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Im doing a pumpkin ale for the fall, should i use a secondary or will i get the same result only using a primary? also i have fruit flys around the fermenter, i've never had them around any of my previous batches, and my air lock is bubbling so i doubt there's a leak. is it possible that there...

doing my first pumpkin beer, if i start friday im thinking it should definitely be ready by then. its just about 8 weeks away, im thinking 3 weeks in the fermenter, and 5 in bottles. what do u guys think?

i've now done 2 batches... they both are the exact color they're supposed to be. yet they have a faint nail polish remover smell, and kind of taste like you would imagine nail poish remover too(much harder alchohol taste). im 99 percent sure they wern't infected either. they were in the...

its an oatmeal stout, it came out much better then my first brew in every aspect, cant wait to get my third started.

here it is... head disappeared very quick and a little undercarbd....but its beer and it'll get me drunk

on sunday my first brew will have been in the bottles for 3 weeks, should i give them another 2 weeks or so. or will nothing be gained by my extra patience?

i took my first gravity reading since my og. and to my surprise my oatmeal stout is a dark brown color not the black i've seen in most stouts. is this normal for oatmeal stout? will it get darker if i leave it in the fermenter for a couple more weeks?

i have an american wheat ale that i bottled exactly 2 weeks ago, there arn't any bubbles in the bottle, i used conditioning tablets, could this mean its under carbonated? question 2... since its been 2 weeks, am i in the clear from bottle bombs?

i plan on keeping my first ever batch in the bottle for 3 weeks. should i do any longer, or will nothing be gained by my extra patience?

i'm doing an oatmeal stout. its already in the primary. i want to add chochlate to it, but im passed boiling. im thinking about adding 4.0 ounces of cacao nips when i move to secondary.

could i add a chocolate flavoring spice to my fermenter, or did i miss the boat on this one?

i wanna make a great pumpkin beer for the start of fall (september) whats a great ingredient kit, and when should i start brewing it?

will there be any difference in flavoring, coloring, clearness, or anything whether your beer ferments fast at a high temp, or slow at a colder temp? if so, is either better? or are they just different and neither is better.

is it a big deal that my air lock has blown off? im pretty sure it isnt because the co2 would keep any bacteria out. yeast is going crazy, its bubbling like 10 times every few seconds

i havent seen bubbles yet in my airlock. and while i know bubbles dont indicate fermentation, it would be great to see some. its only been 6 hours since i put it in the fermenter, but my first bath started bubbling in 2 hours. what is a normal timeframe for bubbling to start, and when should i...

ive been forced to go to witches brew in foxboro, and homebrew emporium in cambridge. any breweries in SE mass?

most websites i've looked at sell 5 gallon ingredient kits anywhere from $25- $35. i just bought an oatmeal stout kit for 30. But almost every imperial stout kit is $45-50. is this beer better quality, why is it more expensive then other varieties?

i only did a 10 day fermentation. and yes my fermentation was close enough done to bottle. can i keep my beer in the bottle for a month, or will it be no better then storing it for 2 to 3 weeks?

by unusual i mean anything other then the standard 12oz brown bottles. recently i've found a sierra nevada, some large guiness bottles, and a bunch of green bottles from heinekin and becks. what are some other beer companies that use unusual bottles that arn't twist off? I only have a few of the...

got about 40 bottles from a friend... about 25 or so are twist offs just my luck.... do i have to just recycle them?