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In the past I would just use whatever bottled water was on sale at the store but I've read some threads lately that said not all bottled water was equal and some even mentioning distilled water. Anyone have any suggestions? I never really paid much attention to the water b/c I was just using...

I'm waiting on the 14g Spike Conicals to be available. That's how I'm leaning anyway. Any other suggestions or you think that is the way to go? Had a blichmann for several years and time for new toy.

I currently have a 27g Blichmann and I am looking to downgrade. Just too much headspace for 5g batches and causing some off flavoring in my beer (at least that is what I am left to believe after testing and trying everyone else that could cause it). Would be grateful for suggestions. Currently...

I upgraded my homebrew setup several years back and think I went to big. I went with a 27g blichmann conical fermenter. In hindsight I should have gone with the 14g. I typically do 5g or 10g batches. The beers I've been making for years now come out decent but I feel like they all have this...

So this has happened past few batches now. Could it be bc I'm doing a 5g batch in my 20g fermenter? Too much head space? Most recent batch did a very pale ale with 1/2 gallon pasteurized cucumber juice added to secondary. Poured first pint today. Taste good but it went from straw color to...

Very odd problem i cannot solve. One tap on my 3-tap kegerator will not dispense. I pulled the keg and tested it with different tap and it works fine. When i pulled it, however, one of my other kegs wouldn't dispense. Throw this keg back in and other lines are fine again but this one still...

So I brewed another batch of lager this winter. I was trying to get something similar to Bitburger but again this year, while it taste very good, the brew came out more like an american saranac lager. What can I do to get a very light golden color and light body to the lager as oppossed to the...

I'm trying to convert my partail grain recipe to AG. The extract in the recipe is 1 lb Light DME, 3 lbs Pale LME, 1 lb Wheat DME. How do I know exactly what grains to use for the extracts? I know I can roughly divide the extracts by .67 to convert but I'm just not sure specifically what grain...

So I am brewing a very high gravity beer. Starting off with a starter and standard yeast strain and then few days in doing starter again and adding a super high gravity yeast. If by chance the yeast stop working before I hit my desired final gravity (and I still have sugars to add) could I...

So I've been trying to clone Uinta Sum'r for a good year+ now. Got the blonde ale part down. Sorachi hops down. But can't figure out how to get the sweet creamy flavored finish. Honey malts? Any ideas? Tried vanilla. Tried lactose. It's not those.

Been trying to clone Uinta Sum'r for a while now and can't get it right. Got the golden ale part down and got the sorachi hops down but how do they get the mild sweet/creamy finish? Tried vanilla. Tried lactose. Neither of those. Maybe honey malts?

I am aiming to brew a beer that will finish out at about 20% alc/vol. 1) The yeast strain I found, the owner of the home brew shop I use, says is good for up to 20-25% alc. Can I add all the sugars at once and if not, why? 1A) If I need to continually add sugar to the beer while it is...

Trying to get a recipe for the highest alcohol content possible (for partial mash)..everything I look for seems to be All Grain which I am not set up for. Thanks for any help..

So how long do I need to leave this beer in the fermenter with the peach concentrate to get some peach flavor? I did primary for 5 days or so. Added 3lb can of peach concentrate (to 5 gal. batch). 2 weeks good? 3 weeks? Also added that lacto bacteria since I'm going for a dogfish peche like...

So I am doing a Dogfish Peche clone and in the secondary I plan on adding 3 lbs of peach concentrate. (1) Will this add to the alcohol by a few pts? (2)How long should I leave in the secondary with the peach concentrate? (3)I just dump the can in right? Nothing special to do? Thanks...

So I brewed up a batch this week of a Dogfish Peche clone. ABV will only be around 4%. I pitched the champagne yeast Friday night. Only did a 5 gallon batch and have a conical fermenter. Every other batch I've done out of the dozen or so I get some bubbling from the blow off. Nothing from...

So if I carb my beers at 12 PSI (39 degrees) for about 10 days they have been coming out perfect. When I hook the kegs to my kegerator typically I set the PSI down around 6-8 to pour my beers. If I leave the PSI at this level will my beer lose it's carbonation? Or will it retain the...

Hi, I have a 3 tap kegerator I'm going to clean for the first time. They are connected to ball lock kegs so they have the ball lock couplings on the end of the hoses. How do you suggest I get the rinse and water to run through the lines and into a bucket? I'd hate to cut the lines. Thanks...

The site I had been using is picnik.com (which is now closing down). So what site does anyone suggest? Typically I like to upload a photo of a concert I've been to or band I like and work with that photo.. Thanks!

Hi, So I am trying to brew a beer like Uinta SUM'R...can't find a recipe anywhere and Uinta will only tell me that it is a golden ale with Sorachi hops (though the beer is not hoppy) and no use of vanilla bean. However the beer is a light golden ale with undertones of vanilla. Any suggestions...