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Is it just me or has the tide turned and real time is here?!?!? Shiner Oktoberfest, Sam Adams Harvest Pack, Blue Moon Fall Pack, etc???? Is everyone excited as me to get some good beers at good prices at the local grocery stores? I love great craft beers all year long, but the fall just...

I got a tub of the 5.2 mash treatment, for treating the mash water. Does this only need to be used on the inital mash water, or on the sparge water as well? I used on both the first time but I don't see why the sparge would really need to be treated.

I have a acquired a very large chest freezer to use as a ale fermentation chamber. I understand the lifting in/out aspect of this, but that's not of concern to me. I was just wondering about the ventilation of the co2 from the freezer. Does any type of ventilation need to be installed or...

I brewed my first all-grain batch and hit 82% efficiency, using hard water from a friends well. The last two batches I've done, I used the soft city water from my home. On both of those runs I've seen about 65% efficiency. The crush looked to be the same on all batches and all brewes were...

I was thinking about going with the setup below for my adventure into all-grain brewing. http://www.highlanderbrewingsupply.com/servlet/the-49/15-GALLON-ALL-GRAIN/Detail Any thoughts or concerns about this setup? I also have a rack that I'm going to tier this equipment on as to be...

I have read many of the discussions as to not fear the foam of StarSan. I haven't seen this aspect covered so I figured I'd ask. Is the foam OK when sanitizing a keg and racking beer over to it? I would assume yes, but better safe than sorry! Thanks all!

I made my final kit in preparation to going to all-grain brewing. However I have run into an issue w/ this final batch. I got a Moose Drool Clone extract kit and CANNOT get it to ferment. Made the kit in the exact same fashion as all previous brews. Everything was properly cleaned &...