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Hey, I'm looking into investing in a small 10 gallon barrel from a nearby cooperage. Does anybody have any personal experience with small barrels that they'd like to share? There doesn't seem to be any articles about long term results from small barrels anywhere. There is a BYO article that...

I'm planning on doing a 5 gallon extract, single hop Sorachi Ace IPA. Here's the schedule I'm thinking about: 1oz @ 60 min 1oz @ 15 min 1oz @ 0 min 1oz dry hop in secondary Shooting for an OG of 1.05, thinking about using a lager yeast @ ale temps for fermentation. Any thoughts?

I did an outdoor brew today in -30° Celsius, and want to encourage anybody who can stand the cold to get out and brew in the winter. It was the most relaxing brew day I've had yet (9th batch, but, still). Stuck a bomber of beer in snow along with some glasses to cool them off. After pouring...

Alright! So I tried to smoke some specialty grains today for a red ale. I don't have a fancy smoker or anything, so I just spread out a layer of hickory on my bbq grille, put the grains on a baking sheet then put them on the smoking hickory for about an hour. The grain smelled pretty smokey...

Hey hey! I've got my hands on some sweet 1 quart swing-top bottles, but it doesn't look like the gaskets can be replaced on them. The bottle itself is custom made for the Howe Sound brewery, and the gasket looks like it's engineered to fit into the crevices of the bottle mouth. I figure I'll...

Hello! I'm very new at this homebrew game (science? obsession? lust?) and my first handcrafted homebrew is still just a fantasy. I've been getting frustrated looking for an affordable, quality brew kettle, and stumbled on the keggle concept in my search for alternatives. I'm not one to...