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just finished brewing a caribou slobber the directions say to ferment for two weeks the n secondary for another two weeks . So my question is do I need to secondary or can I just leave it in the primary for the four weeks then bottle thanks in advance

I am new to all grain brewing and Beersmith i have a question on their Single Infsion Batch Sparge it is telling me to mash in with 13.75 gal. of water for 1 hr. i get this but then it says that I need to batch sparge in 3 steps first with 0.20 gal. then 2.32 gal. and finally with 2.32 gal.so...

Just brewed 5 gal of a blonde ale and wanted to strawberry to it. My question is when to add , and what to use fresh , frozen or extract? Any advice will be much appriceated

What is the purpose if a windscreen do I need one for my jet burner if so how close to bottom of keg do they need to be and is a 12 inch screen big enough for a 10 jet burner Thanks

Have an old keg that I am planing to use as a HLT want to install a ball valve , sight glass, and a temp. Gauge so need to know if I need two or three outlets on side of keg Thinking of two at bottom of keg for valve and sight glass is it ok to use the sight glass for temp.gauge or will...

Have been given a slim 1/4 keg and am thinking if turning it into a mash tun have read as much as I can find here and as far as I can figure out this will hold about 18 lbs of grain? Since all I have done so far is extract do not if this right in your opinion will be enough t do most beers thanks

Have just been given 2 half kegs and am thinking of use ing one fog a BK . So my question is since I am only going to boil for a 5gal batch is there any reason that this mite be to large a pot to use thanks in advance

Is it better to have a gentle boil or a hard boil Other than boiling off more fluid with a hard boil and less with a gentle boil is there a differance?

I am interested in using a 10 jet burner from bayou classic and need some feed back add says that these need to be set 12 in. Below pot or the heat will melt it this true or hype to get you to buy there burner? Will be using NG to run the burner and doing 6 gal. Boils just can not seeing...

I am planing on turning a old 15 gal pot into a HLT and was wanting to know where on the pot is the best place the thermomator Bottom middle? Thanks for any input

I am planing to into all grain brewing in the near future and need to know size container to plan on getting ? Does size of grain bill determine the size of the tun? Is 6# of grain in a 15 gal tun not good . Any info is much appreciated thanks

Was going to brew a 5 gal batch of porter today and as I was laying all ingredients out saw that I was missing the 4oz of maltodextrin is there anything that I can substitute with or should I just wait until I can get some ? This a extract kit from Morebeer thanks

looking over the instrutions for my next brew which will be a dark cheery stout and read that the cheery flavor comes from adding cheery extract to the bottling bucket . started to thing that i will be bottling a porter in the next few days and thought about adding some mexican vanilla to it ,So...

Just revived a dark cherry stout extract kit from northern directions say to ferment for 1-2 weeks secondary for 2-4 weeks and bottle condishin for 1-2 weeks Is this because it it a stout or just old school ? Currently fermenting 3 weeks then bottle for 2 weeks which is correct Thanks in advance

Have been using bottled water for topping off partial boils . Is this nessesery or can I just tap water for this. Thanks

Is there any advantage to a triclad pot ( mega pot) verses a single layer pot ( stout blicmen) for boiling wort thanks in advance

Do not think that this is a problem but thought I would ask just in case. Fermentation bucket got shaken up while I was moving some cases it has been in the bucket for 4 days any advice will be helpful thanks

Was wondering if anyone has used this freezer for a fermentation chest will a 6.5 gal bucket with air lock fit? Thanks

Am thinking of getting an Emerson 3.5cu.ft. Chest freezer to use for fermentation . Has anyone used this or know if a 6gal. Bucket will fit thanks

Thinking of using a aquiram pump to aereate my wort and wondering if the pump needs to be filtered thanks and sorry for the spelling