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I have the opportunity to purchase 5 and 3 gallon barrels from my homebrew club at a discounted price and I had a few questions. First off, what are the advantages to getting a 3 over a 5 or vice versa. I have heard you need to top off periodically when aging in the barrels because the...

Quick question I have a setup for 4 kegs, 1 of which i have agreed to allow be soda. I know you have to regulate that to about 30 PSI, and I know i will need 20ish feet of tubing to slow the flow down. Is the only thing I need to regulate the PSI this...

Just a feeler, I've got a few bells hopslam left, anyone have anything must have out there?

I brewed BierMunchers Nierra Sevada (https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f66/nierra-sevada-session-snpa-clone-27673/) which has gotten great reviews. I was looking for session pale ale, so I wasnt pounding down 8% double IPAs all the time! Unfortunately I forgot to take my OG, but i tasted the...

Hey all, I am in the process in building a kegerator, well just getting started, but I want to use the mini fridge method, A keezer isnt really an option. Anyways I am planning on buying cut handle kegs, and saving a few bucks to spend else where. Anyone have any reason I should be weary of...

Alright I have a question regarding a stout i made a few weeks ago. I had the following grain bill, and then added 1/4 cup lactose, I am not a fan of milk stouts, but I wanted some sweetness, so 1/4 a cup isnt too much. I hit my OG of 1.074 cooled, and pitched my yeast, WLP004 (without a...

I need a bit of help forming a recipe for my winter beer, I am thinking a Snickerdoodle Stout. I was going to base it off of the none more black vanilla stout in the recipe forums (https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f68/none-more-black-vanilla-stout-96969/index2.html) but It needs a bit of...

Hey all, I built my mash/laughter tun and HLT out of two round 10 gallon coolers from Home depot (based on the wiki but with a false bottom instead of braided line). My question, is I am unable to get the washers over top of the 3/8" nipple in the middle. So i have not been able to get...

Hey all, I have done a few "test" small AG batches and finally sucked it up and am making a mash tun out of a 10 gallon water cooler. I plan on doing my first real AG brew this friday, an IPA, possibly a Pliny clone. Now since I work during the day, I plan on brewing after work...

Found a 5 gallon water cooler on Craigslist for 5 dollars, problem is I like to do big beers and don't think the 5 gallon is big enough to move to all grain, if I build a mash Tun out of that could I take the parts from that one and place it in a 10 gallon later, or should I just make the 5...

I have a crazy idea of getting a beer done before my vacation on the 13th. Problem is I can't force carb, have to bottle. I have a couple ideas of recipes, and know what I can do for a fast ferm. but I am worried about getting it conditioned. So my plan is a Hefe, with the following schedule...

So, i was doing two brews two separate pots at once both called for dme, one needed 8 lbs the other was a 3 gallon batch and needed 4 lbs. I started the first batch and gave it 4# got to the second batch and realized I only bought 9# total.. So long story short the second beer (a double ipa)...

So Me and one of my friends have decided to venture into all grain, slowly... We were going to start by doing a 1 gallon minimash brew, we have a 1 gallon bucket, and we decided we wanted to play around with it a bit. So our first brew, was goign to be a black saison. Our local HBS is about...

So I am in the process of adding the hops to my 90 min clone, og is supposed to be 1.088. I have white labs English ale yeast, but did not make a starter. Will I get stuck, anything I can do to prevent that, and if I do any way to get it moving again?

Hey all, I have my first brew under my belt, bourbon barrel stout, I have read on here the longer you let this one sit the better. With that anyone have any good quick brew recipes to get me trying something I have made? I am thinking about doing a second batch with a quick boil to glass time...