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Hey all! I currently have my first lager brew in secondary in the fridge. Everything went according to plan/recipe. Now I noticed there is a weird layer floating on top of the beer. I saw some posts where people said they have something similar but they say it is foam of krausen. Mine is...

Hello all! Sorry to ask this question, I know it gets asked a lot. But this has never happened to me and I am a little stuck. I brewed a Hefeweizen and used Wyeast 3068 for the first time, usually i go with White Labs. Anyway, I checked the gravity after one week when I usually bottle my...

Hey guys and gals! Just a quick question. I am going to bottle a Hefeweizen this weekend. When I pulled gravity samples, I noticed that there were lots of little bubbles coming up in the sample tube. Seems to me there is a lot of residual CO2 from fermentation still dissolved. Now I use...

Hello! So far I have only done extract brews, and I would like to start some all grain brewing now. For my extract batches, I used distilled water only. However, I'd like to save some money and use filtered tap water as the base for this. I have access to water from a coffee shop, where an...

So I recently ordered a grain mill and I am thinking that I will probably use it with a drill rather than the handle. Now the mill, as most of them do, states that it should be run at 300 RPM when using a motor. My question is if you use a variable speed electric drill (I will be using a...

Hey guys, just wanted to give a quick report of today's brew day. My buddy helped me and he also wanted to see how I brew so that was a first, showing someone how to do it kind of. It was also the first time I used my immersion chiller that I just built, and my first full boil. Having the...

Hello! SO I have a question about siphoning. I usually start my siphon by filling the tubing with sanitizing solution (but not the racking cane) and then dropping the first bit into a cup, then on to the vessel I am transferring to. Problem is that I have noticed there are always tiny air...

Hello! I am a newbie to homebrewing and of course discovered these forums. I have already found tons of useful information on here (some if which I should have read before I put together my equipment kit). I am currently going to school in Mankato, MN, and I am originally from Bielefeld...