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Well, fellow homebrewers, the best time of year is almost upon us (at least in my opinion). Time to start brewing my favorite beers, dark fall/winter ales, and time for some FOOTBALL. My wife and I just bought our first house a few months ago and we are about to start the first major project...

I am hoping today to keg up a batch of holiday ale that i brewed up about 6 weeks ago and will be serving at christmas. I was wondering which method of carbing you would all recommend. I have both methods available, force carbing and using sugar, but want to do the one that will be optimal for...

I have been homebrewing for about two years but I have never bottled before. I had a kegging system right away so all of my brews have gone to keg. I have a Holiday Ale right now, however, that I want to bottle so I can give some away as Christmas presents. I don't have any empty bottles...

Well, I just lost my third hydrometer since starting homebrewing about 2 years ago. The first one I lost to the kitchen floor, the second one I lost to a carboy, and this one I lost to a wrench. How many hydrometers has everyone else lost from being in too big of a hurry to put away the ever...

I just recently moved back to my hometown. Where I used to live my buddies used to down my homebrew like it was their job. They all LOVED it and would help me brew whenever I needed help because they knew the more they helped the more they would get. Well after moving back home, I have...

Whenever I brew using my turkey fryer the outside of the pot gets a thick layer of black residue from the direct flames hitting the pot. It doesn't do anything to affect the taste or brew process but it sure is a ***** to clean. Does anyone put aluminum foil or anything around their brewpot...

Last weekend for my birthday, my family surprised me with a party and a keg of Miller Lite (I know, most of you might think it is nasty, but it's the family light beer of choice). We did a pretty good job on the keg but there is still about 1/3 of it remaining. My girlfriend paid for the keg...

My brother last Christmas was given a beer making kit. The person who gave it to him obviously knows nothing about beer because he just gave him the kit which had the grains, DME, hops and yeast. Obviously, my brother never got to brewing because he never had any of the equipment. I just...

I am planning on brewing a batch of beer today from ingredients I bought from homebrew.com. In the package it tells me to just do a 2 gallon boil and then add 3 gallons of water at the end. If I have the capability of boiling all 5 gallons at once would it be better to do it that way or should...

Well I have been a member here for about a year now but I just got to brewing my first batch. Everything seemed to go well I guess. After reading a lot on the forums I decided a full 5 gallon boil was the way to go instead of a partial boil, so I used my friends turkey fryer, which was plenty...