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Hi everyone I have a extract porter recipe that I have been brewing for a while and it has become my favorite brew. Recently I have started doing some BIAB recipes and would like to try and make my favorite porter AG but I can not figure out how to convert the amber LME in it to all grain. I did...

I just brewed up a chocolate milk stout kit that I got from NB"s fall sale and was looking over the directions for fermentation while I was waiting for the wort to cool and noticed that the directions said to place the fermenter in a dark QUIET place, :rolleyes:we all know yeasties have very...

Hi everyone over the last couple of weeks I have been looking for a easy way to remove the labels and glue from bottles that have those plastic labels on them. Most of the beer I buy has plastic labels that peel off very easily but leave a lot of sticky glue on the bottle. I finally found a...

Hi everyone, today I found what has to be the easiest chest freezer that you can turn into a fermentation chamber that there is.:D Directions: Open side panel Cut the yellow and black wires that are attached to the temperature controller that is behind the knob on the the side panel. Wire-nut...

Hi everyone I forgot to order priming sugar a couple weeks ago and did not realize it until bottling day. So I took a look at a couple of brewing books I have and decided to use sugar that I already had to prime two different batches. I bottled a blond ale with regular old table sugar and a...

Hi all I got a refractometer a couple of weeks ago and have been using it to check the OG of a few brews now. I really like it and find it much easier to see than a hydrometer. However I was reading a home brewing book yesterday that seemed to said refractometers are pretty much useless for...

I was just wondering how long Starsan is good for after it is mixed with water? I have two gallons stored in plastic jugs that I made last weekend. I was going to use it for taking hydrometer readings, resealing the fermenter, etc.. but I realized I was not sure how long it will keep.

Hi everyone this is my third 5 gal batch and my first BrewersBest kit as well as my first stout. I have a few questions that I hope one of you can help me with since the directions are not very clear. It seems like every recipe for a oatmeal stout says to roast the oatmeal (flaked) for 15 min at...

Hello everyone, new brewer from Troy, N.C .here. Thanks to these forums, homebrewsupply’s learning center and YouTube I was able to get everything figured out and brewed my first batch of beer a couple of weeks ago, NB’s block party amber ale (with slight modifications). Got it bottled last...