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Alright I'm having a little trouble with my fermentation. First time I've come across this. The season has changed, as I'm sure all of y'all have noticed, and the last 3 brews I've made, have stopped fermenting 10 points away from final gravity. Never had this problem in the past. I thought it...

I'm making my first cider and I want to make a mixed berry cider (blueberries, strawberries, raspberries and blackberries). My plan is to add 5 gallons of apple juice to fermenter, add yeast, ferment for 1 week, add about 5 lbs of mixed berries directly into fermenter, ferment for one more week...

I'm trying to gear up for a big camp out in May and I need to get 3 more kegs. Ball lock is what I'm going for (and I already have 1 ball lock already) I'm looking at trying to save as much money as possible. I've found some kegs for the right price but, the handles are loose. Is there a way to...

I just got a new mini fridge and I want to try and make as much room as possible. That way if I have any future plans, I got the space (and more space to work with is better anyways). I've been searching on here but, didn't come across any fridges that I think had my freezer built in. Here is...

So I'm all done with my kegerator, minus decoration, and can't wait to keg my homebrew. My fridge has a top shelf freezer and I thought maybe I would like to use that as a mini fermentor for test brews. Is their any way to modify it or should I just keep it as an extra freezer storage? Sent...

Hey guys, Xeno here. I'm building my first Kegerator and I'm stumped. Every video I look at, including kit pdfs, show the hose being connected to the tap with the barbed end already attached. Here is my problem. My barb isn't attached to the tap already. What am I suppose to do? Here are pics.

So I have a kegerator I'm building with a 4 foot fridge. I've taken the shelving unit off the door and I'm ready to start drilling. My plan is to eventually make it a four tap kegerator but that will be in the future when I have more funds. What is preventing me from continuing is where and what...

Well I'm making my first kegerator this weekend and I have all the parts. My next step to to start creating my own beer tap handles. What I was thinking about doing, since I'm such a huge Aliens fan (hence the name), I would like to take an old broken Aliens action figure I have, and turn it...

I just bottled a Pecan Porter a few days ago and I'm getting ready to starting putting together a recipe for a coffee porter I want to make myself. The only part I'm not sure about how much coffee beans I need to use and how to prepare them. Anyone with experience making coffee porters have any...

I currently live in a house sharing it with a roommate who is the owner. After my last brew I made over the summer which, involved one bottle exploding, my roommate told me I can no longer brew at his house. I tried reasoning with him but, he isn't the type to reason with. With that I've decided...

So I woke up this morning and got a text from my roommate. Apparently he suspected one of the bottles was leaking and didn't have time to clean it up. I investigated and turned out one of my bottles exploded from the bottom! The recipe I'm using is from the lemon lime hefeweizen that is found...

Don't know if this is the best place to ask this question but hell, I'm posting it here anyways. Well we all know we hate having to clean up after brewing but right now I'm having the worst time trying to clean my fermentation bucket. I currently have a 7 gallon aqua tank that I use. Reason...

Where is a good place to go to starting making my own recipes? I know my homebrew store offers classes but, I work 2 jobs and it's hard to manage my time off.

It has been 2 full weeks now since I made my Honey Hibiscus Wit and I was shooting for a ABV 8%. The original recipe comes out to 4.8%. I just checked my FG, did the math and it came out to 6%. Here is the ingredients 1 lb Flaked Oats 1 1/4 lb Belgian Pils Malt 1 lb White Wheat 155 for 45 min...

I came across this about a week ago. Has anyone tried these? Seems pretty cool. http://sedexbrewing.com/

I'm about 2 weeks in on finishing carbonating a Texas Kolsh and I have 1 week left of fermentation on a Honey Hibiscus Wit before I can bottle it. I want to make another brew but can't come up with any ideas. Any suggestions?

Today I get to transfer my beer to a secondary fermenter. I've done this before and I'm well aware what to do. The thing is is my secondary doesn't fit in my fridge. My idea is to transfer from my primary to my secondary clean my primary then move my beer back to the primary fermenter. Is it...

I have a roommate that refuses to let me cook inside. So I made a deal where I can cook the first half inside but, once I get to the hops, I go outside and use my burner. Everything works great except one problem. Soot. It is such a pain to clean it out of my tub. Setting the pot down to change...

I'm making my third batch and using my new fridge for the first time, plus a new fermenter. I brewed just about 20 hours from now and not seeing any bubbles. I'm pretty sure it's my air lock because I was putting it into a new custom fermenter I made, I cracked it. I did seal the cracks with...

This is an odd question but came to mind when thinking of my first brews. I understand the whole process of cooling the wort down to 80 degrees Fahrenheit in an ice bath but, would putting cool water in the fermenter first, then poor the wort in the fermenter, finally put the fermenter in an...