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It's an extract brew and my HBS recommended throwing oats in the boil at 15 min

Brewed an oatmeal stout (o.g. 1.074) on Oct. 19 (two weeks ago). For no particular reason I didn't filter the oats out when dumping into the primary, and decided to experiment and just leave them in there. Had a busy couple of weeks and am just now moving to a secondary to add coffee and spices...

Great responses, thank you so much for your help! Happy brewing!

I have been extract brewing for almost a year now using just the beginner stuff I bought for my first batch (5 gallon kettle, plastic bucket and carboy, and all the other little stuff). I can't get my mind off brewing and am eager to start all-grain ASAP. Can you guys please help me figure out...

I am about 5 days in. Brewed last Thursday night and just moved it to the secondary yesterday. OG was 1.057 and yesterday at the time of the shaking it was at 1.013 Honey malt grain, Crystal malt grain, Carapils malt grain, and 6 lbs Amber malt extract powder (hopefully moving away from the...

Great, thank you guys for a quick and helpful response! I'm not letting myself freak out; definitely relaxing and enjoying many homebrews. Just want to learn as much as possible and keep improving with each batch. Thanks again!

Took my first shot at dry hopping yesterday and I'm having some doubts based on an error on my part. I was distracted while racking and forgot I had hops for dry hopping, so I didn't throw the hops in first and rack on top of them like I had planned. So I threw the whole leaf Citra on top of...

Hey guys I started my first home brew a couple of nights ago and have a question. There was very active fermentation within 12 hours, but now I am 48 hours in and there is absolutely no head at all. I realize there isn't anything I can do if this is bad, but I would love it if someone could...