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Ive been making beer for about 2 years now off and on. Most of my beers turn out really good. It seems to me that my fermentation is stabilized or something. No matter what I do my final reading on my Hydrometer is 1.020, I can use 10 lbs of extract, two packs of yeast or just one and have a...

I have been brewing for about a year now and I am having trouble getting my beer to clear. I have been making alot of Pale Ale's and some Ambers. When I started brewing it was not an issue because I was so excited to have home brew. That being said I want to get a nice clear beer, To impress not...

I have a recipe for a barley wine but it does not say any thing about priming at bottleing time. I have looked at other recipe's and some tell you to prime and some say nothing about it. Any Ideas?

I have the start of a Raspberry wheat in my fermenter and have taken several Hydo readings after about 6 or 7 days and it is still at 1.020, it started at 1.050. The recip calls for adding the raspberry when it's moved to the secondary. Now I have like a layer of trub at the top, floating in the...

I have a friend, No really I do, but he did not put the right amount sugar in a bottling time and all the beer is flat. The question that was posed is, If you go and take all the caps off and put in the carbonation drops, pellets will it turn out in the end and be a carbonated beer?

I have had micro brews that seem to give you a good buzz. I made a really good amber beer that tasts great, but it just doesnt have the buzz affect that I was looking for, any Ideas on how to get it a little more potent... so I dont have to chase the beer buzz with so many beers. :drunk:

I have a brew in my secondary and what I was wondering is if I need to put it in another carboy or bucket before I put it into bottles or can I just bottle it out of the secondary. I was also wondering about the bottle caps, should I boil them for a few minuest before I use them, or what is the...

I have an Apple beer in my secondary and the gravity is at1.000. Thier seems to be some bubbles coming up and making foam at the top, and when I put it in my beaker to take a hydro reading you could see the bubbles, Like carbonation in it? Is that carbonation? And if I add the 3/4 cup sugar and...

What is the purpos of putting moss in your wort? Irish Moss, Sweet Moss what types are their and what does it do?

I have a Hard Cider, or apple beer in a secondary and I am still getting little bubbles comming up to the top and creating some foam. I the FG was stable in the primary and I would like to bottle it, but I am concerned that when I put the sugar in for carbonation that the action that is going on...

I have a problem with my 22 oz. bottles, or so it seems. They just dont seem to be carbonated like the 12 oz. bottles. I put the 3/4 cup sugar and boiled it in water then added it to the 5 gal. and bottled it, now it seems that the bigger bottles just dont have waht the smaller ones do. Any...

I am confused, I have read that when calculating the ABV you should take the OG minus the FG then times that by 129, 131 and others, My question is what is the correct number to use when multiplying to figure out the ABv:drunk: any Idea or what is the norm for home brewers ?.

I made an amber beer this weekend and followed the directions as writen. I put my gallon jugs of clean water in the frig to help chill the wort, whe I was done with the boil I put the brew po in an ice bath to cool it. so then the wort was to cold when I put it all in the primary, but I put the...

Hey guys, I am doing a hard cider beer that my wife wanted and the instructions say that after the grvity on the Hydrometer reaches 1.006 after 10 to 14 days you can bottle it with 1 tsp of sugar per 750 mil. It has been 12 days and the gravity on the Hydro, is at 1.002 What I am asking is...

Hey, My first question would be conserning the air lock, I have a batch of Cider going and it still have bubbles on the top of the wort and the air lock is perkulating about every 30 sec. or so. It has been about 10 days and I want to take a Hydrometer reading or would like to start to find out...

I am new to brewing, And I would really like to make a good, but easy Honey Beer like an amber or hefiwisen. I gues somthing like a good Amber with a good hint of honey. any Ideas or sugjestions would be appreciated. Thanks:mug:

Im looking for an easey way, Because I am very new to this, To make a really good honey beer. Somethin like a honey amber or hefiwisen. Any Ideas or leads would really be appreciated. Thank's :mug:

My question is how long should I leave a blow off tube on if I am getting bubbles in my air lock, and if it will hurt to just run the tubing into an empty plastic gallon jug. And if it is crutial that the air lock be put on as soon as the bubbles stop reaching the top of the carboy. Hope this...