This issue most likely has been addressed but I feel a need to rant. So received an email about discounted membership so I figured I would check it out. I notice that it states premium members get an "Ad Free" version of the site. I think hey I am a premium member, and have not been on a long...

So I just bottled a black lager this weekend, and it has very noticeable alcohol burn. I used w-34/70 at 54F that I had saved from a previous batch of the same brew. The flavor reminds me of the taste you get when making a mixed drink with vodka. You don't notice it until you swallow and then...

Austin, first welcome to fold. In regards to the random post about decorating a room: I know it is nearly impossible to prevent people from littering on the forums, however I checked out the Signup page and there does not appear to be any sort of computer generated signup protection. No one...

So last weekend I brew my second batch of lager (7 days ago). After 5 days at 53F fermentation slowed, and the yeast began to drop. At that time I raised the temp to 62F for a diacetyl rest. This morning I took a sample, and I can't taste any diacetyl (although I am not entirely sure I would...

So this weekend I brewed my first 10 gallon batch, and I will say if you have been holding off on stepping up to 10 gallons, I say go for it if you setup can handle it. From what I learned is that, Mash temperatures hold much better, being off by a quart of water has far less impact, and...

So the enter button on my Control Products TC-9102 worked randomly at best since day one. Not a huge issue unless you need to change a setting. I had always figured that some moisture had damaged the button and it just needed to be cleaned. Well today I decided fix the thing instead of...

So I am in the market for a new temp controller. Currently I have a TC-9102D-HV and I am extremely pleased with it, however the price has gone from $45 to $98 since I purchased mine. With that I am looking at STC-1000 for about $20. For those of you using the STC-1000 are you please with...

So the question of what to use in your airlock comes up from time to time. Here is my observation, 50/50 vodka and water seems to work great, and normally only needs to be topped off once. The other school of though is starsan. From what I have observe starsan tends to foam up and needs...

Looking at some of the recipes that have been shared, I came across this one http://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/r ... day-porter, and was wondering if any one had brewed something similar. The only change that I would be making is changing the yeast to WLP004, since I already have some...

I will go first! Confusing your total requiered water with amount going into kettle. Needless to say I ended up with 5 quarts extra in the kettle, adding an another hour to the boil. Just glad I realized the mistake before I started my boil!

So just some food for thought, I have never realized just how much malt itself will influence the attenuation of your beer. In general the more a malt is roasted the more caramelized sugar you will get which is unfermentable. With that we can adjust mash temperatures to compensate. I learned...

So I made a 1 gallon test batch of a strawberry ale and it ended up extremely dry. I added pureed (also heated to a boil) strawberries at flame-out. The beer was not clearing after primary fermentation had finished so I added some pectic enzyme, which did cause the beer to clear. However when...

Simple question, is a Corona Mill worth while for 30 bucks?

So I preparing to start storing some grain. Do people normally line food grade buckets to better protect the contents or just toss it in? Then for my specialty grains would it be ok to store them in the same bucket in separate paper bags, or is there a concern of off flavors developing between...

Why is it one upgrade normally leads to another. So in the past 2 month I have gone from a 7.5 gallon turkey fryer to a 16 gallon brewpot with a 200,000 BTU burner, and a fridge for a ferment chamber :D. I am thinking I better take the wife out to dinner. Tomorrow I brew mt first brew with...

Check out my latest creation. Any and all feedback is welcome. http://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/r ... milk-stout

Just picked up a used fridge for free, that will become my ferment chamber. Let the evolution begin! The picture is after a good cleaning, and the only issue that I could find is the gasket of the freeze side is the wrong one but some tape fixed that up. I am not entirely sure what happened...

Is there any way the program could total up the grain bill while in edit mode. I know after you go to "view" it totals it up, but seeing that info in edit mode could also be nice.

Here is my latest creation! I will be brewing this some time this summer. http://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/r ... orange-wit

Just found this SS pot on Ebay for $110.00 with free shipping. If the measurements are accurate it should hold 18.6 gallons, also 1.1 mm thickness seems to be fairly standard for SS pots of this size. http://www.ebay.com/itm/360549835041?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649 Mine...