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I brewed a Belgium Triple recently and split the batch (2 x 2.5 gallons), one with Trappist yeast and one with Witbier to experiment with the yeast. I bottled both batches and equaly split the priming sugar between the two batches. The Trappist batch carbed fine and is great. The Witbier...

I went to start a Zombie Dust clone earlier tonight. I put in about 75% of my grain in my barley crusher hopper. Before I could react, the hopper came apart from the crusher and all my grain fell onto the garage floor. Probably $30 worth of grain and worse, won't be able to get grain to brew...

After a 2-year hiatus, I'm finally returning to brewing. We moved into a smaller home for awhile and didn't have the room or setup. We are now back in New Hampshire and starting all over. I got rid of most of my equipment except kegging stuff so figuring out what i want and need. Since this...

I recently made a Hefewiezen and while the beer taste OK, it doesn't have the banana flavor that I believe it should have. My understanding is that the banana flavor typically comes from the Yeast. For this recipe, I used Weihenstephan Weizen (Wyeast Labs #3068). My fermentation temperature...

I brewed a Hefeweizen last weekend but forgot that I had broken my hydrometer the last time I used it. I went ahead and put aside some wort and left it in a open measuring cup on my desk until I got a new hydrometer. About 4-5 days later, I measured the OG and it came in at 1.044. This...

I just emptied my cornie keg and have a hefeweizen ready for the keg. Rather than clean/rinse/sanitize it can I simply take the cornie lid off and fill it up with the hefe. Any chance of off flavors from the prior beer? Guess I am gettting lazy.

Just curious as my SWMBO likes wine more than beer so I decided to try my luck with a batch of wine. Going to pop open the first bottle tonight. Wonder how many brewers are also doint wine.

Planning to go to this next weekend (10/3/09). Looks like a good time. http://www.prescottpark.org/brew.cfm

I just read yoopers smell my fingers post and among other things, it made me wonder how you can detrmine AA% when you grow ur own hops. I am considering growing some next year so was just curious.

I will be using a Weihenstephaner 3068 smack pack for a upcoming Hefeweizen. Do I need to use a starter? I've never used a smack pack before or a starter.

I got my ingredients for upcoming hefe and noticed the Hallertauer hops had a 8.7 AA%. My recipe has the hops at 3.7 AA%. When I input the 8.7 AA% in Beersmith, my IBUs are about twice what they should be. Recipe calls for 1 oz -60 minutes. Can I simply use half (.5 oz - 60 minutes) the...

My LBHS was out of honey malt. Can I substitute plain honey for the honey malt? Recipe called for .25 lbs of honey malt. If so, how much honey should I use?

In Maui for a few weeks and looking for advice on any good breweries worthwhile to visit...

I went to the Redhook brewery in Portsmouth NH a few days ago. The tour guide gave me a bag of hops (probably at least a pound). He said they were skunk and were a mixed with different hop varieties. They would need to used for bittering and boiled for away to ensure any bacteria was killed...

I did my first all-grain this morning but was a little bummed about my efficiency. I am making an IPA and started with: 13 lbs 2-row 0..75 amber malt 7.5 gallon pot with 10 gallon Igloo similiar setup as depicted here -...

I have made a couple of clones, one a shiner bock and another Newcastle Brown Ale. Both of them taste great but don't really taste that much like the real thing. Curious whether this is common or whether my brewing techniques are not that good.

I just did my first partial mash this weekend using DeathBrewers easy partial mash instructions. Everything went quite well thanks to the details DB provided. I used 6 lbs of grains and 3 lbs of DME. So the mash was for about 6 lbs total of wheat and munich grains. I question though...

I was speaking to my 87 year old grandma about my homebrewing hobby. She mentioned that her Dad also homebrewed (and moonshined!). This would have been 70-80 years ago. Her Dad sliced potatoes very thin and put in the bottom of the fermenter. She was not sure why he did that. only stated...

If the only thing that goes in the CO2 lines is CO2 (no beer gets sucked up through the CO2 line), do the CO2 lines need to be cleaned for each keg batch? I just kegged my first beer this past weekend and already looking forward to my next batch. I know the liquid line side needs cleaned but...

I bought a kegging system this weekend and just racked a brew into my keg. The temperature of the brew was about 58 degrees at the time of the rack. Can I now put the keg and the CO2 into the fridge (~36 degrees), set the CO2 at about 40 psi for one day, 20 psi for another day and then it be...