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Is there any advantage to pitching a 2 liter starter, decanted, vs a 1 liter starter that the calc says is required? Will pitching more cells than necessary hurt anything, is there such thing as too big, within reason? I'm not about to do something like this tomorrow but just curious. Sent...

Ok I know it is spring but for me pumpkin beer is good any time of the year. I am planning on brewing northern brewers smashing pumpkin extract kit as a trial before brewing in quantity and tweaking recipes this fall. Before I order the kit and brew I have a few questions. 1) they suggest using...

So I got most of my better bottle cleaned but there is still krausen residue on upper part of the better bottle and I can't get it off. I have tried soaking with oxyclean. Any suggestions?

What is the best way to sanitize a hop bag before putting it in the fermenter for dry hoping? Should it just be soaked in star San? Also I assume it is ok to dry hop on the trub?

I have an all Amarillo IPA that is two weeks into fermentation. I got the recipe of the database but I noticed that there is no dry hoping. Has anybody brewed an all Amarillo and dry hoped it, is it recommended? I would like to avoid too much of a grapefruit flavor.

Well as you might have guessed I pitched my yeast and then remembered that I forgot to take an og rating. Can I still take one or am I SOL on that one?

I have been trying to find a good ipa extract recipe. Does anybody have one that they really enjoy, it will be my third batch?

I am getting ready to bottle my first batch tomorrow and was wondering what the best way to dissolve priming sugar in the wort without introducing oxygen?

I am looking for my next brew recipe, I have only done two so far but neither is ready yet, so I thought I would ask this question as inspiration.

When decanting a yeast starter should the starter be allowed to do its thing for two or three days and then put it in the fridge to let all the yeast settle at the bottom? How long should the starter sit in the fridge to allow it to settle? Also can the excess beer just be poured out or should a...

I know that sanitation is a very big part of brewing and I am very careful about sanitation when I am around cooled wort but what negative effects result from an infected beer? Can you tell by looking at it?

I have heard talk about only adding 1/3 of lme at the beginning of the boil and adding the rest at the end. What are the benefits to doing this? I am going to brew an oatmeal stout soon, would this be beneficial?

Is mead commercially available at the liquor store?

Ok so I have read a lot of threads about secondaries and understand the pros and cons of using them but I still have a few questions. I brewed my first batch over the weekend and it started fermenting sometime that night so that is not an issue. I have one 6.5 gallon fermenter and two 5 gallon...

For a five gallon kit is it necessary to add more than 5 gallons to account for loss during the boil?

I have two better bottles and a bucket fermentor, came with Midwest kit. Should I ferment in the bucket or the better bottle? Any advantage to doing it in the bucket, I kind o want to ferment in the better bottle because I want to be able to see my first beer and I have read that you dont...

Has anybody used this stuff? It came with my kit but I thought I would check before using. Is it a sanitizer or just a cleaner?

I just received my brew kit and got two beer kits with it. The kits came with pellet hops one set I am planning on using this weekend but the other won't be used for a couple of weeks. Should I freeze these? Also I assume that lme does not need to be chilled?

What is the best way to cool a full 5 gallon boil with out a wort chiller. I know it is best to have one but I don't right now.

Am planning on brewing my first brew this weekend an plan to use a yeast starter. I will be brewing an amber ale from a kit and I purchased white labs yeast. I have been looking through several sources on how to make a yeast starter but I still have a few unanswered questions. My first...