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I made some beer this weekend from my rain barrel. Just poured it into pot boiled while I made beer. Just wondering if Anyone has tried this and with what kinds of results. I fig boiling for a hr would kill anything plus alcohol would help too

i'm making a cream ale. . I use priming drops or keg. Well kegs are full and im out if drops. So i'm going to bottle using table sugar solution. My questions is my instructions say add solution and let bottles sit 1 or 2 weeks at room temp. (mine is about 76deg) Last time i did this my bottles...

P 1st brew of the season everything goes well. Put my blow off tube into a jug. I forgot to fill it with water. I caught it the next morning maybe 10 hrs. I filled it, anyone think I'll have a contamination issue? Thanks

my fridg only holds 2 kegs and i only have 1 tank and a manifold for 2 kegs. I do have another fridg i use for lagers. I brewed 3 batches . i want to keg 2 put then in my fridg and drink. For the 3rd keg could i carb it up,take it off the gas, and then stick it in the lager fridg to hang out...

Got tons of hops ready to Brew a rye pa tomorrow . I wanted to wet hop w my fresh hops, but have no idea how . Ne tips or help thanks

Ave lots of fresh hops. What do I do with them all ? Freeze, grind up , jar, let dry then store , any help would b great

i heard a brewerey served choc.coved starwberry beer. A mix between the choc. milk stoudt and strawberry wheat. Just put both in the keg and waiting to carb up. Just wondering if anyone knows the best way to pour it. i.e like a black n tan, or layer, just mix? thanks

i mostly keg only bottled like 4 times. 1st 2 times i measured and used priming sugar. Next 2 times i used coopers carb tablets. all sit at around 70 degree for two weeks then move to basement about 63 . Everytime time there undercarbed, then perfect the the next time a drink them about a week...

headed to the beach and got 1/2 a keg left . Have a pocket co2 disp, for the gas. I was wondering the best way to keep it cool. it a 3 hr trip. lay it on it's side w some ice in a cooler? Also should i leave it carbed up or drop it a little i would think all the moving around it would b pretty...

just wondering why my beer has a metalic taste. It's a witbier extract brew. just kegged on friday. 2 wks primary ,2weeks secondary. 3 day to force carb. used san star to setilize

I got about 15 brews all extract w/ spec. grains under my belt, and i'm debating all grain. How much more time is involed and equiptment. I have an outdoor burner w/ an 8g polar brew pot. with temp. and ball vaule.

should i transfer to another secondary and just rack from underneth infection.

have a barley wine in secondary for about a month. starting to get white bublles sometimnes quarter sized on top. It has to sit in secondary for another 8 months. Should i dump it bottle it or just let it set

only the 2nd time i bottled i mostly keg. used 2/3 cup priming sugar for a 5g batch. Both times my carbonation was low. Any thing i can do to fix it besidses next time i bottle just add some more sugar? it's only been 2weeks since i bottled them

I tried to use my keg as a secondary to free up my better bottles it went horribly wrong. I moved 2 weeks from primary to keg for 3 weeks dry hopped in keg last week then 30psi for 3 days.then back to 10psi. It was a complete mess out line kept getting clogged with hops, ended up racking back...

i have 3 batches going and need to put my barley wine into a secondary. Can i use my 6 gallon fermenter bucket as a secondary it's all i got.

got done brewing last week cleaned everything .went to check on beer today.and i noticed the lid on my pot was a little warped. so i went to look at it the handle feel off were it was tack welded. and the lid was hooved up. can i just weld that back on or can i find a replacement lid. i really...

going to brew as we speak and i have no corn sugar in my kit and i need 15.oz. I got sent 15.oz of priming sugar instead of 5.oz for bottling. can i purchase corn sugar at a grocery store or do i need to go to a brew store

brewing 3 batches today last one is an old school barley wine it calls for a big yeast starter not sure what that is. I only purchased one wyeast smack pack and made a starter. Will that work. I also have a spare wyeast smack pack. however it is a different strain. if i need more yeast could i...

i have a tripel ipa going it's my 2nd brew. The fermentation temp say 65-85 i have it at 80. I'm kegging it. I let it set for 2 weeks then transfered to my secondary (a better bottle) I think i could have just racked it to my keg and used that but my question is. Can i just put it in my keg and...