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I'm trying to start myself a SCOBY so I can make kombucha. I started up a 1 gallon starter with a bottle from a local brewer. It's been going 4 weeks now and looks like below. Is it big enough to start a real batch? It seems thin to me.

I've got a brown ale that managed to ferment down to 1.004 and a barleywine that got itself to 1.010. This was due to an unfortunately low mash temperature. I'd like to get these back up if possible and read about using maltodextrin when I'm boiling the bottling sugar up. Will this work to just...

GRAIN Wt Grain Pct 7 lbs Maris Otter Pale Malt 68.3% 1 lb Crystal 60L 9.8% 1 lb Biscuit Malt 9.8% 1 lb Honey [Added at 5min)9.8% 4 oz Cara-Pils 2.4% HOPS Wt Hops Time IBU 1 oz East Kent...

I just read through Bobby_M's fantastic CFC build thread and am now excited to build one. I also have a cheap little pump I'd like to use with it. Is there a recommended way to hook it up? Right now I have camlocks set up to hook the pump directly to the BK so the easy way would be to go...

I haven't really posted since I joined up here and since I brewed on Sunday I thought I'd document it here. I decided to go for a parti-gyle brew because: I wanted to make a bigger beer It sounded kinda cool and It's cheaper! I went with a barley wine from the first runnings and a brown...

No, not Canada. That's basically Mars. Just Minnesota. I have just started all grain brewing with 1 batch under my belt (a cream ale) and one in secondary that I really need to cold crash and add gelatin to. Overall I've done maybe 6 batches or so with none of them being terrible! Hope I...