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I have read and seen examples of just dumping a pack of dry yeast into your cooled wort...and examples of hydrating the dry yeast...BUT is 1 package of dry yeast enough?...would the beer benefit from 2 packages?

My first batch is about ready I think...Cream Ale kit...11 days Primary, 14 days secondary and 12 days bottle...put 3 bottles in fridge last night and tonight I start tasting...looked at the bootles and not much setiment on bottom....are they ready?...

I ahve 2 brews under my belt...both from kits...planning my 3rd and wanted to make something that has a nice creamy, full bodied tecture of Guiness but not the roasty bit it has...what adjusncts can/should I add to a recipe to get that? any suggestions?

I find this forum to be VERY informative so, thanks for all the help....lots of posts about all different kinds of yeast...what is the concensus on Dry Yeast?

new brewer here...any opnions which is better whirlock vs irish moss

What are the main differences in using Extract Kit vs All Grain?

is there are "general" bitterness range for different styles of beer?...I know it is mainly personal preference, as a home brewer you can tweek recipes to your own taste... but I prefer lower hop bitterness beers and as a nube I'm trying to gauge what range of hop bitterness is my favorite...Sam...

I know this is a real nube question....but... my first batch is 1 day in a secondary carboy after 7 days in ferment bucket ( I have since read that it is unnecessary to secondary ) but I wanted to "see" the new beer and start another..soo..how soon can I bottle????? patience is a vertue I am...

I am a new brewer...and have read a few threads that included COLD CRASH in it...what exactly is that?...I have a Cream Ale 1 week) and a Dark Brown Ale (1 day) in the fermenters...

so I broke my airlock last night...I've got a batch sitting in a carboy since 4/1, when to take a gravity reading and snapped the airlock...I sanatized a zipock bag and loosely tied it over the stopper and neck...how long, if at all, will this last me...I can't get another airlock until my ride...

OK...did my first brew last weekend, an extract Cream Ale, I went to take an hydrometer reading this morning and noticed they gave me B Brite ( a cleaner) instead of C Brite (a cleaner/sanitizer)...so my brew pot, spoon, ferment bucket etc.. were cleaned but not sanitized... what are the odds my...

I have read a few things online about using Gelatin to clear your beer...but as usual there are differing theories..so i come to you...when do you use Gelatin and does it inhibit alcohol/head etc...

I brewed a cream ale on Sunday..Monday morning I was getting a bubble every 2 seconds..and tuesday monring I ams till only getting a bubble every 2 seconds...is this slow?

I brewed a Cream Ale on Sunday. To cool the wort I froze 2 gallons of spring water, cut the plastic off and threw it in the fermenting bucket. Poured the hot wort onto the ice and the temp came down to 69/70 very quickly. Does anyone see if I may have any issues wth cooling the wort this way?