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Can I make a yeast starter using corn sugar instead of dme? I kinda need to make it tonight and its 10:15pm so I can't go to lhbs and get dme.... Advice?

Looking for ideas on cleaning equipment after use. I try to rinse everything off and what not, but everything still seems almost sticky. I have a plastic rubber made bin I store everything in once dry. But still sticky. Ideas?

My kit came with chlore and sulphite, I guess to clean the bottle and santaize with, I am used to using star San.... Is there a difference??? If so, what ratios do I use with the chlore and sulphite? Thanks

I was thinking of mashing over night.... So it would be ready to lauter and rinse in the morning. Any thought on this?

So these kits make about 30 bottles right? I'm sure ya all are constantly fermenting/bottling wine. So the 30 becomes 60 then 90 ect ect.... How are you storing all these bottles of filled wine while you wait for them to age? Build something? Store bought wine racks?

Okay for starters, I am a beer maker, but I would like to get into the wine. I am looking to just do kits, maybe some juice recipes such as edworts. I understand that there is a lot more waiting involved in wine making. So for that reason I'd like to get a few kits coming down the pipes. I...

So a few weeks back I got two brews to make, I have been waiting for a day off when I could do them both. Well tomorrow is the day.... Here is my problem, when I went to the store I forgot the yeast for one of the brews.... I can't make it to the store till Sunday to get the yeast, but tomorrow...

i am using the 5 gallon igloo cooler... i wish i would of went 10 gallon from the beggining but i didnt. i am going to be making an ipa that is going to be borderline on having enough room. what are my options for still getting good results and not trying to pack 16lbs of grain in a 5 gallon cooler?

hello, i am intrested in trying to make a basic simple yet tasty IPA (all grain)... any sugestions

my buckets around the spitgot's are leaking, i took them apart to clean, and not i cannot get a good seal where it wont leak, does anyone have any ideas as too how to stop the leaks?

will leaving star san in a keg for a couple days hurt it? i have a beer i want to leave in the primary for a few more days... but dont want to dump the 5 gallons of star san... but also dont want it to damage my kegs..... your thoughts?

Okay so after many batches coming out sweet tasting and after much reading on here I determined my problem probably lay with the fermentation temp. I read about putting my primary in water with the ice. So last night I made a blonde. I was excited because my carboy will fit in a cooler I had...

how many batches do you have going at a time? I have sort of a problem maybe. i own two plastic buckets used as primaries. Both have beer in them, and then I own a glass carboy... with a beer in it right now in its secondary phase. Both beers in the plastic buckets are still fermenting. But...

i know there are probably a bunch of posts like this out there. but here is my question. i have made several batches. and i am ready to take it to the next level. im tired of messing with bottles and think the keg idea would make life alot nicer. i beleive i would like to use a...