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I was thinking of buying a #50 bag of 2 row to save money and have my LHBS crush at the time i buy it. I was wondering if that was a stupid idea. I have always been taught to buy it the day before or day of to get the best beer. It would be stored in a airtight pet food container...

Hi guys, So I was wondering I just moved to chico for school and ran out of co2 because I had a kegerator leak... Got it filled up at the home brew shop in town. And didn't think anything of it when the owner said she had a paintball set up. Should I be worried this isn't food grade co2...

Hi guys, so I just made my first kegerator a couple of weeks ago its all set up with home brew on one side and sierra nevada pale ale on the other. Well it has already blown through 5 lbs of co2 in the 3-4 weeks that we have used it. And my roommates and I use it ocasionally but we have yet to...

I was wondering what the best size for a deep freezer for lagering would be? And if anyone would know what the best kind to get that would be awesome

My first pic is a lager that didn't get down to the right fg so I rehydrated dry yeast and poured in. I keep everything super sanitary and sanitize everything. I just repitched more yeast because it stayed at the same gravity as before. The second picture is a pale ale I was dry hopping I...

I made my first lager an Oktoberfest 2 weeks ago as of tomorrow.. I was wondering when I should do my diacetyl rest? I am using Wyeast 2352 Munich Lager 2 at 54 to 56 degrees internal temperature. Also, the temperature range is 52-62 so what temperature should I bring it up to if I'm going to do...

I was looking at my nugget hops today some which have started to grow some not. And I dug a little bit down to one and found what I thought was a bine that was just going down instead of up. It was fully buried when I planted it. This is what it looks like I'm not holding it up I'm just using...

I was wondering if the Johnson Controls Digital Thermostat Control Unit would work on a mini fridge... It says it works on freezers but doesn't say anything about mini fridges. Also if this doesn't work any suggestions?

Hey Guys, So I have started a yeast bank using this forum http://www.beertools.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5632&sid=5a9494fb9b06a234f07d5130a67474ff and used my (washed) yeast to create the samples in these tubes (http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/product/test-tubes?source=googleps They are...

Hey guys I was wondering how everyone kept their fermentators at the correct temperature? I have a big ish house so its kind of expensive to heat up.. Heat Lamp I've tried but that also is expensive too. My fermentator is in a closet right now with about 3 towels wrapped around it. I live in So...

Hey Guys so I have already built my Hop trellis it is based on this design http://growhops.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/2344951201_1b3d0f16e1.jpg and was super easy to build took me less then 30 mins to build two. Now the thing is.. it is 12 feet tall I have dug down 1.5 feet and have hit rock i...

I live in Southern Cali and in the summer I get about 9 hours of sun light in the spot where I would like to grow my hops. One spot I was thinking would be great becasue it could grow about 20 feet high up to the roof. The only thing is there about a 6 foot wall that would potentially block some...