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Maybe cal ale yeast wasn't appropriate.

So, I've made a few all-grain batches that have turned out well, but I've realized that I don't really have a good understanding of how each of my ingredients and steps are contributing to my final product. I've basically just been following directions. For my next brew, I'm trying for a...

I have a Belgian White kit that I bought from Austin Homebrew in February. The grain is uncrushed, but is 6 months too long for it to be sitting on my kitchen counter? The kit contains flaked wheat, white wheat malt and belgian pils. I was assuming the malt would still be good, but that the...

Basically just a mangled Iowa Flag, but it looks good on a bottle.:) [/IMG]

I'm a little confused about how a Sanke works. I recently took one apart and was surprised to find that it just has a single 1" diameter dip tube going from the valve to the bottom. It seems to me like if the CO2 tank is pushing into the same tube that the beer is supposed to be drawn out...

I was a little confused by the 30min boil called for in my AHS Wit kit. After perusing the forums it seems that short boils are ok for a low-hop brew, however I have also read that any recipe with pils should boil for up to 90 min due to dms. This recipe is 46% belgian pils (see bellow)...

I'm watching a new episode of Reno 911 right now, and I noticed they're drinking Dogfish Head 60 min which reminded me that in the Reno 911 movie last year every beer was a 60 min. Gotta respect the producers' commitment to a great brew!:mug:

This is probably a silly question but am I correct in assuming that I don't need to do any further crushing of flaked wheat before I mash?:drunk: Gracias.

So, ran into some delays today, and now I don't have time to boil until later tonight. I just finished mashing and I'm going to keep my unboiled wort in a bucket for a few hours until I can get back to it later. Has anyone done this? Anything I should be concerned about? Is it wrong to...

I am in the process of converting a keggle and I plan to run a curved dip tube to the edge to minimize the drag on a whirlpool. It got me thinking... if I understand the principle correctly, it seems to me that the pressure gradient which forces trub to the center would be strongest while the...

I have a small batch in primary right now. I was planning to produce a 3 gal batch and rack to a 3 gal carboy for secondary, but I only ended up getting 2.3 gal in primary. My question is: when I rack off of the trub, will that leave me with too much headspace in the secondary? I'm thinking I...

So, I finally made the leap which would have been financially impossible for this broke-ass college student without FlyGuy's great cooler conversion.:rockin: I was trying to make a 3 gallon batch because I have a crappy electric stove and I can't quite swing a burner yet. (see above) I...

Is it ok to use straight up vinyl tubing from a hardware store for siphoning? I just bought some and it has a slight plasticy odor. Is there some kind of "food grade" tubing I should be using or am I just paranoid? -Thanks

I'm about to move my first brew to secondary and dryhop this weekend. If I'm using pellets, is it recomended that I use some kind of bag to contain them? Thanks

I've got my first brew (All American IPA) bubbling away in the 6.5gallon primary.:rockin: The LHBS that sold me the hardware told me that my other 6.5gallon bucket could be used as a secondary. After reading more about secondaries I see that it is not recomended to use a secondary with that...

Just brewed my first batch a couple hours ago. I was hoping that once I finally did it I could stop obsessing about brewing, but sadly that hasn't happened yet. This site is amazing, I've been reading about all the things I did wrong. My airlock hasn't even started bubbling yet and I already...