hey everyone. i made a batch of 5.4% cream ale and ended up 6.5 gallons instead of 5. The extra 1.5 gallons went in a second keg and is carbed up. Since it's got alcohol and CO2, do i need to worry about sanitizing any ingredients that i might want to throw in the keg to experiment with...

Morning folks. I brewed a hefezweizen in January of last year (bottled). Overall, it turned out ok but there was a little bit of an off-flavor and aroma. I'm really bad at associating a title to a taste but can pick up on a lot of tastes. it was a little plasticy but could also have been a...

I see a fair number of posts asking how best to mount regulators within a traditional kegerator. Typical responses usually consist of cautionary tales of being sure of drilling locations and finding out where the coolant lines run, etc etc. Well, I'm happy to share that you don't need to...

Did some research online and saw a pretty split crowd on this topic so I figured I'd post here for your thoughts. Any issues with collecting all of my wort one day and then boil the following day? I wouldn't refrigerate either. I'd put the wort in my basement that is currently 68 deg F. I...

Is it just me or is table sugar (sucrose) not an option in the pull down menu in the recipe builder!? Seems odd. I had to swap out corn sugar for table sugar on the fly and want to update the recipe...but alas, it seems to not be an option. Anyone from BF to comment? Update? Not a biggie as i...

Had a 1.063 gravity wort that dropped to 1.040 after I found out (too late) that my immersion chiller leaked about 2 gallons of water into my kettle during cooling. I'm thinking about pulling off a gallon or so and replacing it with a juice or something to bring the gravity reading up. Any...

Recently spoke with a yeast manufacturer and they said that the one particular strain in question produces floral and mineral flavors. How would you describe "mineral"? I'm assuming it's different than earthy/dirt-like. In the greater context, I'm looking to align my hop selections for a pale...

I brewed a DIPA recently and accidentally ended up with about 5 lbs more malt in the mash than planned on. During the brew, i had a feeling something was off because of my water volumes going into the boil. Anyways, it didn't fully dawn on me what happened until i took my OG and was in excess...

I've noticed that there isn't a lot of empirical / anecdotal information about experiences with the Darkness strain by Imperial. So, figured that I'd share some of my early experiences and continue to add to what I'm observing. I brewed an oatmeal stout yesterday morning with a grain bill of...

Brewed a hefeweizen and bottled it last night. Targeted the middle of the German wheat beer range on the Brewersfriend calculator for 3.9. I used regular bottles and caps. How in danger am I for bottle bombs? Seems to be a lot of varying information out there. It didn't even occur to me that...