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I have a recipe in Beersmith that I want to print. I have no printer at home. I'd like to email to myself and print it at work, or save it here. But all I seem to be able to do is save ti in Bersmith's format which I then can't open with any other program. And I can't for the life of me figure...

So I am about to lose it here and really don't know what to do. I need advice. About a year and a half ago, I moved in with my girlfriend. WTF was I thinking? Anyways, she owns her house and has lived here for a long time. Along I come thinking I can actually merge my life with hers. She...

So I usually get lunch at the Trappist in Oakland once a week or so. One of the bartenders is a homebrewer and has shared a couple of his beers with me. Good stuff. He finally bugged me to bring in one of mine so I brought my Rye IPA in. Now the guys at the Trappist know their beer. They know it...

Ok, this may be the dumbest question ever posted on HBT, but here goes. How the hell do you use the little clip for the racking tube? I admit to not being the most creative when it comes to figuring things out, but I feel like a moron here.

Does it bother you to see someone type so incredibly bad that it is illegible? It drives me up the wall. It usually happens on a thread where someone is asking for advice. And yet they can't be bothered to use punctuation, spell halfway decently, or make any sense whatsoever. Half the time...

So yesterday I attempted to brew a pale ale. Missed my OG by quite a bit. My computer died so I was playing it by ear and, well, my ear sucks. I think the biggest problem is that I have about 12 gallons instead of 10. So instead of 1.051 I got about 1.044. 1. Is this going to suck...

Sometimes, they go well and sometimes they don't. The last couple of brew sessions have gone bad. I didn't hit my temps, my mash stuck, leaky bucket,........... But one consistent theme is that the beer still turned out fine. I worry too much. Yesterday I took the day off. I was floating...

Arrrghghghgghghg, freshhop ale is ready and I can't find my capper. Morebeer is closed today. I was hoping to bottle today. Anyone? It's worth a couple of bottles.

Oh hell yes, I just scored a 14.5 gallon fermenator and freezer with temp controller on craigslist. No more brewing too hot, brewing too cold, bending over and carrying 6 gallon carboys through the yard, into the basement, and bent over to the back of the basement. I am setting up the...

I am getting really frustrated with this and need some help. I have a really nice belgian tripel and I want to bottle it using traditional corks and belgian bottles. After waiting for weeks, my corks have finally arrived. I go to rent a corker and now they seem to be telling me that the...

So my tank was empty and my beer was kind of flat. No big deal, I had an extra tank so I hook it up and wait a couple of days. Went to pour a beer and no pressure. Uh oh. Another tank dusted in two days. This leads me to believe I have a leak, but where? I have two kegs hooked up. Any thoughts...

I did a search but came up with less than adequate info. I was going to make a batch of rootbeer for my nephew for his birthday. But ass I read the instructions, it appears I may have an issue with bottle bombs if I use glass bottles. Obviously, I don't want this to happen. So I ask you...

Anybody ever heard of this or have an idea if this is worth buying? I found it for 45 bucks used.

I am sure this has been covered extensively, but I am not sure exaclt what to search for. My efficiency has been in the 60-70% range, not horribl4e. But my latest recipe called for an OG of 1.066 and I ended up with 1.060. Once again not horrible, but consistent. Should I up the grain bill a...

So I tried force carbonating and decided to just let it wait. Now I am not sure if I am overcarbed or under carbed. So I have done repeated purge sessions, followed by keeping the keg at 12 psi as directed by Brewsmith. When I pour the beer, I get a full glass of foam as if it is...

Well did I?:p

So my friend gave me a 5 gallon full of plain old barley. Unmalted. What can I use it for?

So I used to do a fair amount of homebrewing back in college. But it's been a number of years. About a month ago I bought a friend's all-grain setup and brewed up a couple of quick batches of extract based ales. I hjave never brewed an all grain batch prior to yesterday. I asked my friend to...