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Hey guys I made a huge mistake Brewed 10 gallons of beer then put the wort in a Carboy with 4 gallons in it and put one bucket with 4 gallons in it and fermented it. It's done fermenting. It's gonna be high alcohol has a lot of sugar. Can I add water to it after fermentation to make 5...

Hey fellas I am kegging a beer in a corny keg but need to store it warm until a party. Can someone tell me how to keg a beer n keep it in a 70 deg basement until i use it day of? I need initial psi when first kegged then the process of what to do day of party (ice in a bucket serving on party...

I just got my water report and was wondering if anyone could tell me what i can brew with it, how i can treat the problem areas ( low ph high chloride) and any general suggestions you can give. The water does not taste very good. Thanks for any help, Heres the report: Ph - 6.4 Total dissolved...

Hey fellas I'm going to brew a 15 gallon batch of irish red this week and I was wondering if I could do it this way to make it quicker than doing two batches. I have a 10 gallon cooler mash tun and a 15 gallon keg brew pot. I usually do batch sparging does anyone have suggestions on how to do...

This is the first time I'm growing hops and I have a few ideas tell me what you think. I bought hop crowns from Great Lakes hops and was thinking of this set up. An arbor trellis wooden from Home Depot that's 84" high and with two different types of hops growing on either side. Should I just...

Hey guys, I have a very hilly and rocky back yard with many natural terraces. I have ivy ground cover all over the rocks and hills and wondered if you guys thought it would be possible to use hops as a ground cover that would hang over the rocky sunny terraces if I took out the ivy. Of course...

Hey guys I'm making an amber ale first time with my own recipe. I'm doing a 5 gallon batch and mashing 12lbs total of grain. Had a mash of 3.75 gallons of water. How much water should i use for the sparge water??? Thanks for help!

Hey fellas I made my first batch of a Guinness clone dry irish stout. I did it as all grain and everything went well except for my inexperience. On brewing day it was 10 degrees outside so I decided to sterilize the lid and try to let nature cool the wort of this 5 Gallon batch. Three to...

Hey fellas, I am new to brewing and have started with all grain and was looking for help coming up with a recipe. My first batch is fermenting now and I'm trying to come up with a 2nd recipe with the left over grain that I have from a swartzbier that I was going to try but didn't realize how...

I'm very new to brewing and I brewed my first batch last week. I'm starting off with all grain Brewing and did a bad job at crushing the grains for this Guinness style beer and did not a airate the wort after putting in liquid white labs yeast. The first original gravity reading was 1.024...

Hey fellas. I'm new to brewing and started with all grain brewing. Im looking to buy a grain mill but didnt want to spend $150.00 for it. Can anyone give me a cheap good set up that will give me a great grind? I brewed my first batch of irish stout yesterday and the SG came out low could...