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Running into a bit of trouble with our brewing during these winter months. We store our home brews in my unfinished basement and the temperature is sitting around 60 degrees which is too low for the yeast to work. Ideally, we'd like it about 5 degrees warmer. Our first beer came out a little...

We just finished doing our first brew and have a question about filtering after the boil. As we poured the wort from the kettle into the carboy, we tried to filter as much as we could to catch the used hops, but some does get through. From your experience, does it make a difference if there is...

For those who made their own mash tun out of a cooler, what type of cooler did you use to maintain the temperature best? I bought a generic Coleman and in the middle of doing a test but it doesn't appear like it'll be able to hold a temp of 150 for an hour. Curious if the better coolers made a...

I'm new to home brewing and looking for recommendations for my first beer to brew. I'm a fan of stouts and heard that these are good to start with because they can hide some small mistakes better so at least you have a drinkable beer in the end. Would you recommend a stout as a first beer to...

I'm new to home brewing and in the process of building a mash tun. I've read that some people have used a high-temperature PVC tubing for draining the mort. Is this necessary? Most tubing says it can withstand 175 degree temperatures so I assume just normal PVC tubing will be fine. Curious...