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i just smacked a pack of american ale yeast and can not find my stir bar duh. do i leave the yeast at room temp or put it in the fridge. i plan on making silve dollar porter on sunday if i am not to hung over from the testy fest in byron ill.please help the idiot.

ok let me go at this post from a different angle,what would you guess this corn like smell comes from and what if anything can i do about it.i have noticed this problem in a cream ale than i made also ,could it have something to do with the making of light coloered beers in general?i do not seem...

hi all i made a batch of gopher greatness octoberfest lager about amonth ago and just took a sample from the keg and guess what, it smells of corn . what did i do wrong and will it go away in time.

hi all ibought a wyeast smack pac in late nov and just got around to using it .2206 bavarian.i smacked it yesterday and no swelling.it has been in the back of the fridge allthis time.my plans are to make a starter and brew monday.is the yeast dead or can i use it.please help

hi all , ok i made astir plate and bought a 1liter flaskand got some dme . what is the steps to make the whole thing work.will a yeast starter work with dry yeast?what is the time frame to get a starter ready to use on brew day.thanks for your help

my hops is finally up and growing .i have made a trellis out of baling twine and they are starting to climb up.here is my ? , at the point were the hops vines hits the twine they are a different shade of green and they have some holes in the leafs.is this from the twine or from a bug.they are...

hi all ,i have acorny keg that i made root beer in for the kids and now i need to get the smell out of it and the taste of root beer out of my second tapper.what is the best way to do this.i tried 1-step and no luck.please help i need more beer !

hi all, i am planning on making a brown ale to celabrate the aniversiey of our first brew batch/homebrew day and i would like some help with a good recipe.our first batch was called leapin lab brown aleand it was a kit but we have moved on to ag.thanks for your help and keep brewin!

i have recently saved 2 quarter barrel from the scrap dumpster at work and do not know what to do with them. they are miller ones and look ok,some dings and no holes.please help with some kind of diy project.

hi all , iam planning on making a burton union so i can use 5 gallon carboys from our wine making days to ferment in . i read about the union in brew your own and i am looking for diy plans and pics of it.please help the plastic buckets are looking old and tired.

i have been using buckets to ferment in and they are getting old .what size of glass carboy's do you need to use to primary and secondary in . i have 2 5 gallon ones from wine making. are they big egough to use or do i need 6 gallon size?

hi all ,i am trying to get my wife off my back because each time i clean a corny in the tub i get the black gunk from the bottom rubber bottom all over it. is there a way to claen the rubber to keep it from coming off.please helpbefore i am forced out of the house.

hi all i am making a honey brown ale as i type and need a quick answer ; when do i add aroma hop . the recipe just says to add .5oz cascade hop(aroma)

i have been looking on ebay to buy a manual grain mill.i have seeing two types ,a corona grain mill and one that looks to be a genaric corona grain mill.my question is ,is the chaep genaric one as good as the corona.i plan on using it to make 2 ag batchs a month,will it hold up.

hi all i am thinking of making a device to fill 2 liter pop bottles from my kegs to take to parties and need some plans or aweb site to help me .thanks

are all corny keg post the same .i have a challenger 6 and itdoes not fit my QD the same as my corny keg .is this problem normal?can it be fixed?please help.ihad to use a black QD for the co2 side and the gray one on the beer side.

i bought corny kegs from a local homebrew shop to gowith my new kegaretor and the black coupler they sold me togo onto the beer out side will not go down far eught to seal on them.by the way i can get the gray one to work on both post.what is the problem.please help i am so close .

hi all i have been useing step one and wantto know if oxyclean is basicaly the same thing. please help i can't find one step anywhere locally.

hi all ihave been bottling for to long and want to use asanyo 4912 to make a kegator .my question is what else do i need to buy. the only part i have is a 3 tap draft tower.apart list would be a big help.thanks.

i am thinking about making som kind hazelnut porter or maybe a hazelnut brown ale.does anyone have a good recipe.thanks