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After about three days from brew day my one gallon "test" batch amber ale was looking good, but I come back from being out of town and I see this.... Is my beer ruined and if not how should I fix this? Just replace the bubbler with a clean one and hope for the best?? Good news is the 5 gallon...

I've been told that switching to a secondary fermentor improves clarity and decreases bitterness, but how much of a difference does it really make.? I've always made the move for my 5 gallon batches and normally have two going at once. Im now throwing in a couple 1 gallon "test" batches in the...

I brewed an extract recipe but in addition to what the recipe called for I added a # of honey with 5 min left in the boil. Unfortunately at the time of boil I didn't have a hydrometer so I didn't get a legit OG reading. The OG of the recipe w/o the honey was 1.052. I bottled today and took...

I brewed an extract recipe but in addition to what the recipe called for I added a # of honey with 5 min left in the boil. Unfortunately at the time of boil I didn't have a hydrometer so I didn't get a legit OG reading. The OG of the recipe w/o the honey was 1.052. I bottled today and took...

I just brewed a cream ale recipe I found except with the addition of 1oz orange zest with 5 min left in the boil. The expected OG on the recipe was 1.040 and I'm looking at around 1.080... Should the orange zest throw it off this much? Or did I mess something up? Note - the hydrometer isn't...

I am looking to add a little more flavor to my Cream Ale and have heard adding a mixture of sweet and bitter orange peel in the secondary fermentor is best. A) Is adding both (bitter and sweet) beneficial or should I stick with only one? B) If I add both, what should the ratio be and how much...