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I ordered a couple kits from NorthernBrewer around late January this year, and they arrived a couple weeks ago. I just brewed one of the kits first, which was extract, and I was wondering if my AG kit is still good. The grain's already crushed, but while they were at a relative's house, it was...

I had ordered some beer kits with Wyeast smack packs back in late january and they were shipped to a relative over in the US. Unfortunately, I forgot to mention to them that the yeast needs to be refrigerated, so it sat there in the box waiting to be sent over here to the Philippines for over a...

I made a mead last year on around the 20th of december, a one gal batch. It's done fermenting and I racked it off the yeast and onto some old vanilla beans I had laying around for a long time last week and it's really clear. I originally planned to use only 2 beans, but decided to put all three...

Hey I'm pretty new to brewing and I was wondering, what is a good hop smorgasbord for sampling the basic hop characters. What hops are a good all around for a particular flavor and aroma. For example, I know that cascade is a good basic hop for a citrusy character. So that's already on my list...

I have a bunch of buddies who I wanna share my homebrew with, BUT! They are really skeptical about it's "safety". Everyone who ever shared their brew with buddies who don't homebrew or even heard of it has encountered this before. And I know what some of you might say. "Hey if they don't want...

Hey, I was just wondering, what are the real scientific names for these particular commercial yeast strains? Wyeast 1728 Scottish Ale Wyeast 1098 British Ale Whitelabs WLP001 California Ale White Labs WLP099 Super High Gravity Ale And I don't want the plain saccharomyces cerevisiae. I'm...

I know that this has been discussed before, but what kind of mill should I get? I've heard great things about BC, MM, and C&S. But which should I get? I live in the Philippines and I'm not sure if customer service would appreciate sending replacement parts or me sending the mill to the USA...

I found a website while looking for small oak barrels and i stumbled upon oak barrels ltd. does anyone have any experience with them? I might buy a bunch of barrels from them for a small scale solera mead line. They have free shipping and only have barrels from 1, 2, 5, 10, and 20 liter barrels...

I have two meads that are about 3 months old one is a 5 gal the OG was at around 1.140 the second was a 1 gal and the OG was at 1.180. both have been re-pitched before and the problem is when i checked today they only read 1.080 for the 5 gals and 1.130 for the 1 gal. So i decided to rep-pitch...

I live in the Philippines home of Tanduay rum and since im not a big spirit drinker but i still want to use the barrel for aging and or fermenting. I might plan on buying one of their freshly emptied barrels, is there anything i need to do with the barrel? can i just rack the beer/mead straight...

Hi im a very new brewer and like most new brewers you might be able to think up of ideas that are totally new. And that is what i want to find out. So if in theory you have a homebrew club and they have bought either a 50 or 60 gal wine/bourbon/rum/whisky barrel. or you bought yourself a...

Ok i racked my mead today and i took a gravity reading on both of them. my sweet mead og was at 1.140 now after 5 weeks it has dropped to 1.090! so about 10 points per week. now my second small batch mead its a Dwójniak 1 gal batch made the same day as my sweet mead its og was at 1.175 it is now...

That is the question, that i have for my mead. it has been about 5 weeks since i made my mead. it was made on the 17 of december it is the sweet mead recipe from the compleat meadmaker. it is bubbling about 4 bubbles a minute, is this still active or is it just outgassing? it is still cloudy and...

For those who havent read my post on my conflicting choice on buying equipment. I now have another conflict if i choose to buy everything on one order, I need a plate chiller and Golddiggie told me of duda diesel wort chillers and im planning to get one if i go all out in my investment but i am...

im a very noob brewer with only 1 extract under my belt :ban: and am also making mead since honey is cheapish around 3$ a kilogram no varietals. its great to have this huge resource for helping me in my homebrewing jounrey to find that one beer. brewing in the philippines is difficult since...

I was thinking to go allgrain during my next order from the USA, since im in the philippines i need to order everything there since australia is a tad more costly than stuff in the USA. in my next order im thinking of getting either a 10 or 15 gal pot and a platechiller and a malt mill, my last...

I a real newbie here and only 1 extract brew under my belt but i have had a interest in meads for a long time and it is also a good thing that honey is cheapish here in the philippines(around 3.5$ a kg). im making my two meads since im saving up to buy more stuff from the US and i got a ton of...