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Hey all, a quick question for anyone with info to share. I recently purchased a brand spanking new stainless steel false bottom for my 10gal cooler mash tun and I am having trouble getting all of the machining oil and grease off of it? Does anyone have an effective and relatively easy way to...

Hey all. Here's a first for me so bear with me. Three weeks ago, I brewed an AG American Wheat with orange zest. I was low on my OG (still dialing in my AG system, so no biggie there) but I went to transfer today to bottle the beer and I found a dead bee inside my fermenter. I had a good, normal...

Ok guys, I know that this has been brought up before but I'm hoping some of you may have some input for me. Background: I got a 30qt aluminum turkey fryer for Christmas (Bass Pro Shop model) and today I decided to get outside and boil some water to determine my boil off rate as well as get an...

Hey all, Happy Brew Year! I went to Northern Brewer's web site today after carefully crafting an extract recipe for a lovely MO ESB when I noticed that the extract prices for MO have gone up dramatically since they sent out the Holiday 2012 catalog. 3.15lb went from $9.99 to $10.99 6.0lb went...

Hey all, tomorrow I'm building an immersion chiller and I have a question that I hope you can help me with. My local hardware store only sold 20ft coils of 3/8in copper tubing. I wanted at least a 25ft chiller so I bought two coils and a brass joiner to link them together to get the length that...

So I've got four extract batches (3 kits and 1 original recipe) under my belt and I don't see myself ever going back to buying beer as opposed to brewing beer. Each time I crack open my IPW or my 6 Malt Amber or my most recent original recipe IPA, I'm blown away by the flavor and freshness. Not...

Hey guys, I just found a really good article on ratebeer.com regarding infections, off flavors, carbonation issues and a plethora of other nasties that new brewers (like myself) and experienced brewers alike spend lots of time worrying about. I think it is definitely worth a read. Here is the...

Hey all - I'm working on my first AIPA recipe and am looking for any advice or input you might have on this recipe. This is a 5 gallon extract recipe and goes as follows: Expected OG: 1.066 Target FG: 1.017 Projected ABV: 6.4% 62.1 IBU Steeping Grains: 0.75lb Caramel/Crystal...

Ok, maybe I'm just a noob but I see a lot of acronyms on these boards and I really don't have a clue what they mean. Does anyone have a cheat sheet? Some examples: SWMHBO RDWHAHB I know this is silly, but a little help will let me decipher the posts here a bit!

Hey all, I just cracked my first home brew, a Rogue Dead Guy extract with specialty grains kit and am a bit disappointed. I did a side by side comparison with bottled Dead Guy and noticed some distinct differences. 1. Very little head and little to no lacing on the glass (and yes, both glasses...