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So I am still trying to figure out appropriate volumes of water for my system for the different beers I've made and am going to make. I am still relatively new to all gran brewing so bare with me. Equipment: 15.5 gallon keg for brewpot 10 Gallon Rubbermaid Insulated cooler...

So I have a big Barley Wine that I brewed last September that is not carbonating. I am debating what to do with it. I followed the recipe for JW Lees Harvest Ale out of the Clone Brews book and followed each step almost exactly. The mini-mash method states to use 3.3 lb of Maris Otter 2-row, I...

I was given a 5 gallon soda/Corny keg and a 5lb CO2 tank. I believe this is a pin-lock setup. I am prepping to use this setup for the first time in the next couple weeks but feel I still have some questions on how to carbonate/serve. So after I sanitize and replace all the hoses and fittings I...

I just a have a question about adding hops to primary fermentation. I have read in all my books that say not to do it due to the possible risk of infection since pH isn't acidic enough to kill funk due to no alcohol. I recently got a kit from Austin Homebrew Supply that is a clone of the...

So I have some leftover ingredients from a previous batch that I want to do something with. I have 2 lbs of Crystal 40, 1 lb of Munich, and 2oz of Chocolate malt for grains and a 1 gallon bag of unidentified whole leaf hops that I got from a friends back yard last fall in my freezer. I am...

In mid-Dec I am looking to make a batch of Coffee Stout and I have a number of questions about the recipe. First off I am wondering what the best way is to get a strong coffee presence? I have read a number of ways in various books and some seem better than other for imparting strong coffee...