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Does anyone know the best way to ship bottled beer to other people in other states. UPS? USPS? Fed Ex? I want to do some trading with people from other states, but I didn't know the laws or what is the best way to pack it. thanks

Grains: 16# Briess 2-Row Brewers Malt 1.5# Carapils Hops: 1.0 oz Chinook @65 1.0 oz Simcoe @ 40 1.0 oz Mosaic @25 1.0 oz Citra @25 1.0 oz Mosaic @10 1.0 oz Citra @10 1.0 oz Citra @ 1 (*Irish Moss @ 15) 2.0 oz Citra-- Dry Hop for 7 days My Efficiency is 65%-70% so adjust...

Does anyone have an affordable place to buy 50lb bags of Briess 2-row. It seems like they are all around $50 but the shipping tacks on another $25 or so. Who is everyone using? Thanks

I am entering an American IPA in my first competition. Could someone please explain what the: 1. Style Number and Letter 2. BJCP Category 3. Sub Category 4. Classic Style I am guessing the style # and letter is 14B, The BJCP Category and subcategory I am not totally sure, I would...

I just started cooling my wort with my wort chiller when I friggen dropped a magnet that was attached to my thermometer in my wort. Aggghhhh. The temp was around 150. I couldn't fish it out, as I was going to do, then at least bring to a boil again. The magnet was clearly not sanitized as it...

I'm fermenting a Belgian Saison with Wyeast 3724 for about 2 weeks. I was a little concerned about the quality of the yeast since the yeast did not swell properly after smacking and there was a large lag then a quick fall of the krausen. I just checked the Gravity and it went from 1.075 -...

Grains: 16.5 lb Briess 2 Row 6 oz Honey Malt 3 oz Briess Crystal 10L SRM: 7-8 Hops: 1.5oz Centennial @60 1.0oz Amarillo @45 1.0oz Simcoe @30 1.0oz Ahtanum @20 2.0oz Cascade @10 1.0oz Chinook @5 Irish Moss @15 dry hop: 1oz each of Amarillo, Chinook, Simcoe leaf for 7 days added 4.8 gallons...

My blowoff tube is a mess, and my sanitizing solution is filing with krausen. I want to change out the sanitizing solution. Is there a process for doing this? Will I do something wrong if I just quickly place the end of the blowoff tube in a new bucket? I think I'm worried about back...

My efficiency is way better than I thought, now my OG is 1.063, Mr. Malty calls for 2 pkgs of wyeast 3068. I was going to use only 1 becasue i wanted to underpitch in order to draw more banana in this hefeweizen. Should I add another pakg of 3068. I didnt make a starter. I also have some...

Is it ok to just leave the blowoff tube on for the entire 7 days during primary fermentation? or should I put an airlock on it. I'm on day 4 in primary and obviously fermentation has drastically slowed. I will probably transfer it to secondary for dry hopping in a few days, but figured i'd...

is there a formula to figure out the OG from my preboil brix. My preboil brix is 15 and i have 7 gallons of wort which i will boil down to 5.5 gallons. Thanks

Is there a risk of contamination if my primary fermenter foam comes through my airlock-- the foam is pretty high, just wondering if I should add a blowoff tube-- never had to before. I am 48 hrs into fermentation already.

I am trying to figure out the amount of mash out water needed and what the temp of the mash out water should be. I have a 18#grain bill and I am going to mash with 23.5qts(almost 6 gallons of strike water 165*) for 60 min and mash at 152* I then am trying to figure out how much mash out water...

I went to add my yeast(White labs--California ale yeast) to my 2000ml starter and when I opened the liguid yeast, it just foamed and bubbled over the tube-- obviously couldn't use it. Did I do something wrong, did I shake it too much or could the yeast have been bad. I let it come to room temp...

How much dme is to be added for a 2000 ml starter? I think I'm reading 3oz of DME for every 1000ml starter. Is that right?

Just transferred to secondary and cleaned and rinsed by glass carboy. Actually rinsed out really well. Do I need to clean it with pbw first and then rinse with star san or is the star san good enough? It looks clean already just rinsing and a little carboy brush work, but didn't know if the...

OK, I think I want to use my new stir plate for the first time. I've always only used dry yeast in the past with my all grain. So many different things I have heard-- so here are some questions, but here are the numbers. 1. OG 1.070-1.075 2. IPA 3. California Ale liquid yeast When should...

Trying to increase my efficiency. Only had about 50% on my first all grain IPA. Do most people mash out when making an IPA?, I didn't, and I also sparged way too fast. I see most IPA recipes don't call for a mash out-- is there a reason for this. I really need to amp up my efficiency. Any...

I was about 3/4 gallon short of my 5.25 batch with an all grain recipe. if i want to top it off,from where do I get the water and what temp do I add it to my fermenter. Also, do I do this before pitching the yeast, and does it have to be boiled first for sanitation purposes. Never topped...

looking to buy grain for an all grain batch-- who has had good luck with quality and from whom did you buy it from?