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Imagine you have terrible friends who don't know what hops are or what they contribute to a good beer. We'll call them BMC drinkers. Also imagine that you will be brewing up a simple 5 gallon pale ale and splitting it between 2 2.5 gal kegs and dry hopping in the keg. What 2 different...

I apologize for not having the proper information about my situation (OG and PH) but I noticed my problem moments before I had to leave for work and now I'm sitting at work paranoid about my mead. I noticed a few small white spots on the surface of my Raspberry Melomel (AZIPA's recipe) and...

I am finally feeling a little confident in my abilities to brew tasty beer and effectively manage my pipeline. To that end, I have decided to host a small gathering in my backyard for friends and family (a 21 and over crowd). What would you guys recommend that I have for this event? So far my...

I'm not sure if anyone else is doing this or not but I tried it a couple of months ago and it is now my routine for prepping a starter. Like many of you (I assume) I had a tea kettle just sitting in the cabinet. I quickly connected the dots after spilling half of my wort trying to pour from...

I am looking to get a larger freezer in which to do my primary fermentation. I currently have the smallest chest freezer on the market which works great for one beer at a time but I would like to have more flexibility. The problem is that no one lists internal dimensions of their freezers...

A lot of the recipes I use call for bottle conditioning anywhere from 2 weeks to 2 months. However, I am looking to switch to kegging my beer. I have read that most people rack the beer from their carboy to the keg and carb for 1 week before serving. Doesn't this cut down on the beer's ability...