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I have made a keezer from a 7 cubic foot chest freezer. I ran the keezer empty for about one week to make sure the temps were ok. With SP = 45 degrees, there were some small swings in temperature, but the temperature never went below 40 degrees. After the testing, I put one keg inside. No...

I am looking for simple, even if it means spending a little more money. I do not want to have to wire anything or take my freezer apart to get this project done. I am looking for a controller for a chest freezer which will allow me to use the freezer as a fermentation chamber or kegerator...

In my first carboy fermentation, I did not put a cover over my carboy because I didn't know better. It was only after a read a post about this that I covered it. It was probably without a cover for a few days. My beer doesn't seem quite right. I am thinking the beer might be skunky. Can...

I am mid brew and just noticed that my LHBS recipe calls for one pound of table sugar during the boil. Not real sure what I think about that but I have no ther options at this point...

I want to take a vial of white labs California ale yeast and create four times the original yeast cell population. I am trying to figure out how to size a "starter" to do that. I won't actually use this as a starter. The plan it to basically have four vials of the original yeast...

There is a guy on YouTube who has several videos. I eventually ended up watching most of them. One of his video was about SMASH brewing. That is single malt and single hops brewing for those who are unfamiliar with the acronym. The basic idea behind a smash is that you can get a better...

I recently purchased a glass carboy thinking that I would begin using secondary fermentation. When I purchased the carboy, I put my wort into the carboy using it as the primary. It was later on this forum that I was told that the plastic bucket is better for a primary because when using the...

I understand how to run the calculation, but it seems there are two key pieces of information missing with this tool. 1) How do I know how long it will take for the yeast starter to be ready? 2) How do I know the ratio of DME to water for the yeast starter?

I never really gave much though to Wyeast because the LHBS recipes have called for White Labs yeast but then I noticed many people using Wyeast in the various videos that I have watched online. I was surprised by the much higher cost of Wyeast and there was also a sign on the cooler at the...

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I am noticing more and more where people has blankets, etc around fermenters and I am wondering if this has something to do with darkness being ideal for fermentation.

I never would have gotten away with this when I was married... A room dedicated to beer stuff, equipment, etc.... Fermenting bottles in the bedroom closet (never had the room when I was still married) Over 500 empty bottle, 6 pack caddies, and boxes in my son's closet. These are just a...

Are you topping off the secondary with sanitized water to get back to the correct volume? I tried a secondary for the first time. And I was really disappointed with the yield. I barely got 36 Bottles.

So I have looked through this section and read plenty about washing yeast and slanting. I am looking to do something more simple (I think). Assuming I was going to make a series batches using the same white labs yeast, couldn't I make a starter from the original vial, split it into about 5...

Havent even started fermenting and the rubber stopper keeps popping back out. Anyone have a tip or trick?

I live in Houston where the tap water can easily be 90 plus degrees so I decided to make a "super" wort chiller I basically made two copper coils. The water first passes through the first coil which is in an ice bath. That same cold water then passes through the second coil which is in the...

Knowing full well that I am going to continue to lose water during boils, does anyone put a little extra water in the brew pot before the boil rather than adding it (cold) into the fermenter?

So I made it a brew night. This will be my fourth brew.

Which of these would you use to drink your brews? It seemed like an obvious choice to me, but my girlfriend disagreed. Fortunately for me, she doesn't pick what I buy for my place.

My Honey Brown Ale calls for honey OR brown sugar as a priming sugar. The salesperson at my local homebrew shop said that he never uses anything but "normal" priming sugar. Two interesting side notes: 1) The local homebrew shop does not stock or sell honey or brown sugar. 2) The...