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I have a barley wine that has been in the carboy for almost 2.5 years. I tasted it about 6 months ago and it tasted fine. Just wondering if this is way too long without being bottled or if it will be fine. Just haven't made time to get it bottled, plus my jugs are full of pumpkin ale.:)

Hey gents, havent brewed in a while, just ordered a pumpkin kit from northern brewer. If i want to add some canned pumpkin to the brew, how do i go about doing that. The instructions say to mash some fresh pumpkin with like 3 pounds of 6 row, i dont want to break out the mash tun for an...

I know this has been asked before, i did some searching and found an answer to one of my questions, which was regarding headspace, i found to keep it the same as a 12 oz bottle. My other question, priming, i do 5 gallon batches, do i use the same amount of priming sugar? I thought i remembered...

I have 2 ag brews under my belt, for the mashout on these i heated about a gallon of water to boiling, i didnt come close to my target mashout of 168. I only used one gallon for fear of having too much wort. Should i use 2 gallons? If so, do i need to subtract 2 gallons from my sparge water...

Why are european breweries still using these bottles? I picked up a six pack of new castle and it tastes just like skunky heineken and stella.

Anyone have a clone recipe, AG preferred, for sierra nevada's Autumn Brown Ale? I had it last fall, and it was amazing. Anyone else try it?

My first all grain is boiling right now. Its a 5 gallon kit from northern brewer, surly bender. It has 12.5 pounds of grain. I used 1.25 quarts of water per pound for the mash, and 2 quarts of water per pound for the sparge. I also used about a gallon for the mashout, which by the way didnt...

Just wondering what you guys think of my first recipe, will it be any good? Steeping grains 4oz Belgian Aromatic Malt 4oz Breiss Special Roast 6oz Breiss Rye Malt Extract 3lbs Golden Light DME 60 min 3lbs Golden Light DME 30 min Hops 1oz East Kent Golding 60 min 1oz Cascade 20...

I will be receiving my all grain equipment this week and am going to try my first batch. In the recipe from northern brewer it says to sacch rest at 153 for 60 min and mash out at 168 for 10 min. So after the first rest at 153, how do i get the temp up to 168? I will be mashing in a cooler...

I know this should be in the cider section but im used to talking to the guys in this section, and it seems to get more traffic. I brewed my first cider a few months using motts apple juice, it was good but didnt have a very strong apple taste. Im wondering if using the expensive martinelli's...

Im going to brew a barley wine tomorrow and want to check on a few things before i commit to the 6 months. I used distilled water for my starter, and after remembered seeing somewhere that you shouldnt use distilled water for starters. So last night i stepped it up and put some arrowhead...

This site is my only source of info. The guys at the homebrew store dont know ****. Would be nice to have some hands on help. Any other brewers in Butte?

Ive been brewing for around 8 months now and my brews havent been the best. The first batch was infected, so i switched to star san and fixed the sour problem. The rest of my brews, some better than others, have all been just ok, or just plain suck, dont taste infected, just like not very good...

One of my first brews was a no boil honey blonde, and it turned out great. primary 2 weeks secondary 1 week and then bottled. I brewed it again and just let it sit in the primary for 4 weeks, then kegged. It has a huge yeast flavor and smell. Its been in the kegerator for 4 days now. Do i...

I brewed a honey nut brown last night from midwest. The kit came with 2 lbs of honey and i added 5 lbs on top of it. The OG was 1.092. Is this beer going to have to sit for a couple of months, or will 4 weeks primary do the job?

I brewed a dry rye extract kit from midwest supplies about 2 weeks ago. Ive been wanting to dry hop a brew for some time now and keep putting it off because im always doing different kits and want them to taste how the supplier intended. Couple of things im wondering is, if i dry hop the rye...

I brewed a honey kolsch from northernbrewers about a month ago, let it sit in the primary the whole time. I kegged it today around 1, and tasted it when i got off work around midnight. It has a pretty strong yeast smell, and i can taste the yeast. Will this change after sitting? I know that...

So i was planning on writing this thread to ask one question, but after my brewing session i have another. The brew is from northern brewers, an IPA that has a pound of hops. I was doing my normal brewing session adding the lme and the hops in increments when i decided to add some of the hopps...

I have 2 carboys that are 6.5 gallon and one that is 6 gallons. I know that during the primary the space is ok because the fermentation pushes the o2 out of the airlock, but what about the secondary? Im doing 5 gallon batches, and wondering if the airspace in the secondary can harm the beer...

Im wanting to get into AG brewing, have been doing extracts for a little while now. Im wondering what all i need other than what i have for my current brewing. Ill post a couple of links to the things im looking at. http://www.northernbrewer.com/brewing/deluxe-ags-5-gallon.html...