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Thanks for all the great info. This is good news considering that one beer I transferred was into a $60 Balcones Whiskey Barrel and the other is an Imperial Cream Ale that I am really excited about.

Last night I was transferring a beer to secondary. I have a spray bottle that holds oxi clean and one that holds star san. I'm not sure why I made a bottle for oxi clean, I just had an extra one and thought it might come in handy. So anyways, I sanitized my carboy and syphon with Star San...

To revisit my thread, I decided to do nothing. My beer actually turned out really nice. This recipe was a belgian dubbel and only asked for 2 oz of hops total. I think I will enter this beer into a hopless beer competition in the future. I rebrewed with hops and I almost like the hopless...

Another option would be to buy a carbonator cap and a 5 gallon C02 tank with regulator. You could avoid the cost of kegs and kegerator, but still putting cash toward brewing equipment. You can carbonate entire 2 liter bottles that way and I have heard of people pouring straight from 2 liter to...

Another option would be to buy a carbonator cap and a 5 gallon C02 tank with regulator. You could avoid the cost of kegs and kegerator, but still putting cash toward brewing equipment. You can carbonate entire 2 liter bottles that way and I have heard of people pouring straight from 2 liter to...

Lots of great responses....thanks! Originally I was going to rebrew this recipe and rack it onto some Sour Cherries. Now I am thinking that I might rack the unhopped version to Sour Cherries to see if that helps mask the lack of hops. I'm also considering buying a hop shot from Northern...

Hi All, I'm wanting to do a Honey Almond Cream Ale soon and have no experience with adding honey or extract to my beers. I am planning to do a 6 gallon all grain using the following recipe......any thoughts would be appreciated. Honey Almond Cream Ale 4.6 lbs Pilsner 4.6 lbs 2 Row...

I brewed a beligan dubbel about two weeks ago and just found the hops in my freezer that were supposed to go in the recipe. Apparently I must have got distracted and forgot to add my hops. I hit everything else perfect and fermentation went perfect. I'm going to taste it soon, but wondered if...

Sanitation has always been a big focus of mine (sometime maybe too much focus). Anyways, I have a full sized refrigerator in my garage that is dedicated to brewing. The last time I brewed, I got the idea to store some of my equipment in the fridge to avoid any bacteria growth. I now have my...