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Does anyone have any experience brewing or consuming The Down Low by Lagunitas Brewing?

I'm not quite sure which specific sub-forum this should be placed since it pertains to about three. If it should be moved, please do so. Turned out to be a longer, more involved post than I had intended, sorry. So I'm going to attempt a SWIG (Split Wort of Increased Gravity,)/BIAB brew day on...

Has anyone found/come across/devised a DIY alternative to the Better Bottle Racking Adapter? I'm looking to purchase a few more fermenters (~3 gallons) and would like to transition over to something like this, away from siphoning. The Better Bottle option is just so expensive. In my search, I...

So I picked up a couple of motors for free, wondering if they might work for my tiny, discontinued 3b grain mill (I only brew 1/2 batch size batches). After my initial reading, these two motors are not going to work because of their hp and torque numbers. Can anyone verify this? This is my first...

Ok...ironically enough I just picked up my copy of Wildbrews from Jeff Sparrow today. I got home ready to keg a beer and pulled the shirt off I had wrapped around the keg. I can't tell if this is the start a pellicle or infection. I don't have a lot of notes on this beer. It's a ginger ale...

I'm looking for some help with grain selection. I don't have any specific recipes in mind but I'm looking at picking up some bulk base malt so that I can start to diversify my recipe options and ultimately cut back on my recipe expense. I'm looking for a few base malts that would give me enough...

So, I have a lightly hopped wheat beer that's been kegged/carbonated for awhile now that I'm not really happy with. I've recently discovered sour beers (thank you RRBC) and was wanting to experiment a little. I have some sour dregs I was wanting to play with and am wondering if I can pull out...

Question regarding yeast harvest below, after my lengthy introduction. So I recently visited Russian River Brewing and sampled all of their beers on draft (my first encounter with RR). I must say that I was blown away by their sour's. That experience opened my eyes to the world of sour's...

So I've been kegging now for about 3 batches and I love it. I have been force carbonating and have a couple of question I can't seem to find answers for. If I were to over shoot my carbonization level or serving pressure, can I just release the pressure in the keg and correct it? Also, I...

This is the first time I've decided to really learn about yeast in the process of homebrewing. One of the things I'm trying to figure out is regarding Phenolics and Esters. I know fermentation temperature plays a role in these but can't seem to find an answer to what I'm looking for. I was...

So I've been trying to pickle my brass parts and I'm starting question it. Soak #1: I was taking care of something else and didn't keep an eye on it but after the 6 minutes in an aluminum can, the solution at the bottom of the can was green. Dump, rinse can and parts, and retry. Soak #2...

When racking onto a yeast cake, should it be swirled around (ie. shaking the carboy violently like I would with first pitched yeast?)

I've been searching for a holiday spiced (cloves, nutmeg, allspice, etc.) wheat or wit but really haven't found one that has many reviews and feedback. Does anyone have any suggestions? I suppose I'd be more interested in the wheat because I could get it to the keg faster, leaving more time to...

I have a quick question. Apparently my package of Wyeast never really inoculated. It was inadvertently left in direct sunlight while in the car and got pretty warm. I've just finished my batch and am in the process of cooling it down. I have no substitute for what I need and will have to...

So I purchased several kegs from eBay a couple of years ago and never got around to cleaning shortly before I got out of brewing. I kept all my stuff knowing I would have more time to get back into it. Well I finally realized that I really may never get "more" time like I was hoping for so I...

Can anyone with a 3 gallon Rubbermade cooler please give me the interior height and diameter dimensions? I'm trying to figure out if it will work for my project. I can't find any locally and Rubbermade customer service is not willing to either physically pull the dimensions for me or email...

I'm having some trouble. There's a website I've visited in the past that sales material supplies for stuff like stainless steel or copper sheets (I know it's not the cheapest place but I'm needing it for something completely different). They have like everything you can think of. I've seen it...

Let me preface by saying, first time experience here with this be kind. So I've purchased some used kegs around the holidays. Over 7 days shipping to get to CA from NY. Why not purchase them closer....because they were 3 gallon kegs at killer price (~$50 per including shipping). The were...

Here's the deal. I have a bunch of ingredients I need to get rid of. The reason for this is because I've had them for so long, I wouldn't trust them in a specific recipe. So instead of throwing them out, I figure I would just throw them together and see what I come up with. However, I figure...

I have someone that I've been talking too about purchasing some of his kegs. Appearantly two of them have pin size holes in the sidewall of the kegs. Are these fixable in anyway by any chance? I know I will be told to keep looking but these are for 3 gallon kegs which are pretty hard to find...