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I have a fantastic recipe that uses D-90 Belgian candi syrup. Right now I can't find any and need a substitute. I have considered making my own but after doing a little research on that I get the impression it will be a bit more complicated to get the exact same results than it appears at first...

I'm making a milk oatmeal stout because someone asked. I created the recipe from my stock based on what I thought they'd like. On brew day I discovered my inventory was off and I only had half as much chocolate malt and roasted barely as I needed but I brewed anyway. As a result the beer came...

I am going to be able to get my hands on a small, 2.6 gal, used barrel. I have been thinking about getting one for some time but haven't due to cost. This one will be a deal but it's not quite ideal because it has been used for sours. I was wondering it it would ever be possible to use it for...

I'll start with the TL;DR- If making a Light American Lager is there a reason not to just use a bunch of rice and corn and just enough 6-row to convert it all? I know this leaves a bunch of other questions, like why they hell do you want to make an American Light Lager? :D So I'll elaborate...

I use a couple of old chest freezers as fermentation chambers which are kept out in an unattached garage. I use a thing of Damp Rid to keep the humidity in check. However this is not always enough and I was wondering what others use to deal with the humidity. Sometimes during this time of year...

I must admit that kegging is one of the biggest holes in my homebrew knowledge, I know I need to read more etc but I'll get there eventually. Any way, I only have room for 2 kegs in my fridge, I have two beers that I'm drinking (they are off the gas now and warm) and two beers that I'm carbing...

My city is having it's first Beer fest in a couple weeks and they asked some homebrewers to provide beer in addition to the commercial breweries, so I volunteered. This will be my first time providing beer at an event like this. I was just looking for general advice and tips for getting the most...

It took a few years but I finally got a good hop crop. I have 4 plants all of different varieties. One has a lot of cones that are definitely ready to harvest as well as some cones that came in later and I assume are not quite as ready. My other 3 plants are not quite ready yet. I was looking...

All of my hop plants have leaves that are turning brown. Most of it seems to be in spots though there are a few that also seem to have browning at the edges. There is some yellowing though the lighting in some of the pictures makes the brown look more yellow that it is in real life. There is...

Long story short- I need to crush 3 lbs. of grain but I don't have a mill. I was thinking of smacking it around with my meat tenderizer until it looks good, or using the small coffee grinder I have if the tenderizer doesn't work, but I'd like your suggestions. This is only about 1/3 of the...

I've been telling my wife I'd try to make her some cider for some time now. We were going to our local orchard and I suggested I get some cider to use for hard cider. Long story short now we (and when I say we I mean me) are making cider for our family for Christmas. I've made a fair bit of beer...

I am cleaning out some old grains by making them in to a beer that I'm calling Musgo, because everything mus'go, it's what my dad called leftover soup. I'm just curious what others out there would suggest adding to turn this into something good. I do 5 gallon batches and have: two row pale-7#...

Long story short I screwed up a batch of beer and it is too sweet, not undrinkable but cloyingly sweet. I had "brilliant" idea on how to fix it and just want to make sure there isn't some reason this is a bad idea. I want to add about 5 IBU's, which will give me a bitterness ratio (IBU's/OG) of...

I am fairly new to growing hops, this year I finally should have a small amount of home grown hops that I can use. I was planning on a fresh/wet hop IPA/Pale Ale depending on just how much I get. I only have one bine producing hops and basically want to harvest them and throw them straight in to...

I have two kegs that I keep in the same fridge along with the CO2 tank. I currently have a Czech Pilsner that has been on tap for just under a month, additionally I have a Double IPA I put in on 7/19. I am having an issues with both. The Pilsner, which has been set to 16 PSI from the start, has...

My wife and I want to make sauerkraut, if I use one of my beer buckets to ferment it in and my mash paddle to smack it with will I ever be able to use either for beer again? I'm more concerned about the bucket. I don't have any food grade equipment big enough to make the amount of kraut we want...

I want to make my first Czech Pilsner using a 2 step decoction, no acid rest, protein rest and two sacc. Anyway my water sucks, I routinely use distilled water (yes I know I need to get an RO system) in some percentage, often close to 100%. I had planned on using straight distilled but I didn't...

I made a massive RIS, 14ish%, and was going to keg it. However there is way to much gunk in the bottom of the carboy, see picture. This is actually less than there was, when I transferred it to a secondary there was more and I tried to get rid of it as best I could but as you can see that didn't...

I am making a Marzen that I originally had planned to be ready for last fall. I bought the stuff for it a while back, then life happened and I was unable to make it, I bought more yeast, then life happened again. Now I am ready to finally make my Marzen, however the yeast is old. I do not have a...

I have a monstrous, 1.118 o.g. and I still need to add sugar, Russian Imperial Stout fermenting. Even though it was only a 5 gallon batch I split the primary fermentation into two containers of 2.5 gallons each to avoid loss from blow off due to a highly volatile fermentation. The original plan...