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After suffering an infected batch of beer and taking a new, very time consuming job, I lost my brewing mojo and have not brewed in a few years. One positive aspect of this is that I have been supporting our local CT Micro Breweries by buying lots of beer. However, on the down side of things...

Amount Name Type # 3 lbs Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) Grain 1 17 lbs Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 2 1 lbs Caraamber (30.0 SRM) Grain 3 1 lbs Caramel/Crystal Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 4 1.0 oz Centennial [10.0%] - Boil 60 min Hops 5 0.5 oz Centennial [10.0%] - Boil 50 min Hops 6 1.0 oz...

Just thought I would share my joy with my two new conicals. After looking at what was available on the market and what the pricing was on pre fabricated poly, or stainless conical fermenters I found the prices to be sky high. Trust me, I would be the first to buy a stainless fermenter if they...

I'm considering buying a 15 gal. Conical fermenter, but I'm concerned about how one would go about regulating fermentation temps in a fermenter of this type. Do you need to simply put it in an area that is temp controlled or is there some other method or device for this purpose? Any advice is...

Hello, this is my Belgian Wheat IPA a few days after being transferred to secondary. As you can see there is quite a bit of off gassing going on, but what really concerns me more is the rusty looking foam that has appeared at the top of the carboy where the co2 is off gassing. I'm hoping this...

What causes the cold haze when kegging and force carbonating. All my beers are clear as a bell when they are kegged, but once they get cold and are force carbonated they become cloudy for a week or so again. What causes the cold haze, and how can it be prevented?

Here is my question...I recently washed some yeast and it was divided into three quart sized ball jars. Each jar has a little bit less than 1" of yeast on the bottom, which is easily double or even triple the number of cells that come in a WL vile or Wyeast smack pack. I know I won't likely...

Here is my question, I recently brewed a AHS Budget Pale ale with an expected OG of 1.056, we added the 1% ABV booster that AHS offers, however, unfortunatly, because we did not take an OG reading im at a loss for figuring out the FG. Using the OG from above and adding a 1% ABV boost what would...

What's up fellow home brewers? The question I have before you today is about beer line length, and what is the accepted norm, or standard length that will best apply to all beer styles. I have two beers on tap in my fridge kegerator, one is a imperial nut brown ale, and one is a wheat beer...

Can anyone offer any advice on when is best to add orange zest? I'm brewing a pale ale today likely, and wanted some poninters on when to add (flame out/ during boil/ dry zest)? Do I soak in vodka first for adding to the secondary? I'm brewing a partial mash, 5 gal batch, and want a bit of...

I recieved some hops that seem to be less than fresh, when I opened the sub package that they were packaged in I noitced that the little package of hops was opened, and some had spilled out inside the bag they were sealed in. I put them back in their little package rolled them up and taped it...

I have two questions, before you tonight. Question number one is since I have bags of priming sugar piling up here can priming sugar be used during the end of the boil to help kick the ABV up a notch. Is this ok, or would this not be advisable? I recently purchased a couple ABS budget kits...

Does anyone have any experience with Austin Homebrewing Supply? I just found them when surfing the web and found that they have a wealth of recipe kits running the gamut from extract right up to all grain, and their prices are very reasonable. I noticed this weekend they are having a free...

Hello fellow brewers, I recently started kegging my home brew, I have a wheat beer on tap, with a nu t brown ale going to keg soon. I realize that I can store the nut brown in keg at room temps for up to 3, maybe 4 months prior to force carbonating, and putting on tap. My question is how long...

Hello all, I have been reading up on force carbonation, however as the noob beer nerd that I am I am having a hard time understanding what, or how I should do this. I have a kegerator set up with home brewing corni kegs, and would like to force carbonate my warm batch of American wheat beer...

Just finished brewing my second batch of beer yesterday in the AM, my concern is that even though I followed the instructions to the letter my O.G. was lower than what the kit listed. My first kit was the NB Caribou Slobber with an O.G. Of 1.042, which should have been 1.052, and then brewed...

What's up all? I'm in the market for a home brew Keggerator and would welcome any and all advice and suggestions in this regard. I have already considered making my own with a chest freezer but one I don't have the space for a large chest freezer in the garage, plus I want one that looks a bit...

Hey all, Just was wondering what the advantage of cold crashing is, and wether I even need to cold crash. I'm getting ready to rack my American brown ale to the secondary and was wondering if it would benefit from being put in my garage for a day to cold crash, and then rack to the secondary...

Hello all, I just ordered my second brew kit, I currently have caribou slobber in my primary. I'm racking it to my secondary next wee to make room for my second kit T-can & Bearcats Wheaten Beatdown. I wanted to get another quicker batch going in the primary that will bottle at roughly the...

Hello, I'm new to home brewing beer, but I pay incredible attention to detail as I strive to make even my first batch a smashing success. With that said here is my question. I'm currently brewing my first kit from Northern Brewer, Caribou Slobber Brown Ale, which came with my Deluxe beer...