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Easy question Anyone have any problems with me fermenting anything in a 5 gal carboy with a 2.5 gal batch??

I didn't have enough time to go to the store. I have wyeast 1214, which did not inflate. Read up that it's a slow yeast and should make a starter. Took 1 cup water/1 cup of my already done wort 1060. So this starter is 1030ish. Of course I took the precautions of sanitizing. Will wait to...

4oz chinook 2 oz armillo 4oz citra 2oz hbc 342 Should I use the chinook or hbc 342 for bittering hop? Hop schedule be 2oz armillo vs 2oz citra in 2.5 gallons. Thoughts?

I never got an answer on if you add. 3 lbs of sugar at 60 and 3lbs at 30 min is different than 6 lbs at 60 mins or 30 mins. Does it have to do with more or less fermentables? More protein? More head Retention?

Any one have experience with adding hops at 100-145F instead of flameout??

Anyone tried to not add hops at flameout but instead do it between 80c to 120c to keep the aromas around more?

My first IPA my base extract is 6lbs of pilsrn malt and 1 lb dried wheat malt. Probably do both for 60 mins? What advantages if I do a late addition like 30 for the DME? Went Hops nuts this weekend 4oz citra 4oz chinook 2 oz Amarillo 4oz hbc experimental 342 Thinking about bittering hop...

I bought 3 lbs of sorghum, 4oz maltodextrin, wild honey, d45 candi sugar. My hop will be saaz. I took the recipe from morebeer.com for honey ale. I'm going to do a test batch of 1 gallon for my gf who can't have gluten. 1lb sorghum 1oz maltodextrin .3 lb honey Some d45 candi Earl grey tea...

I remember it was 1055 I believe to start. And the kit says that it should be at 1012 or less. It's 4 weeks upcoming Sunday. Last Sunday I trouble shoot at swirling it and bubbles form in the airlock but very small. Should I add yeast? It was a dry yeadt from dunkelweizen from brewers best...

3 gallon kit from northern brewer, about 9 lbs of grain. I heated 2.5 gallons of water to 164, place all my grains in it, it was at 4.5 gals so added another .5 gallons. Temp was at 153. For 75 mins what the procedure said. After it was done, I drain it and add 150F Water to get 4.2 gallons...

3rd beer brewing and I have a question it's a 6oz of chocolate malt and munich partial special grains extract kit from brewers best dunkel weizen 5 gallons. It says after two weeks rack it to secondary for 2 weeks. Should I just keep it In the primary for a month than bottle? It seems like...

So I brewed one batch of American light which went well. My 2nd batch I brewed a Bavarian hefeweizen from northern(5gal). Says bottle after 2 weeks which I want to do with3gallons. The other 2 gallons I want to ferment in two 1 gallon secondary's than bottle. Thoughts? What fruits?thinking...