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I have a Old Ale fermenting that I would like to prime with home made candi syrup. Question is, if beer smith says it takes say 4 oz of cane sugar to properly prime this beer can I just take the 4 oz of sugar and convert it into candi syrup and usage it to prime the bottles or will the rate of...

I pulled a recipe off the internet for a hefenweizen and after buying the ingredients something doesn't look right. Recipe is: 5 lbs Pilsen 4 lbs Flaked Wheat .5 lbs Carapils Is there enough diastatic power to convert all the flaked wheat or should I return 2 lbs of the flaked wheat and...

For this Saturday's big brew day I am making a corm mini mash to compare white corn to yellow corn to add to our wort. Can I gelatinize the corn by boiling it and then mash it with some two row? This makes more sense to me than a cereal mash, holding it at 150 with 2 row for 15 minutes and...

We bottled our first Dunkelweizen last week and I just checked it today and there is a lot of yeast in the bottom of the bottle. It this normal for this type of beer? I would estimate it at least 3x the normal amount I am used to for other styles of beers. We brewed this beer for competition...

Just got back from visiting one of our sister companies that makes grain alcohol. Got to see their yeast starters in action. Two 50,000 gallon aerated tanks. They run a semi continuous fermentation system off these. Now that is some serious yeast propagation!

I am getting ready to do my first Kolsch and plan to ferment 2 weeks at 61 deg and 2 weeks at 34 deg. Do I need to repitch yeast when I bottle or will there be enough yeast left in the beer I bottle. I am concerned about the yeast dropping out of solution after two weeks at 34 deg.

I am looking to make a fermentation chamber out of chest freezer and need help with selecting a temperature controller. I have zero electrical skills so I am looking for a controller that I can plug into the wall and then plug the freezer into that. I have seen a couple on the forum but the...

Anybody out there ever use Maltoline ME dry malt extract in a recipe. I have 100 lbs sitting around I got for free and I am looking for simple recipes to use it up. Thanks in advance.