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I'm brewing 40 gal. of homebrew for my brother-in-laws wedding in July. Kegging and carbonation will happen at around 1200 feet. Wedding is at around sea level and several hundred miles away. Due to number of kegs I will have to force carbonate at room temp <70*. I plan on building a big ice...

I bought some used kegs and took them apart to start cleaning them. The poppets were different (see pic). The one on the left with the skinnier rubber part was in the outlet, and the one on the right was in the gas inlet. The new poppets I bought to replace these all look like the the one...

I've used TSP to clean mystery gunk from second hand glass carboys before with great success . . . anyone know if it's okay to use on borosilicate flasks?

Okay, I know there are a lot of threads addressing the addition of coffee to beer. But most (or all) that I can find recommend adding brewed coffee/espresso to the secondary. Has anyone skipped the brewing and just added grounds directly to the secondary? How much and how long? I'd prefer...

Anyone got a good AG breakfast stout recipe? Want something with low ABV and a lot of body. Thanks!

So I'm in the middle of my brew day and I go to fetch a bottle of iodophor from the basement - one of the big bottles. It slips out of my hand and when it hits the floor the cap breaks and I have about a third of the bottle all over the floor, walls, and everything else in the room including...

Anybody ever pitched a dry yeast packet that had expired? Does it still work or will it lead to problems? I have one Mutons and one Doric, the Doric is expired. I've read lots of recommendations that if you're going to use Munton's you should use two packets. Since I only have one, I'm...

I'm kind of tired of the banana/clove vibe in my wheat beers. What's your favorite non-weizen yeast for wheat beers? AHU

I got a commercial type display refrigerator with double sliding doors - like the kind you see in a mini-mart. (It actually has 'Clearly Canadian' printed on the side.) It even has the slanted shelves so when I take a beer out the next one slides into position. I plugged it in yesterday and...

I've made many batches of huckleberry beer before w/o any problems. Sometimes I add to primary, sometimes secondary. Berries have always been previously frozen and thawed just before adding them to the beer. Yesterday I dumped a half-gallon of previously frozen berries into a bucket and then...

I'm back after a long HBT hiatus. I finally got my AG system built (pic in gallery) and brewed my first batch of generic pale ale a week ago. Most of my problems were equipment related and can be fixed with a little tweaking for next time. My biggest goof of the day was using WAY too much...

Anybody know which variety(s) of wheat are typically used in brewing? I know a lot of farmers who'd give me free grain in exchange for a little end product. Hard? Soft? White? Red? Winter? Spring? Anybody know? I see both red & white varieties on supply house websites, but they also...

Okay, some time ago I made a post about how much I loved most Deschutes brews but that I thought their Quail Springs IPA sucked. The owners of Deschutes must undoubtedly be following my threads very closely because the Quail Springs has been pulled from the shelves and replaced with their new...

I brewed an imperial stout on Friday and it got a good head of foam on it just from dumping it into the bucket (thick stuff). I pitched the yeast and then sometime in the night on Saturday night the krausen managed to plug up my 3-piece airlock and the pressure built up to the point that it...

. . . and its inhabitants. Up until a couple weeks ago I was spending a healthy chunk of my work day at this forum each and every day. Loved it. Now my employer is spending 16 grand on a new server and software that will be dedicated solely to the monitoring of web browsing by employees...

http://www.yogithepug.com/ Don't lie - you laughed!

A guy sits next to a beautiful woman at a bar and asks her what her name is. "My name is Carmen - because I like cars and I like men. What's your name?" she replied. "Beerf**k - my name is Beerf**k." :tank:

Okay, I just ate a very BIG lunch that consisted of nothing but meat and now I have a killer headache. Beef brisket, shredded pork, shredded beef, honey smoked ham, a pork chop, half of a steak, a few hot wings, a few coconut prawns, a little halibut, and a couple chicken nuggets. One plate...

I LOVE McMenamins. Good beers, good food, funky atmosphere - what's not to love? I know they're kinda the anti-establishment crowd, but I sure wish they'd start distributing. I live about three hours from their nearest location (Edgefield) so there are long dry spells between my visits. My...

After weeks of searching (not locally available yet and a couple stores in Portland were sold out) I finally stumbled onto a sixer of Deschutes new Bachelor ESB. Another outstanding addition to the Deschutes line up! This further reinforces the special place in my heart for the Deschutes...