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TLDR: Yet another "Will this thing in the pic kill me?" thread. Story: Hey hey. Been away from brewing a few years (baby). Back at it now. Brewed a batch a few weeks ago. There was a bit left over after filling my fermenter to a happy point so I plopped the rest in a sterilized mason jar. Put...

Sat down to grub on some barbecue (Black Dog in Urbana, IL. Legit.) and asked the bartender what was new on tap. She poured me a Stone Mutt Brown Ale. I drank it. And then I drank another. And then another. Washed it down with some smoked pork belly. Wife had to roll me home. Its been a few...

Was at a garage sale today. Dude was giving away the last of the brewing supplies he had listed. An old mr. Beer and a partial bottle of Star San. I'm not one to look a gift horse in the mouth so I took it. Everything had a vague odor of cat about it, including the bottle and the mr. Beer. I get...

Hey Folks, Doing one of my first (maybe the third?) AG BIAB brew, no kit. The grain bill is set, as its already milled into a single bag. The yeast is set also, pulling out from under a mild on brew day, washing and pitching. The hop schedule is open for debate. I guess its somewhere on the...

So I had a batch timed to be ready for the birth of my son. Well he decided he had reached FG a few weeks before the beer! So now it's been in primary (in his nursery ) for about four months. I finally have an afternoon free to bottle (tomorrow). The question- do I need to add some yeast at...

It's not much, but I'm pretty pleased with it! Made a stir plate. Going to wash my first yeast after bottling today, brew with it next weekend. It's the 1469 West Yorkshire. The plate: Box from Hobby Lobby-$8 Switch, rheostat, and power jack from Radio Shack- ~$12ish Fan and hard drive for...

Hey Folks, Brewed a winter warmer a few weeks back. The beer was brewed for a holiday party that is taking place in a few days. It hung out at ~68 for about 4 weeks in bottle, now its nicely carbed and tasty. My issue- I don't have a big enough fridge to chill the beer down in order to get...

So I just scored a couple of grocery bags of fresh hops from a friendly neighbor on craigslist. I helped her pick them off the vines this morning. She doesn't know what variety they are and no one has brewed with them yet. They've been in the ground 2 years. Nice and green, with (to my untrained...

Yet another stuck ferment, at least I think... The culprit: BB Imperial Nut Brown Ale Kit of questionable age from my LBHS Yeast: WL005, 1L starter, no stir plate- shook it up often over 24 hours OG: 1.071 Fermentation: Spent 2 weeks in water bath/swamp cooler ~68f, it was my first take at...

Howdy Folks, Yet another newbie seeking advice on a stuck (maybe?) fermentation. The culprit: Brewer's Best Belgian Wit Kit from LHBS (extract). Subbed fresh orange zest (3 sweet oranges, no pith) and coriander (~1oz, fresh) rather than what came in the package. Brewed on 6/28, OG...

Howdy All, Just cracked my first home brewed bottle! It's the NB Caribou Slobber. I noticed it was quite sweet at the finish. Is that something I can expect to mellow with more age? It was 9 days in primary, two weeks in secondary, and a week in bottle thus far. It seems to be fairly well...