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For my five gallon batches I use purified water from the grocery store; is that good mineral content wise, or should I use a different type?

I just racked 5 gallons on top of 2.5lbs of blackberries in my secondary. I know I got some yeast in therefrom the primary, but my airlock hasn't been all too active. This is only my second batch so I'm not sure what I should be looking for activity wise.

I'm brewing a 5 gal. Amber ale with some fruit additions and in my infinite wisdom I didn't bother to check to see if my auto-siphon would would fit in my 6.5 gal carboy. Well, it didn't. I had everything sanitized both carboys ready to go and I was stuck. I was only able to siphon out about a...

Hey everyone, I was wondering what your preferred methods for sanitizing your fruit additions is. Im planning on mashing my frozen blackberries in a zip lock and then filling it with vodka and letting it sit for about six hours before racking from primary on top of it

I'm in south Florida, pm me if you have anything available

Hello, I just brewed a 5 gallon Amber Ale that I want to add some fruit additions to in secondary. I was thinking blackberries and raspberries. How would I measure out the proportions for a good aroma and nice flavoring after taste? I was thinking of keeping it in secondary for two weeks before...

Hey everyone, I bottled my first batch of homebrew about three weeks ago; the first two weeks after bottling I kept the bottles in the closet, this final week I left them in the fridge. When I pour, there is no head