrient? I am making Mead today, already smacked my yeast pack. I unfortunately noticed that I have less Yeast Nutrient then I originally thought. The LHBS is a good distance away and out of the question. I was wondering if I may have...

Bought a Nylon Hop bag today in hopes that it would become a reusable solution to my Muslin bags I normally use and throw away. A Nylon Hop bag is what I wanted right? I can use it in my boil to hold hope additions? It wont melt, or do anything else wacky in the beer? There were also straining...

I am not from Belgium nor have i been, but I, like many of us, appreciate and have drank and brewed many a Belgian beer. I recently got into a debate with a very snobby egotistical food critic about quality Belgian beers. Here is the story for your amusement. Hope you enjoy. I am a waiter at...

Can any store bought (obviously plain seasoned) gelatin be used to clarify beer. Or is it a special kind purchased at a homebrew supply. Made a trip to the lhbs to recently to make a run just for that if i don't have to.

Going to embark on a brew using rye for the first time. And words of wisdom or good recipes for this kind of style? I know rye can get pretty gummy in the mash, similar to oats (which I have brewed with). I am at the moment working on a partial mash recipe, trying to get a pretty decent rye...

So long story short I had my wyeast in the freezer.....after it had been activated/smacked. I was going to have it in there just a short while and forgot. Left it in over night. Very frozen today. When it defrosts will it still be good?

I am sure there is a good link or post to a website that guesses or knows what brewery each style or wyeast was cultured from. I think I have actually seen it before. Can't find it now though. Does anyone have a link? Also does anyone have a link to the site that offers the list of what yeasts...

Does anyone think putting cracked grains in the freezer will prolong their freshness? I am assuming it would.... But would freezing malted grain be bad in anyway? Any other general suggestion's for the best ways to store cracked and uncracked grains?

What are the opinion's out there on Northern Brewers Extract's? I have used all kinds of extracts in different brews, alexanders, john bull, M&F dme, northern brewers (gold). I am normally of the belief that light bland extract be used for simply for achieving og and specialty grains to...

Does anyone know if it matters how much water you use for you boil in extract brews. Most recipies normally call for somewhere around two gallons of water for the boil, and then you mix it with another 3 in the fermenter for a 5 gallon batch. If you were to do a boil with, say... 1 or 1 1/2...

I was just sitting here reminiscing about all my good homebrewing moments and it got me thinking...Between the exuberant basking in the success of my masterpieces, there have also been some bumps on the road to brewing glory. As I look back its is clear that most of these brewing "falters" were...

I was curious for those extract brewers who have ever used the late john bull extracts, what they would use now? I used john bull light for a scottish ale I made last winter. I really liked how i turned out. Since John Bull went out of buis I am wondering what extract would best emulate that. I...

How much belgian syrup should I use in my beer? I am shooting for a 9 percent or so final abv. I only have experience using hard belgian crystal packets. I am trying to get as much alc boost from the syrup as a would a packet of hard candi. Northern brewer website says 1/4 to 1 cup of the stuff...

Which one is better quality? I have only used hard belgian candi dark sugar in belgians. Is syrup a better or worse choice?