I bought some Star San in Portland because it's cheaper than where I live. The airport confiscated it out of my checked luggage because it was deemed corrosive and hazardous. What a waste!
A really interesting post on Beervana about Hot Scotchy's and a call to have US brewers work with bars to have them more commonplace: http://beervana.blogspot.com/2010/11/greatest-beverage-in-world-hot-scotchy.html
The basic idea is that you take part of your unhopped wort runnings from your...
I never measure exactly how much water I will need to run through my grains. I make sure I know my efficiency so that when I have the correct volume in my boil kettle, I can start boiling. However, I often have water leftover in my mash tun.
I have kept this leftover wort and brewed what I've...
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Two days ago I made 10 gallons of beer. I pitched a Scottish Ale Wyeast and made a starter. The yeast worked quickly and within 12 hours I had a nice krausen formed.
A day later the krausen has completely disappeared. Isn't that odd? I have two carboys, both are the same. It happened...
My OG was low and I'm thinking about adding some DME (boiling it in water first of course). I've already added the yeast though. I understand that I could risk contamination but if I'm safe it should be fine right?
It will be almost a full day since I pitched the yeast...
I'm looking to brew a Heather Ale with the following recipe. Apparently this recipe is from the brewer of the Fraoch Beer. I'm confused about the amount of Heather. Does 12 2/3 cups seem like a lot of Heather? What does that equate to in ounces? Do you think this recipe is referring to fresh...