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We do a podcast out of Charlotte NC called Cheers Charlotte Give it a listen. This week we did an episode for the ladies. We called it the "Thats What She Said" episode. The Charlotte Beer Babes joined us in studio, we talked with the National Homebrewer of the Year Annie Johnson the first...

What's this look like to you? I racked to secondary 4 days ago and now have a white film with spots on top. I got this once before on my 2nd batch ever. Thinking it was bad I dumped it. That was before I knew about homebrewtalk.com obviously. So anyways am I dumping this one too?

I have a ss turkey pot that id like to get a ball valve/dip tube on to use as a lauter tun. My question is can I still use that pot to fry my turkeys in come thanksgiving? Are the bargainfittings.com style ball valves and dip tubes rated for 400° degree oil?

How do I go about calibrating it? Or is there any such way. Any tips and tricks I should know before installation????

Can I boil my stir bar to sanitize it? Any way to make it quieter? I have it just spinning in water now. Maybe an actual starter will be different. Do I still let the starter settle out and pour off the worth then pitch? Or is better to just keep it stirring until I'm ready to pitch...

I finally got my stir plate to function correctly! My fan has 3 speeds and I get a good vortex in 500ml of water which is what I make my starters at. I'm wondering what the advantages/disadvantages are to having a potentiometer are?

So I'm on my 2nd fan. Went from a 3in to a 4in. Thinking that was the problem that my "found" stir bar won't start spinning. Do I need an actual stir bar? I'm using a threaded post that u would find in an electrical box in the ceiling. Now I'm thinking my hard drive magnet isn't strong...

In the middle of my brew day I realized I forgot to get more whirlfloc tablets. So had to go without. I'm thinking transferring to a secondary and cold crashing will be enough? Anything else I can do?

I brewed an all grain German kolsch with wlp036. Pitched the yeast at 60° but when I opened the vial it exploded and I lost quite a bit of yeast. Also my ferm chamber is an old fridge that only gets to 60° in the summer. But the past few days it has been cooler and now the fridge is down to...

My carboy spigot for my hose and a manual brush isn't cutting it anymore. Wondering what you use? I kinda want the one that hooks into a drill but does it work as well?

I've boiled my .5 micron stone twice now and still can't get a result. Im using an aquarium pump and am thinking it's not powerful enough. Is that a possibility? The pump is a Second Nature Whisper 200. 115 volt 60hz 2.5 watt. Im getting air all the way to the stone, thru the inline filter...

I have a Second Nature Whisper 200 aquarium pump that I've hooked up a .5 micron diffusion stone to along with an inline filter. Im getting bubbles out of the hose itself but not at of the stone. The pump is 115volts 60hz 2.5 watts Is my pump not powerful enough??? Did my stone get...

I have my fat tire clone cold crashing right now and am ready to keg. But I want to bottle a few as well. I thought I read somewhere that you have to bottle at room temp but you can keg while its cold. Am I correct in that?

That's right! Your welcome World. I realized that tonight out drinking with some buddies. 100 gallons more of the sweet nectar has been produced and consumed because of my two hands. Some of my handywork... Not to pat myself on the back, but damn it that makes me happy! At what...

Completed my first all-grain today, things went smoothly. It was much easier than I thought. My only concern was the amount of water for dough in then sparge. But I was right on the money.

I've tried every configuration I can think of with the hose gaskets/rubber washers/rubber gaskets that I have and cant get it to stop dripping from the ball valve. Im thinking of wrapping the shank of the valve with plumbers tape. The leak isn't that bad but it should leak at all right?

Starting into all-grain and im wondering what the water profile is for Charlotte? What is the ideal style for our water without treating it?

I have some washed WLP 008 and and 12lbs on Briess 2Row from Christmas to start my first batch of All-Grain. Wondering if there is a clone I can do that has those two in them or should I just go with a fat tire clone I was planning on and sub out the yeast?

Just had AT&T U-Verse guys come by trying to sell me on it. Who has U-Verse? Why'd you switch? What don't you like about it?

Just a few weeks away from my first all-grain batch and im curious of the mistakes others have made that I can avoid. What did you do that you shouldn't have? What didn't you do that you wish you did? What recipe is easiest for a first timer? Anything else I should know?