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After puttering along on my 5 gal cooler and keggle system, I'm looking to upgrade to a shiny new single-tier half-barrel direct-fire RIMS brewhouse. One of my biggest complaints with the old system is that it has been a major PITA to clean. All the nooks and crannies of the patchwork keggle...

I just got my hands on some raw cider, but it had already begun to ferment before I got my hands on it. I knocked the wild yeast back w campden tablets before pitching some Nottingham yeast to ensure a safer flavor, but this is still very much a wild fermentation. What is the best practice for...

I started a batch of blackberry wine using Jack Keller's heavy bodied blackberry wine recipe. Unfortunately I scaled up the recipe to 5gal and blindly dumped in ingredients (including yeast) before testing the SG. With 30lbs of berries and 10 lbs of sugar, the OG measurement was of the charts...

Hi guys. I recently put together an article on bottle conditioned beer for my homebrew blog aimed to teach craft beer drinkers what bottle conditioned means, why it's different from filtered/force carbed beer, and how it should be handled. The idea is if I hand somebody a homebrew who has...

Anybody know the DI mash pH of oats? I'm sure I can just treat it as base malt since it's a small percentage, but I'm curious.

I recently learned a friend has a wormwood bush (the absinthium variety) growing in her garden and would like to put together a beer with it. I know the concentrations in an ale will have little to no psychoactive effect, that is not the goal (though not a deal breaker). For those of you who...

I'm trying to put together a citrusy, hoppy American wheat and could use some suggestions on the hop bill. I was thinking of using Amarillo, Centennial and Chinook since that's what I have on hand, but I also have some Cascade and an oz of Summit I could use too. Thoughts?

I recently decided to switch to bottled water instead of my local well water. (Apparently when you can see and smell the iron in the water that's a bad sign? Who'd have thought.) The local Home Depot has a decent deal on Crystal Springs brand water jugs, but after searching the internet, I...

I just found out I'll be receiving 6 gal of fresh pressed honey crisp juice this weekend! I've never made cider, nor do I have time for a test batch, but I would still like to make the most of this windfall. Does anyone have any good recipes or suggestions on how to best use the honey crisps...

I will be brewing a split batch of sculpin clone this Sunday to compare these two yeasts. When I started brewing, my friend and mentor recommended starting w Chico to get consistent results while I nailed down my process before experimenting too much. 1056 has since been my "house" strain, but...

Hi guys love your show, long time listener first time caller. (or whatever the equivalent is a forum). I'm preparing to brew my first imperial stout and am trying to get a handle on all the techniques I may need to make a kickass stout. I've heard it said that big beers are tougher, so I...