Im making ginger beer and have no yeast, do I need it?
Loaf sugar, 1 pound; rasped ginger, 1 ounce; cream of tartar, 1 ounce; boiling water, 1 gallon. Mix and cover them up close for one hour, then add essence of lemon, 15 drops; yeast, 2 spoonfuls. Strain, bottle, and wire down the corks.
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Maasai children wake up early on the 25th of December and excitedly urge their parents to hurry as they make tea and cook breakfast so they can open the presents. They have been preparing for this holiday for months by making presents for each other; beaded jewelry, belts, bags, calabashes, toys and body adornment for [...]

I work at a malting plant (the process that converts barley to malt.)
I was wondering what other supplies I would need to make a good home brewed beer. Im off to a good start as the malt we produce is #1 in Canada. I just need to know what supplies I need and how to [...]

My boyfriend wants a beer making kit for Christmas. Any suggestions for a good one? I’m afraid he’ll end up with some crappy tasting beer or a cheap kit that doesn’t even work right. I don’t want to spend a whole lot on this. Or would I be better off just ordering the things needed?…whatever [...]

As a basketball enthusiast, perhaps you enjoy watching basketball games on a regular basis. You have your favorite teams and your favorite players, and you cheer them on every time they play. No doubt, this is a very enjoyable experience. However, to enhance this experience, perhaps you may wish to consider making some predictions.
Predicting [...]

I need to buy it for a friend for Christmas!
Wal-mart, Food Lion, Bottom Dollar.

I know that in ice cream making it is called "over-run" so I was wondering the term used by brewers.
It is called an O2 saturated wort. Even better, an O2 over-saturated wort. An over-saturated wort can lead to several things but a tragic one is a yeasty low alcohol containing beer.

My bf is really into IPA and Stout (means nothing to me, but I’m sure someone will know what that means). He’s been dying to brew his own beer but hasn’t really made any attempt to try it so for Xmas I wanted to get him a beer kit but I have no idea where [...]

For many, investing in the stock market during 2008 was a year to forget and you hardly need reminding about what a mess the financial global economy is in. Shares continue to drop, sterling is falling, house prices are falling the only things going up are those that you would rather not, such as unemployment [...]