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HI Has anyone ever done a cast ale? I understand the idea to be that the final fermantation is without an airlock so the pressure is retained and it carbonates the beer. It is a similar concept to the carbonation produced in bottle conditioning. I use a corny keg, add some priming...

Has anyone tried using a 120v under sink water heater to maintain the temp of a mash? I think i will try to run the output of my mash tun thru a pump and into the input of the on demand water heater. I am not sure what the max output temp of the heater is though.

HI I have a temp drop and it seems to have stopped my fermentation short. OG 1.067 FG 1.041 Any ideas to ferment the remaining sugar? thanks

Hi all I have some crazy number to report from this Duval Clone recipe on page 78 of the BYO 250 Best Recipes edition. Pre boil wort Gravity 1.070 Post boil 1.090 After primary 1.027 (Beer Smith estimates 8.26% ABV) dosage sugar add to secondary 1.035 I added 1lb of dosage sugar to the...

Hi, I have my trellis and supports built and am ready to plant my rhizomes. Does anyone know the depth and orientation to plant the rhizomes? Should the rhizome be parallel or perpendicular to the ground surface? Thanks

So, I went out of town for two days and it happened to get near 80 degrees. As did my carboy of wheat beer that will be two weeks tomorrow. I moved the carboy to the basement and it is sitting at 64. 1. Do you think i ruined the batch? 2. If not how long will it need to sit before...

I have a wheat in my fermentator that is going crazy. It is bubble out of the airlock. Do you think that I will have contamination as a result? it has not yet blown the air lock out of the carboy. Spring Snow Wheat is the beers name because I brewed it on the first day of spring and it...

Has anyone ever used, used grain as mulch for hops? This seems like a match made in heaven!!

I've planned a 2.5 gallon IIPA batch for this weekend, here is my ingredient list and I need help with the boil times and hop staging. 5lbs 2-row 2lbs marris otter 2 oz simcoe A12.2% 2 oz Glacier A7.4% 1 oz Chinook A11.4% 1 oz Centennial A9.9% 1 oz Nugget A12.2% .5oz Perle A7.9%...

HI Is it possible to harvest the yeast from a bottle of store bought beer? Say from a Sierra Nevada Hefenwivzen or Duval. If so, how is i done?

I am about to bottle up a batch of cider. Recipe: 5 gal. store pasteurized apple juice 16 oz honey dissolved in 4 cups of the apple juice 1 pack of WYEAST ACT4766 Primary 2 weeks How necessary is it for a secondary fermentation? Can I go straight to bottling with a priming sugar?