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I just added .8 g of kmeta to 5 gallons of a mead like substance in order to kill off wild bugs from the raw honey for long term storage. It has only been 1 day since I addded kmeta. I tasted it and it tastes like sulfur. I’ve never tried something with kmeta the day after I added it. I was...

Hi I’ve recently come from a break from brewing and my first 3 batches are infected. After the first infected batch I bleached the crap out of my plastic 6 gal buckets PBW and used Iodophor. It seems it wasn’t enough though and I had 3 small but still damaging infections. I believe the problem...

I was wondering if anyone knew anything about selling homebrew at frat parties? Is it legal? What about collecting Donations?

I adde coffee grinds to a 8.3% ris in secondary. I ground them finely, but did not do the vodka soak that some people use and added straight to secondary after a month. Three days later and now there's an oil like substance and a small amount of bubbles. Is the oil an infection or from the...

I'm am brewing a RIS with the platinum strain Yorkshire Yeast. It does not have very good attenuation for the style but i believe it will give a very good flavor profile. It has an alcohol tolerance of 9%. I believe adding WLP090 San Diego Super Yeast will help me get better attenuation, without...

Not sure if this goes here or in brew science, or if this has been done before. Molasses i believe if it is the unrefined kind can be used in place of DME for an agar recipe. After I add Yeast nutrient i think this will be an interesting experiment. I've never cultured yeast the regular way...

I kept my kegerator outside while I wasn't using it and now the refridgerator won't get cold enough to server beer. I'm in socal and it only seems to be able to get temps slightly below whatever the weather is. It used to be able to go way below freezing. There is a small part that freezes on...

My brother and a few others says the yeast in homebrew give them the runs. So I look around and found beer filters with ball lock connects on both ends on morebeer.com. Are these special in any way or can I just make my own from lowes or homedepot? How effective are these at filtering out yeast...

Wtb any cheap motor for grain mills

How do you guys clean your Grain mills? I have a Monstermill, and after using it i realized that the flour and all the other junk sticks to the rollers even after wiping and washing them. I have the regular steel rollers not the SS ones so i dont want to soak them for fear of rust.

I've never added Coffee to any of my stouts or porters but i find that others that do are excellent taste. What are the recommended ways to coldbrew coffee? What type of roast should i use? How much should i add for a nice rich flavor without going overboard? Will adding the Coffee to Secondary...

I have a 1L mason jar of yeast the was used in an ipa 3 months ago. I heard that if the yeast is a peanut butter color it is unusable. Mine looks like peanut butter but not as dark but definately darker than before. it also smells very strongly of hops and stink. Is it still viable? Will...

I've seen guides on making crystal malt from 2 row but is it possible and easier to just use something like crystal 40/60 and make it darker?

The homebrew stores near me that I know of are southbay brewing and steinfillers. Does southbay brewing do bulk malts? Are there any other places around here that do. I just got a grain mill but I'm not sure where to go.

I'm looking to make a beer that's easy to drink moderately high in abv level but with enough flavor that I still know I'm drinking a homebrew. Maybe a slight fruitiness would be good too. I mostly brew ipas and hoppy pales but not everyone seems to like those. Any suggestions?

I'm new to cider making and am gunna brew my first batch soon, but I have no idea where to get apple juice fit for making cider. Anyone in the SoCal area know where to get fresh apple juice, I'm in torrance but anywhere LA area is okay. If nothing else ill just use the juice that comes in the...

http://www.cornykeg.com/catalog.asp?prodid=752393&showprevnext=1 These kegs seem like a good option for cheap new kegs. Does anyone have any experience with the quality of them? There has to be a reason there only 78.95.

Does anyone know if these are fermentable or anyway to make them fermentable or a way to make them settle/boil off? Dextrose monohydrate, sodium saccharin, sucralose and aspartame. These are artificial sweeteners except for dextrose monohydrate which might just be regular dextrose Edit: after...

I am brewing an imperial ipa on Thursday with some new belma leaf hops I bought from hops direct. I've never used leaf hops before and wanna know if I need to use a mesh bag for the boil/mash/dry hops or if I just throw them in. I also wanted to know if it would be beneficial to add most of the...