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Hi all, I'm thinking about doing a 10 gallon batch but my brew kettle capacity is only 8 gallons and I don't have the money to buy a bigger kettle. So the question is can I do an 8 gallon boil (probably more like 7), put in the fermenter and then top up with fresh water? This may be a noob...

My 13th batch, yes 13, is infected. I transferred in to secondary about a month ago before vacation and came back to what looks like infection. At least I think so, there is a bunch of nasty looking stuff on top that I can acutally see movement in it. So should I dump it? Bottle it and hope...

Has anyone ever tried soaking Cocoa nibs in bourbon for a day before adding them to secondary? I'm going to try this unless I hear that it's a horrible idea, lol. Thanks.

Hi all, So my last few batches have come out in the early stages with a very soapy flavor that accompanies the hop flavor. It slowly fades with time until eventually it's not noticeable. Is this normal? I read the post about never dumb a batch and all it needs is time but I am under the...

Hello everyone. I've had my imperial stout in the secondary for a while and I want to try oak spirals before I bottle. I would like to go for a bourbon barrel flavor. Has anyone done this? If so, can you give me a step by step? Thanks in advance!

Hello all! I've decided to brew my second homebrew and I just got the ingredients in the mail. So my first question: Has anyone ever used this kit? The reason I ask is because it didn't come with a specific yeast and only reccomended a few. Here are the yeasts I got: Safale US-05...

but still have to ask. Why hasn't my beer started showing any signs of activity? Does it make a difference in the style and weight? Perhaps it was a bad idea to have my first homebrew be an Imperial Stout. At any rate, I pitched the yeast starter (from dry) in at 70 degrees, pours back and...

New to homebrewing. I'm American and live in Italy. Just did my first batch two days ago and I've got tons of questions. Ciao!