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I would like to preface this with the fact that this is my first attempt at brewing with out a pre-built kit. So I was going for an Irish red but I think there is two much roasted barley 6.6 lbs light lime .5 lbs crystal 40 .5 lbs Crystal 120 .5 lbs roasted barley .5 oz east Kent goldings...

I first found this forum back in January when I was trying to find as much info on homemade root beer and sodas. I am a cook by trade and have always had some kind of fermentation going in a closet or cabinet kraut, kimchi, hot sauce, miso paste, and what ever else I can find. I think I...

I recently purchased a kit with 2 kegs and a triple body regulator, it also comes with picnic taps. I plan on kegging up a batch of root beer along with the beer I brewed a couple of weeks ago, once the last few things arrive and I make a trip to the lhbs to get co2 I...

I've tried browsing through old post and have found a lot of mixed answers. I have a brown ale that I brewed 14 days ago the s.g. is stable over the last three days at 1.014. I ordered all the stuff needed to start kegging and it is estimated to be delivered 6-2 and with shipping...

I have had a 1L white labs sanfranciso lager starter on a stir plate for approaching 24 hours. I'm not brewing today, I am making the starter so I can store it and use it on Monday. Since I'm not going to pitch it today how long do I want to let it go before storing? I have dug around a...

I have a 6.5 gallon big mouth bubbler. The three beers I have made have made in it all had huge krausen and required a blow off for the first few days. I was using a drilled stopper with 3/8" tubing. I brewed a five gallon batch yesterday and pitched a 1L starter of wyeast American ale II and...

So I brewed my first five gallon batch a week ago 2-14 It was a oatmeal stout extract kit. The original gravity was 1.053 I pitched a 1.5 liter starter that I made with no stir plate. Fermentation took off within 8 hours and I ended up having to put on a blow off for the first three days. after...

I have read up a lot on pasteurizing sparkling cider but have never done it. I have already done a fair share of forum searching but haven't found if anybody has tried this with home made root beer. The kid loves to make root beer and swmbo is running out of fridge space. I'm curious if I cold...

Hi I have been naturally carbonating sodas and I'm hoping some one might have some insight on lactose. I know that it is used before bottling in some beers to create sweetness and to make them creamy. I'm curious if adding some to the next batch of root beer or cream soda I make might have the...

Greetings from the cloudy shores of lake Washington. I've been experimenting with homemade soda for the last month or so. While I'm not a brewer I have found a wealth of info on bottling and sanitization. I'm so thankful to find so many resources in one place...

please bare with me I have no home brew experience outside of soda I have been naturally carbonating Root beer for a month or so now. I'm wondering if anyone has any input on using liquid ale yeast? I seem to have a more sediment in the bottom of the 16oz ez tops I use. All the recipes I have...