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Just had a fat bottom noel at a local restaurant and really liked it, Does anyone have a recipe for this or one similar? It was a spiced with ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and honey

I'm about to build myself a keezer but need to place in my outbuilding. (Lack of room) If stored in the outbuilding will it keep the beer from freezing or will I have to install some type of heat inside the keezer. Thanks in advance

I am making a milk stout of 1052 and pitched a 1 liter starter of 1099 Whitbread yeast on Monday. Bubbling in airlock great on tues and wed morning nothing this morning. it just quit, should I let it go another day or two before taking specific gravity or pitch more yeast.

Has anyone used a portable kegerator (trash can) for several months. If so how much trouble was it with water build up etc? I currently have the money for a kegging system but not for a fridge or freezer. I would like to start kegging but it will be at least 6 months before the freezer.

How long should it take for liquid yeast to finish. This is my first time using liquid (wlp 810 san Francisco lager) yeast and as of tomorrow it will be 2 weeks at 60 degrees but the airlock is still going strong. I'm used to dry yeast fininshing much faster. Should this be finished or do I...

I live out in the country and have to order all my supplies online. I want to order 2 liquid yeast that I could use for most beers. One for pale ales and ipa's and the other for stouts, porters and brown ales. I plan on making starters and using these over and over. I need to order before...

I am wanting to make a starter big enough to pitch (1 qt) with some left over in the fridge to use in a new starter later. Can I get the starter ready pitch yeast and divide into 2 containers (one to use and one to save) before it ferments without a problem. As you can tell this is my first...

I have been brewing for about 2 years and want to try liquid yeast to hopefully improve my beer. the dry yeast has been good but I am hoping for better. What yeast would you recommend for both red and dark beers. I want to start small and hopefully use the same yeast for both, hopefully using...

I'm planning on brewing a pale ale on Saturday and wanted to save some of the wort to use for a yeast starter for the next batch. I plan to freeze this wort. Should I collect the wort before the boil or after or does it matter? I'm new at this, so any help would be appreciated.

I just started doing full boils with all grain and am trying to decide on a wort chiller or not. several things I have read say just allowing the wort to cool and pitch the next day works fine. I would like to hear from some that have tried it as to how it works and if the wort chiller really...

I'm about to brew a pale ale and wanted to add ginseng to this. If anyone has any experience would you add the root to the boil or would you soak in vodka and add at bottling. Any suggestions would be appreciated as this is my first attempt at something like this.

Is there a good dry yeast to substitute for Wyeast 1007. I'm brewing a summer ale similar to sam adams summer wheat

I just finished my first all grain batch last week and wondered if it would make much of a difference in taste to bottle after 2 weeks instead of 3 in the fermentor. the original gravity was 1.052 and I used dry yeast S-05.

I just finished my first all grain (Irish red) and didn't calculate the proper amount of water and ended up with only 4 1/4 gal in the fermentor and an og of 1.052 instead of 1.048 will this cause problems with taste etc and if so should I add water tomorrow to make the total 5 gal.or just...

I just had a few beers that have been sitting on the shelf for about 3 months and then in the fridge for several days. All three of these beers (pale ale) were very foamy, not gushers but a very large head. they were not like that at even 2 months old. They tasted fine. Any ideas as what...

I just started a pale ale that will be in the primary for 3 or 4 weeks until I have time to bottle. I am keeping the fermentation temp low by using a container with my fermentor sitting in water, adding ice as needed. Do I need to keep this up after the fermentation is complete. I am keeping...

I plan on doing my first partial mash this weekend but because of my work schedule I was wondering if it is possible to do the mash tonight (small cooler) add to my boiling pot and do the boil tomorrow afternoon? Is this a problem leaving in the pot (covered) until after lunch tomorrow

I,m going to start doing partial mash brews (5 gal batches) and read that your cooler could be too big. will a 5 gal round cooler be too large for partial mash batches. Should I get a 3 or 4 gal square cooler?

I'm planning on my first ag batch in a couple of weeks. I don't have and immerson chiller. would it be a problem to cool part way in an ice bath, transfer to fermentor with airlock and let sit a day or so before pitching yeast

I am hoping to brew my firs all grain batch in a couple of weeks (I've done 3 extract batches so far) I have a 5 gal and a 3 gal pot, can I do part of the boil with the bittering hops(1 hour) in the 5 gal and do the aroma part in the 3 gal ( maybe 15 min) and mix the two. If this is a bad idea...