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I've made this it needs to sit in the fermenter longer and bottles taste green until the 4th week most beers need to ferment 2-3 weeks not the 7-10 days the kit says Hydro

8# pale extract liquid 4oz dextrin 4oz crystal malt 20L 4oz maria otter 4oz toasted malt 2oz citra 60 min .50oz pilot 60 min 1oz cascade 5 min have not decided yeast

Looking to make a 5 gallon extract lemon lime ale but I'm not sure how much zest to use or if I should use juice? I've head lemon zest if more powerfull that lime? any idead would be great. Hydro

Bagged ice can have bacteria. I boil 3 gallons of tap water. freeze 1 gallon of spring water. pour wort over frozen spring water and top off with cold spring water while it sits in a ice bath. I prefer stainless steel pots over aluminum because sometimes aluminum can give off metallic flavors...

Been playin with makin my own amber ale with high abv this is what I have come up with any suggestions/ideas would be great before I make it. LB OZ 8 0 Light/Pale Malt Extract Syrup 3 0 Light Dry Malt Extract 0 8 Dextrin (CaraPils) Malt 0 8 Crystal 80L 33...

me og was 1.048 FG was 1.012 it fermented about 73 deg.

So I made this amber ale and it's suuuuper sweet almost like wine. My friend told me I used too many nonfermentable sugars....can anyone send me int he right direction for a list of what grains are fermentable and what are not? heres what I used Steeped @155 for 30 min 1# crystal 20L 1# dextrin...

a lot of brew stores will create a kit for you to fit your needs

Looking for information in how/why to use different kinds of wood chips. I'm now on my 7th batch and everytime I make one I try to do somethin different. Hydro

SPECIALTY GRAINS/LIQUID EXTRACT LB OZ Malt or Fermentable 7 0 Amber Liquid Extract 1 0 Crystal 20L 34 1 0 Dextrin (CaraPils) Malt 0 8 Cherry Smoked Malt 0 6 Biscuit Malt 0 1 Chocolate Malt HOPS use time oz variety form boil 60 mins 1.0...

I have been using hopville.com for my recipes and my original gravity is not coming up as high as the suggested OG and I'm not sure why. I cool my wort down to 70 then check with my hydrometer before pitching with my yeast last recipe it estimated 1.065 but I got 1.048. Hydro

I see lots of people sayign to stick to longer primary and not use a secondary. Wouldn't using a secondary just result in a cleaner beer when bottling? I don't normally use a secondary when kegging unless I added fresh fruit but I don't like seeing all the yeast at the bottom of the primary when...

myself I only boil 3 gallons then freeze 1 gallon of sping water and put 1 gallon in the fridge. I put the frozen spring water in my fermenter then pour the hot wart on top and top off with the cold spring water and then just let the fermenting bucket chill in the sink with ice water till it's...

I just made a raspberry (5 gal) and I added 5bl raspberries frozen/thawed/smashed to the primary about 5 days into fermentaton. I just racked for the 2nd (1st from primary to carboy and then a week later into another carboy) time to filter out raspberry leftovers from the carboy and am about to...

I always rinse mine out after use. then on bottling day 1st thing in the morning I run mine in the dishwasher wit no soap. then rinse out with starsan and bottle.