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Brewed a German Pils my first lager. I know Imperial yeasts are supposed have enough cells to direct pitch but I figured this being a lager I'd make a 2 liter starter. It was on the stir plate about 24 hours and then cold crashed overnight, decanted and pitched with the wort at 57º. Fermentation...

I really want to brew a Brut IPA but part of the style is high carbonation. I have a two tap kegerator but only one regulator and CO2 line and generally carb and serve around 12PSI which wouldn't get it "spritzy" enough. I was thinking about adding enough corn sugar when kegging it to get the...

My HB Club has made arrangements for a local brewery to give a number of us some boiled finished wort which they're dubbing a wort theft. The deal is we do what we want with fermentation, dry hopping or whatever and keep notes on what we do. All we know now as it's going to be a SMASH bittered...

I've been brewing for a number of years with a simple system where I used an IC and let a good portion of the break and hops go into the fermenter. I've now acquired a kettle with a whirlpool arm, side pickup, pump and plate chiller. My plan was after the boil to hook the pump to the return on...

I'm going to try adjusting the water profile for the first time with my next batch. I'm starting with RO water and using Beersmiths water adjustment tool. Where it calls for the amount of water I'm confused. Should I be adjusting the full volume of water or just the strike water and sparge with...

I have a APA just finishing fermentation that tastes like it needs a tad more bitterness. I was thinking of making a small amount of wort, adding 1-2ml of Hop Shot, boiling for an hour and adding it to the beer to bump up the IBUs. Does this sound like it might work or just a waste of time?

Is there a problem with taps being lower than the top of the kegs? I've got a new potential beer fridge that I want to switch my taps to but unlike the old one this has a bottom freezer. The only way I could have the taps above the kegs would be to put them about 6 feet off the floor.

I have a pot I want to convert to an electric boil kettle that has a polycarbonate sight glass. I've read that the max temp for PC is 250 degrees but I was wondering if anyone else had any problems with a similar setup.

I'm designing a RIMS system and at least to start I want to use my cooler mashtun. I've got a manifold I made from copper tubing with hacksawed slots. Would this work better or should I go to a SS braid?

What is the best orientation of a plate chiller to get maximum efficiency out of it? By that I mean horizontal/vertical, wort outlet up/down etc. I was thinking that feeding the wort in from the lower port would insure that all the air was out and give maximum contact. But then the cooling...

I'm in the planning stage of building a 5 gallon (but I know enough to plan for ten ;)) electric system in my basement. What kind of CFM exhaust do I need to get rid of the excess moisture? I'd like to utilize an unused dryer vent. Is a 4" duct large enough to move enough air?