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Sorry if this is a duplicate but I didn't find anything with a quick search of the old threads. I've been looking at soda siphons and systems like the Sodastream to make small amounts of things like tonic and ginger beer, but my hesitation is the co2 cartridges. Since I have a co2 tank for...

Anyone out there try to mimic Deschutes' Black Butte Porter? I really love the stuff but it's pretty expensive to get it shipped to PA, so I thought I'd take a crack at something like it on my own. Thanks a bunch.

Is it ok to use a 6.5 gal. carboy as the secondary for a 5 gal. batch, or will the extra airspace cause problems? thanks for the help.

I've just started a lager from a charlie papazian recipe that actually called for an ale yeast. I used nottingham yeast because I've read it does well with temperatures down to the mid 40s. It's fermenting between 55 and 60 degrees now (26-28 hours in), and has a little less than an inch of...

Hey everybody, I'm from Kentucky originally and now located in State College, PA. I'm still a beginner, about to start my third batch, a honey spruce lager from a charlie papazian recipe. I am hoping soon to put together a bourbon barrel-style ale like some breweries make in Kentucky, so if...