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I was planning to brew a chocolate stout tomorrow but just realized that when I ordered the ingredients I forgot to get the lactose the recipe calls for. I have the amount needed on hand in a partial opened bag from Oct 2018 that has been stored in a ziplock bag in the refrigerator. There is...

Just wondering if different varieties of fresh picked hop cones have different aromas? I ask because I picked my Goldings today and to me the aroma was the same as when I harvested the Cascade a few weeks ago. I wasn’t expecting a huge difference I guess, but thought there may be something...

I plan to start kegging soon and have noticed there are a few options in tubing that can vary a lot in price. Wondered what type others use and would recommend?

I know there are probably a lot of these threads so bear with me. Decided to have my first glass of my first all grain made with my first yeast starter during the Pats game today and loved it. Up till now I had made only one gallon extract kits which came out ok. I decided to try all grain...

I am planning to do a yeast starter for the first time for my next batch, which is also my first all grain biab. I have a wyeast smack pack which is made for a 5 gallon batch and I have a few questions. I'm assuming that I still need to make a starter with the entire package, then use just a...

I just received the grains and yeast for my first attempt at biab. The yeast is wyeast 1450 smack pack. Never used this before. Looks like I won't be able to brew this for a couple weeks and wondered best way to store the yeast till then. Put in refrigerator? Or room temp ok? Also I assume...

I have done 5 or 6 extract kit brews and plan to do my first all grain biab in next few weeks. I have been reading up on different options for thermometers to use to check and monitor mash temps. Just wondering what folks here use? I know thermopen is highly recommended but not sure its in my...

So far I have done only one gallon batches using 2 gallon buckets for fermenting. My next brew will be 2 gallons and I think my 2 gallon buckets are too small to use. I happen to have an empty 5 gallon Poland Springs water jug I was considering using as a fermenter. Is that too big to use...

I am visiting Maine soon and looking for recommendations of breweries to check out in the York/Wells/Kennebunk/Portland areas. I was looking at some info on the Maine Brewers Guild website and there are quite a few. Looking to try and narrow it down and looking for places with tours available...

I grew some cilantro which has bolted and flowered and now I am seeing lots of coriander seeds. I want to use them in a brew although I don't have a specific recipe in mind yet. They are green right now and I am not sure whether to pick them now or let them turn brown first. I assume there is...

I bought 2 hops plants from Great Lakes Hops, a cascade and a goldings. They arrived May 1st and I planted them in the garden May 23rd. I didn’t expect much from first year plants, but I thought they would be larger by now. The cascade has grown to 3 feet, the goldings 2 feet. There is a...

Very new brewer here, have only done four batches so far. Batches 2 and 3 were bottled a couple weeks ago, and I plan to bottle batch 4 in a couple days. I haven't had any bottle bombs yet, but I'm looking for help in understanding what causes them to happen?

Bottled my first ever brew this morning, a Northern Brewer caribou slobber. I tried a taste and was happy to find it was actually pretty good! Basically I'm just another newbie who wants to say how much helpful info I have gotten from reading this forum, its such a great resource. I also got a...