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Got a cool, long wooden paddle I had intended on using for mash-in, but after last nights "Battle of the Boilover" with my shorter stainless spoon, I got to wondering if anyone uses their paddle as a stirrer in the boil kettle. I figure a quick rinse ought to do it. Thoughts?

I recently got a new aeration wand and was looking to get the most out of it. The hardest part would be to boil it to sterilize, then reassemble it (including the nylon washer) and not touch it with your hands, lest the oils clog the stone. So, I thought there had to be a better way than to...

I've got the 30L / 7.9 G fermenters, that I thought I was cleaning with unscented Oxyclean... apparently not. Now, by beers are tasting like they should, but I get a candy-like bouquet from them. Soaking now in good ol' hot PBW. Will that work or do I need to do more afterwards?

Prepping for an early spring "people's choice" competition, and I would like to take 3 or 4 brews. I've decided on my Irish Red, and my pretty fantastic Cream Ale (imho), BUT, I need 2 more... A couple of my leading contenders are a dunkel, or a dubbel, a pale ale or to hang on to my really...

Ok, I did my second batch of a great, all grain cream ale. In preparation for a more 'fall' version, I chucked in 0.75 oz dried, sweet orange peel from the LHBS, and 1.25 oz hand crushed coriander in the last 10 mins of a 90 min boil. I transferred to the fermenter, and I noticed it looked...

Brewed a nice Belgian Tripel a few weeks back, and bottled in 22oz bottles about 10 days ago. Been sitting in a closet around 65-70 degrees since then. Looked through the 2 cases last night and most are crystal clear with a nice little yeast sediment at the bottom. A few, however, had a...