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I making a weinhenstephaner clone (wheat beer with special weinhenstephaner yeast), fermenting around 68-70 steadily, and it fermented like crazy (blowoff needed) like most hefe's but the kraussen has yet to receed and it's going in to day 9. It receeded some but for 5 days or so its been about...

So if I choose to do a late extract addition, say with 30 minutes left in the boil, but the bittering hops obviously need to be added before, all I have boiling is hops and water? Thats ok, right?

Alright so I'm on a well system with one of those water softeners that uses salt to soften the water and supposedly nuetralize any hard elements (copper, iron, etc.?). The water tastes fine I suppose but before or salt treatment system, a reddish residue was left behind in places where the...

Has any used Muntons Carb Tabs? Described as priming sugar in tablet form and is made from dextrose, dry malt extract, and heading powder. Thinking about giving them a try but wanted to see if simply using dextrose to prime is better or if the tabs are better?

I just opened up a bottle of my apricot ale after 8 days in primary and about 10 days in secondary. SG was a little bit above 1.06 and it dropped down to 1.012 or so and stayed there for a few days before I bottled. Now after being in the bottle for just over a week, I'm getting no CO2 bubbles...

I bottled my batch a little less than 4 days ago and popped one open to see if it had carbonated at all and how it tasted. Taste was good but no carbonation! Is it just too soon (I know it i suspposed to stay in bottles for 2 weeks about) or did all my yeast cells quit doing their job? I...

My girlfriend is nagging me about making a "banana beer" so I formulated one based off of a Hefeweizen in hopes of getting that banana/bubblegum effect using WLP300 (Hefeweizen Ale yeast). But to accentuate it, at the very end of the boil I'm going to use either fresh or dried bananas to really...

My girlfriend is nagging me about making a "banana beer" so I formulated one based off of a Hefeweizen in hopes of getting that banana/bubblegum effect using WLP300 (Hefeweizen Ale yeast). But to accentuate it, at the very end of the boil I'm going to use either fresh or dried bananas to really...

I'm going to try making a Hefeweizen but use all wheat DME instead of LME to keep the color lighter. Do I use the same amount of DME as LME (listed in the recipe) or does it not matter. For instance, if the recipe calls for 6.6 lbs. of LME, do I use 6.6 lbs. of DME? Thanks for whoever can help!

Made up my own recipe for a Pale Ale but decided to throw some quartered apricots in a muslin bag for the last 10 minutes of the boil to extract some flavor and aroma. I've also heard to achieve this you can add the fruit in during the secondary fermentation? Any thoughts on either method? The...

Ok so the book I use as a guide for homebrewing calls for 4.5-5 gallons of water and bringing it to a boil then removing it from heat and adding LME/DME, hops, etc. But in other books they use half the amount of water and top off the carboy with cool water to reach the desired 5 gallon mark...

I printed off some labels on my printer and applied a waterproofing/proctectant spray and am trying to figure a way to get em on the bottles. What's the best way? Glue? I read somewhere something about dipping the labels in milk? Anyone else heard of that? Any suggestions would be a big help...

For my next batch I want to use extract but also grains through steeping. What malted grains can I steep? I read some you can and some (that need to be mashed which I don't know how to do or have the equipment for) can I steep? And also grains which can be steep need to be crushed, correct?

What's the best way to do a blow off system-my head/kraussen is creeping up close to the air lock! I have an orange cap with two little neck things to put the air lock and a blow off tube into a bucket of water: should i just use the blow off tube and no airlock or use both?! QUICK! :) Thanks.

So its been about 24 hrs now and no bubbles or any signs of fermentation. Used White Labs 320 yeast. Pitched at about 75 degrees. Only worry was it took me a while to cool the wort. Almost 10 hours. Had it pretty well contained though. Are my lil yeast buddies dead?! Or am I just impatient...

Anyone know of a good home brew store around Fredericksburg/Stafford/Spotsylvania?

I have one of the bubbler air locks (clear and conical shaped with water in it-its 3 pieces. But are you supposed to leave the lid piece on during fermentation??

I can stop reading posts which is leading to my being overwhelmed...but I'm trying to find ways to improve my next batch even though I have no idea how my current (and very first batch) will even turn out. A few things I've learned in this forum so far is to try adding LME/DME later in the boil...

Ok so what are the pros and cons associated with liquid malt and dry malt extract? Also, it seems to make sense to use actual malted grains and boil them to create a "pre-boil tea" before adding the extract. How beneficial is this and is there a general rule of thumb for how much actual malted...

So I just racked my first batch of brew. It's a wheat ale brewed with 1 lb. of honey and chamomile flowers. Looking forward to seeing how it tastes. Couple of questions/comments though. I did a 'full boil' in a 30 qt. stainless steel pot and it took forever to start boiling! Also once I added...