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Harvesting from a store bought brew...

Ive been told its possible, but by friends of mine that work with yeast for a living as scientists, not from people who...
3 comments posted 21yrs
posted by garbologist
3 comments posted 21yrs posted by garbologist

Beer is only as good as the water??

The local municipal water system uses chloramines, therefore I have always used bottled spring water to brew with. I do...
7 comments posted 21yrs
posted by gwoolam
7 comments posted 21yrs posted by gwoolam

conditioning

Hey, umm, why do some of these recipes recommend to condition the beer for three months and stuff?!? What could possibl...
2 comments posted 21yrs
posted by vvosen
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by vvosen

Yeast Culturing from Kraeusen ?

I know it's a living culture and I can't make it from scratch, but I am interested if it's possible to harvest a new ye...
3 comments posted 21yrs
posted by feranija
3 comments posted 21yrs posted by feranija

Porter is fermenting nicely. Newbie's first brew.

I dusted off a pretty old brewkit (TrueBrew) recently and brewed my first batch. The kit was a porter and I think I did...
2 comments posted 21yrs
posted by SPAMTHIS
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by SPAMTHIS

Wormwood/absinthe and beer

Hi all. Just out of curiosity, has anyone here ever tried brewing beer with wormwood? Anyone know if boiling would nega...
7 comments posted 21yrs
posted by rex_merdinus
7 comments posted 21yrs posted by rex_merdinus

Lagering in Corney kegs?

I have two lager beers going in five G carboys. They were in primary for about 10 days. They have been at lager temp (4...
1 comments posted 21yrs
posted by gordon
1 comments posted 21yrs posted by gordon

My recent experiments

I brewed a batch last Saturday, but it was unplanned; I was supposed to mow the grass, but it was raining and my wife a...
2 comments posted 21yrs
posted by billvelek
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by billvelek

Yeasts

Hi All, I would like to hear everyone's opinions on the various dried yeasts available, I have used several liquid cult...
10 comments posted 21yrs
posted by labtecs
10 comments posted 21yrs posted by labtecs

Drat, no fermentation!

DH and I are back to brewing after a long abscence. For this batch, we wanted to forgo wasting a pool full of water by...
16 comments posted 21yrs
posted by alyoung
16 comments posted 21yrs posted by alyoung

best way to reduce yeast and sediment

hi all i've tried running my brew through a filter when racking to remove as much yeast/sediment as possible, but conti...
2 comments posted 21yrs
posted by genpub5
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by genpub5

infusion vs. step mashing

So, I want to make the transition into All-grain brewing, but I and a bit conflicted about the whole infusion & step ma...
2 comments posted 21yrs
posted by jason
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by jason

home brewing a pilsener with limited options

Hi, this is my first post here. I'm just starting my home brewing carreer. A project for the decades to come. The next...
5 comments posted 21yrs
posted by pauloneves
5 comments posted 21yrs posted by pauloneves