This may not be the proper place to ask this, but I need to make a homemade root beer for an upcoming event (May 5th). I know it involves using root beer extract, some vanilla, and a lot of suga, but I don’t have a reliable recipe. I’m not going for a hard root beer (kids will be drinking...

I have searched around online and can’t seem to find a definitive calculator for how much LME to add to wort in order to increase the OG by, say 10 points (e.g. estimated original gravity is 1.050, but I want 1.060). I have some LME that says SG is 1.035 pppg, but I don’t know the formula to...

I have an ongoing problem with foaming out of my kegs. It seems that when the keg is full I have no problem pulling a pint with a perfect head. However, as the keg gets low, say about a gallon or so left, when I draft off a glass full I can see clear beer immediately comes out at first...

Okay, after deciding awhile back that I would just stick with ales and bucket fermenters, I happened to have a happy accident in that I wasn't paying attention one evening and ordered a doppelbock all grain brew kit, not fully realizing it was a lager. Lagering is really not within my...

Not sure if this is the place to post this, but several of my recipes include "Viking 2-row Xtra Pale Europe" malt in the recipe kit. (Yes, I buy recipe kits from a well known distributor). When I'm trying to calculate my brewhouse efficiency, this particular malt from Viking is not in the...

I apologize if this question has been asked before, as I’m sure it has. And from my experience in other forums I know it is poor etiquette to ask a common question without researching previous threads/forums for the answer before you ask it. However, I did search but kept coming up with “no...

So, I brewed a cream ale, all grain, this Friday. Everything went great. I was able to do everything correctly this time without little mistakes. I was excited to use my new Erlenmeyer flask and stir plate for the first time. I had created a yeast starter the day prior using a can of Propper...

In order to get more accurate water calculations for mash and sparge, I know I need to have an accurate measure of my boil off rate (for my location). I know the easiest way to do it is put 5 gallons in the brew kettle, fire it up, boil for an hour, turn it off and see what’s left. But…. I...

It appears to me that it would be relatively easy to have a water calculator that would automatically tell you what chemical additions to make to your mash water if you are starting with distilled water. However, I cannot locate anything on the internet that offers that. When I try to use the...