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Hey Everyone, I'd like to get a topic going of how to get coffee in beer. The reason why, is Stone has a Coffee Milk Stout that they claim the brewer simply adds whole beans to the mash and *poof*, you have a fine coffee flavor. Maybe they do a secondary with coffee as well...don't know. I've...

Hey everyone, I have a digital thermometer/controller that can control a heating source and a cooling source. It has a waterproof sensor and I thought I could use it for monitoring the mash (goes up to 200 degress Fahrenheit). I do BIAB mashing on top of a darkstar burner (gas) normally...

Hey Everyone, I kegged an ESB that had some sulfur/rotten egg smell coming from it on day 12 of fermentation. Starting OG was 1.041 and I pitched a 1L starter of Wyeast 1469 West Yorkshire Ale yeast. When I purged the keg a few days later, it still had the smell. I contacted a local home...

Hey Everyone, I am buying a FermWrap to keep the temperature up on my fermenter in the cellar. I have a temp. controller with a waterproof sensor, but I'm wondering if I can just tape the sensor to the side of the fermenter. Would this be okay, or do I need to have it inside the...

Hey everyone, I brewed a batch of brown ale over the weekend and I had a fermentation with no Krausen (at least when I checked each time. I've used this yeast a lot of times and always have had a good krausen. Now here we are four days later and the beer looks to be clearing out a lot. The...

Hey all, I brewed a batch of Brown Ale about 48 hours ago. I pitched Wyeast 1469 which usually produces a good krausen. Well, in this batch, I haven't seen anything krausen. It has plenty of bubbles on top and the airlock has been bubbling. The bubbling airlock has slowed since yesterday...

So, I cleaned my flask this morning and noticed two things: 1) There are scratches on the inside of the flask. 2) There is a residue from using OxiClean to clean it (seen this before). I should also mention, it is possible it had scratches from the last batch and I simply didn't pay much...

So I have a 5 gallon pot and my wife boiled eggs in it. Think it will retain any of that flavor, or could I use it for brewing??

Hi guys, Making a starter out of a 6 month old pack of Wyeast and I'm not sure how long it will take to revive (2-3 days maybe?). Anyway, I was wondering if after it gets active on the stir plate if I could simple throw it in the fridge to decant for 2-3 days? I'm not sure what day I'll be...

Hey guys, I haven't brewed with this mash tun in a long time, 6 months I believe. I moved the lid and water came out of this hole. I can't see inside the lid but I'm concerned about mold in there. What do I do? The water was clear but did not smell good. Help!!

Hey guys, I forgot about a beer that has been sitting in the fermenter for 9 months. I went down and found white spots all over that fell back into the beer when agitated by me moving it. The airlock still had just a bit of water left. I dumped it, soaked the fermenter in oxiclean for 30...

So I started with a temp of 153 degrees and after 75 minutes it dropped to 141/142. Any final product worries??

Hey everyone, So last night I was transferring the finish wort from the Megapot w/valve thru a siphon tube straight into the glass fermenter. Everything had been sanitized prior to this. Well, in the last 30 seconds I raised up the kettle to get a bit more beer out and the tube came out...

Hey everyone, If I lager in a corny keg, can I just purge the headspace and keep it in the fridge? Or so I need to keep the gas on for a while? Also should I do this after cold crashing it?

Hi Everyone, I have an old carboy from 1925 that apparently scratches easily. I was cleaning with a metal braided carboy brush and Oxiclean when it scratched the **** out of it. I know that sometimes it looks like a scratch but is just metal residue. I tried cleaning with oxiclean and a brush...

Okay everyone, I know there's info out there on this but - I have tried hot water, a soak for two days in StarSan and nothing. This **** won't come off! I've read that some have tried pure vinegar or even CLR. Thoughts on those?? I am just irritated when I see a nice 5 gallon carboy that I...

So I made a starter but couldn't brew so I threw the flask in the fridge for a night, decanted and transferred to a sanitized mason jar. I have roughly 20% headspace. This was one week ago. My question is this - is there any way other than smelling the yeast to check for infections or...

Hey everyone, I know to keep things separate for regular beers and sour beers. We are bottling wine and I am wondering if I can just use my beer bottling bucket and siphon for the wine? Or do I need to get separate bottling equipment for the wine?

Hey everyone, So I'm not brewing a my beer that I made a starter for. It's currently in a flask with a foam stopper and tin foil. Can I transfer this to a mason jar for 1-2 week storage?? I need to use the flask.

Hey everyone, Looking for feedback on this malt setup for a Marzen - 5# Pilsner Malt 2# Vienna Malt 1# Aromatic Malt I know it's basic, but would this be near style for a Marzen? It would be fermented with Vienna Lager yeast.