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Muntons Nut Brown Ale 1.8k (4lb) Muntons Extra Light Spray DME 3lb 6 gallons 4.7% How can I increase the abv to 5.7% without effecting the original taste with the ingredients I have on hand? 4lbs Corn Sugar 2lbs Honey 1lb Maple syrup

I have several batches that have an og of 1.054 or higher and a FG of 1.006 or lower. When I read the recommended FG on a lot of these, they are in the 1.012 range. All are either pale ales or india pale ales. One IPA started at 1.064 and ended at 1.005. I used Wyeast ale #1056 I thnk and...

My buddy has been joking about the law calling and telling me to stop. Is brewing beer in these small batches for personal use legal in the U.S.? I'd never sell the stuff and give most away anyway to family/friends. Is there a limit as to how much we can brew ourselves?

Just bottled 88 bottles using Brewer's Best carb pellets. I usually use 3/4 tsp of corn sugar. I used 5(high) in 3 brews (ginger's ale,Lime lager,marzen) and 4(med) in 1 (oatmeal stout). Q: Anybody have good or bad luck using these pellets? Q: Since I can adjust how much carbonation...

Looking for an extract recipe (ale) that offers low carbs (5 or less), with a decent taste and around 4-5% abv. Anything like that exist? Not too worried about the calories, but I'm sure that will be low anyway. The best I've done so far is a marzen. Started at 1.050, ended at 1.002. Less...

I bottled my 7 gallon ipa and 60 bottles later, I'm out of empties. Cheapest I've found is $14.99 for 24 12oz. Anybody found anything cheaper online? I used up all my .10$ deposits and everybody I know use the screw tops. I have about 15 gallons left that will be ready next month...

I've been using table sugar for bottle priming. My store told me to try corn sugar for carbonating. I do it the hard way and put 3/4 teaspoon in each 12oz bottle and it's been taking around 2 weeks to carbonate (I've checked a couple of batches). Q: Do I use corn sugar exactly the same way...

I'm brewing an IPA and using Cooper's HME IPA. I'm also using Muntons extra light dme for the first time and don't know how long to boil this. I plan on doing: a hop boil of 14 minutes 1oz cascade pellets/muslin a hop boil of 5 minutes 1oz willamette/muslin I know not to boil the...

I'm trying to get a handle on conditioning times for different types/gravities of beer. Is it safe to assume that most larger (higher gravity OG) beers take a lot longer to condition than a lower gravity beer or is that too generalized? If it is o.k. to assume this, then are there certain...

I need to get these fermenters out of the living area. They sit now in 70 degree temps year round and it's been working well for me, but the area smells like a brewery. I'm the only one around here that likes that smell. I'd like to move them to a room where it's 74 degrees year round and...

New guy here. Wondering what are the top brands for LME recipes and where can I get them. So far I've tried Coopers and Mr.Beer brands. Only 10 batches under my belt and only 5 have been bottled.

Well, the mystery of why my og was so low is solved. I thought the Cooper's can said U.S. 6gal. It must've been 5 gallons cause when I put that number in the beer calculator, I get the 1.060 I was supposed to get. It's 7 days old and it went from og 1.050 down to 1.006. I put in my hops...

I made a 6gallon IPA from Cooper using: 3.75lbs of Cooper IPA HME 3.3 lbs of Cooper Light LME 2x mr.b booster 2 oz 10min boil cascade pellets alpha 6.4% My OG is 1.050. I would've liked around 1.060. I forgot to punch in my numbers to the calculator first and just took the 'kit' my...

Do I need to re-hydrate this yeast before I use it? I've just sprinkled it in before and it worked well, but after reading the instructions on the site, looks like I'm supposed to. Is it really necessary? How do you re-hydrate this yeast? Is there a site somewhere I can find out...

I made a 2 gallon batch of Pale Ale with Mr. Beer Ingredients on 2-23-12: 1 HME West Coast Pale 1 UME Pale Export 1/2 cup honey 1 booster 1oz cascade 14 min boil Wyeast American Ale (can't remember the number) and used it all. And my OG was at 1.055. I was supposed to be at 1.047...

I popped the Wyeast slap pack at 730pm tonight, but something came up and I can't make the wort tonight. Can I leave it out until morning or will it die? Will it be less effective if left out overnight than if I use it in the 3 hour mark per the instructions?

My nephew wants to make something similar to the Sam Adams Alpine Spring. Does anybody know the Mr.Beer ingredients needed to come close to this? I have access to a home brewing store that I can get more hops, spices, orange ,lemon zest or flavoring, etc. I would just like to use the...

Q:If my OG is around 1.050 and I'd like my FG to be as low as possible (lower carbs), is there a specific yeast or specific process I'd use to achieve this? Lately my brews have stalled around 1.020. I understand I need to aerate like crazy before and especially after the pitch and ferment...

Hope I don't rile anybody up with this question, but I've got an IPA that hit my target sg and it's been steady for two days. Unfortunately it's only been 12 days since create and I know folks say keep it going for 3 weeks. What will I be missing if I cold crash now for a couple of days...

Brand new brewer, using the MR. Beer I got for christmas/birthday. Already made an IPA, but didn't have the patience and drank it, all but one liter. I'm letting that condition for another month to see if the flavors show up. I'd say the alcohol was there, but not the taste. Not bad, just...