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So I decided to start filming my buddy Dustin and I when we brew. We joke a lot and tons of things go wrong, but in the end we get beer. Let me know what you think. Just don't be too harsh, its my first time making a homebrew video...

How is it that my bottles have a think layer on the bottom of the bottle but professional brewers hardly have anything? I assume that a pro conditioned bottle of beer means that it wasn't forced carbed but done the homebrew way with priming sugar and yeast. So what do they do differently and...

I know how to make beer but not sour beer. So I am look for some advise. I recently drank a sour beer from Avory and it was awesome. The key things I want to recreate are the sourness, which was what I would call super sour to point that everyone who tries it makes that funny face and a hint...

So I recently started brewing with a friend. At the same time I started using an air pump with a stone to get air back into the Wort post boil. I the pitch my yeast, have never made a starter and I also don't even mix it in. Yesterday I did this with dry yeast and again within 30 mins I am...

I try to share my homebrew on a regular basis and over the weekend was no exception. I went camping at TRF and our neighbors got to try my home made cider and my double IPA. They liked it a lot, so did my friends that came a long. The neighbors were so impressed that they cooked us some great...

I have around for my wine making but I never see it mentioned in beer making, any ideas why? The only concern I might have is that too much yeast gets dropped out and I can't bottle carb my beer. Any thoughts?

So I am currently brewing an IPA, its in secondary dry hopping. I happen to find a couple of bottles of my almost 9 month old IPA. This was my first beer I brewed that I loved. This beer made me invest a lot into this hobby. Everyone I gave this beer to sample loved it. So I decided that...

I was wondering if I did something wrong or I bought bad honey. First off I bought cheap honey at my LHBS, but it tasted good. I let it ferment out and aged it for about 8 month. So yesterday I tried some and I wasn't a big fan. It didnt taste hot anymore so I wasn't sure what happened. Does...

So I have been using steeping grains. Which if my understanding is correct you can only really steep with caramalts. They already have the starches converted. So do I really get a benefit from steeping non caramalts? Or do I need to do a mini mash for them? This occurred to me when I used oats...

Just ready this. http://m.gizmodo.com/5911514/can-you-turn-cheap-****ty-beer-into-good-beer/gallery/1?utm_campaign=socialflow_gizmodo_facebook&utm_source=gizmodo_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow What do yall think?

I live in Houston and have some trouble with my honey, mostly it is too expensive. Does anyone know where to buy mead quality honey that's inexpensive?

So I starting to ready up on my mead making technique and I think the next thing I will need to do is degas. My question is, aren't people worried about oxygen? I know that with beer everyone is always worried the air touches the beer. How is mead different?

Alright guys, I got to the point where I make mead and beer such that it kicks ass. My friends love and most of all I love it. I do have one issue. I suck at coming out with equally or greater names for my brews. I will get my gf to make me some sweet labels but I need a name, any ideas? For now...

Hey guys, I am new to lambic, so new I don't even know where to start. I can brew ales and I got time. I want make my first sour, so where do I start? If what I have read is correct, then all I need to do is brew a blond ale, pitch ale yeast then after a week or so pitch a lambic pack that...

So I live in Houston TX and love brewing. I've been always going to Ray in the woodlands and just stopped by Defalcos. Defalcos has the selection, but no one seemed to want to talk to me. Where do yall go?

I got a problem. I am attempting an Agave wine. It's a pain right now, it won't ferment. I think the problem is that the gravity is too high, forgot the exact number but its way up there, and I only pitched single packets. I have already pitched two champaign yeast packets, about two weeks...

I'll try to keep this short. I brewed a dry stout yesterday. I got my first plate chiller in on Saturday. The hose couldn't handle the heat of the Wort, so I emptied the hot wort into my bucket (about a gallon was lost, I topped it off with water). Attempted to cool with ice, it was already...

I have trouble with opening the lids on the buckets, I just use my hands. Any simple tricks to open these? I like like to consider myself to be above average when it comes to strength and I also fear that I also might bend the lids out of shape.

So I went to Costco the other day and found Agave syrup on sale. I figured I could make a gallon and see if its good. I boiled it with some water, cooled off, pitch champagne yeast..and nothing. I also added some fermax or what ever its called. The ferm temp has been in the low 70s. Anybody...