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Is there any corker made for homebrewers to be able to put “mushroom corks” in these Belgian Style bottles? Anybody doing this? How do these things work? Thanks

Hi, I discovered these things recently and I really like the idea of these things. Here’s a question, if I use one of these as a second stage fermenter (without getting into the debate over use of secondary) do you think its reasonsble to bottle directly out of this without the need to transfer...

I just bought this in PA. Looks like they changed the bottles!! Those were my favorite bottles to save and re-use.

Hi everybody, So my dad passed away some months ago and 1 unopened bottle of Sam Adams Triple Bock was found in the course of cleaning out the house. I got it. It says 1995 on the back label. I know it was not stored in the fridge the whole time. What are the odds this is any good? I know...

I’ll post this here so others can learn from and laugh at this mistake. I’ve been fighting infections and off flavors in some of my beers pretty regularly for some time and I think today I had an epiphany. I owned a homebrew store from 2000-2004. When I closed my store I kept just a few...

I smacked a pack of 2206 on Thursday, March 2. It took a few days to swell up and then I pitched it into a 1 liter starter in a flask kept at room temp on Wednesday, March 8 - 6 days before I brewed a German Pils on March 14. I pitched it at about 62 degrees and put it in my fridge to drop to...

I’ve seen several places that say to sanitize the bottle capper. Does anybody do this?? I’m fighting some type of chlorophenol for multiple batches and trying to figure it out. I can’t image its the capper though? I sanitize caps of course.

All you small batch makers - I recently started doing 1 gallon batches of mead. Does anybody filter their mead and what would be the best option for 1 gallon batches? Seems like the mini-jet is more suited to 6 gallon batches. Saw some bad reviews of the VinBrite. Just wondering what people...

I’ve had people tell me many times how my homebrew seems stronger than beer they buy. And I always wrote it off because we use recipe software and we figure out the alcohol percentage, etc. Tonight I drank 2 of my own beers - a mild ale that is supposed to be 4% (and I didn’t drink all of it...

So its the time of year every year where I start thinking of brewing RIS with chocolate in the hope to have it ready for Valentine’s day. I started down this rabbit hole in 2018 when I heard of this beer: https://www.foothillsbrewing.com/brews/sexual-chocolate/ I am nowhere near Foothills and...

I just ordered some of this and I’m thinking of using some in an upcoming English Barleywine https://www.brewingwithbriess.com/blog/introducing-american-honey-malt/ AMERICAN HONEY MALT Smooth, clean, honey, sweet bread, biscuit This is a traditional melanoidin style malt with a complex flavor...

Since the Queen’s passing I’ve been thinking about all things related to British beer and trying to come up with something different. I’ve long said that beer has been around for so long and I’m not smarter than anyone else so the odds are I can’t think of something that hasn’t been done or...

Munich (Dark Lager) Ca2+ Mg2+ Na+ Cl- SO42- HCO3- Ion Profile in ppm 82 20 4 2 16 320 How the hell are you supposed to adjust water to 82 ca and 20 mg when you can’t use any CaCl2, CaSo4, or MgSO4 to keep 2 Cl and 16 SO4? Ridiculous.

I searched for this but couldn't find anything. People talk a lot about beer balance. How do we balance hops? What I mean by that is lets say we have a lager beer recipe with 2 hop additions - one at 60 min and one at 20 min and we want 20 IBUs. If I enter an ounce at of Perle at 60 min and...

So here are my 2 water reports from Ward. I had one done in March 2020 and just had a second one done as a sanity check got the results today. Both similar. Top one is the first report (sodium 57) bottom one is the one I just got (sodium 41) Guys who know water adjustments - what would you...

So I’ve not been a dry yeast guy and I have a pack of Lallend Kolsch Yeast. I don’t brew Kolsch and am wondering what this could be used for. Their description says: “LalBrew Köln™ is ideal for brewing traditional Kölsch-style beers and other neutral ales. The neutral character of this...

I finally got my hands on some Wyeast 2035 PC American Lager yeast that I have been after for a couple years. Its a great strain for pre-prohibition lagers. This is a limited edition yeast that is not always available. Wyeast finally made it available for a limited time earlier this year. I...

Is anybody here using more than 1 Tilt? Do you need (2) repeaters or old iPhones, etc? Or can the app use 2 Tilts on one device if they are different colors? Thanks

So band aid flavor is generally an infection, something that is not clean post boil, etc. i’ve been trying to track it down for a couple beers. Assuming you had something like chloramines in the water (shouldn’t be because I’m using campden) or a dirty kettle valve, etc, where in the process...

Iron Brewer Challenge - Looking for some thoughts. I want to brew an American Pale Ale (3 gallons). I have a bunch of American hops on hand I’m not overly familiar with, some I’ve never used before at all and most I have never used in an APA before. Some of these are more appropriate to an...