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My last two batches have been my first all-grain batches. I always use carboy shaking for 5 minutes to aerate the chilled wort before adding yeast. Before going all-grain, the shaking generated a ~6 inch foam on the top of the wort. In these two all-grain batches, there was less than an inch...

I'm no great brewer, but man do I love the honey flavor and aroma I just tasted in my honey blonde ale. The beer isn't particularly sweet, but it has a distinguished honey flavor and aroma (wildflower honey). It's not too overpowering, though, as I still taste the malt even in such a neutral...

Does the keg pressure or presence of CO2 dissolved in the beer help, harm, or have no effect on the conditioning of the beer? Perhaps my question is best illustrated by example. Would the beer condition better, worse, or the same in the following scenarios: 1) 3 week primary, rack to keg...

I just got a two corny keg setup from Midwest. One of the kegs disassembled with no problem. For the other keg, I had a hell of a time getting the beer out post removed, but it eventually gave way. Then I tried to remove the gas in post and it's damned near impossible. I'm using an...

Has anyone ever experienced a gurgling geyser in the center of their boil kettle? This is my fourth batch, and everything is going very smoothly, but in center of one of my kettles (I'm doing a split boil), I keep getting a ~3 inch high geyser after stirring. I'm using an electric range. A...

I was reading this thread about dealing excess primary volume when racking to secondary, and a question occurred to me. What are the risks (if any) of racking the beer to several different secondary fermenters? Will the beer be mixed well enough to ensure a decent secondary fermentation in all...

How do you take a fermentation temperature reading if you are controlling the ambient temperature with a water bath? I would presume that those stick-on thermometers would be unreliable because you don't know if it's reading the water or the fermenter. If I do have to go to all the trouble...

I have conceded that in my situation (electric stove, gas burners forbidden), I'm not going to be able to do a legitimate full boil for a 5 gallon batch. Heat sticks would be an option, but the frequency of BOLD RED TEXT in the instructions makes me a wee bit nervous. I may do some smaller...

Hello from a new New Jersey home brewer. I'm gonna be honest, I'm a little buzzed right now. Slainte! I've just finished my second brew day, and I can't wait for my third. I've got a dark English ale and an American pale ale sitting around, making a big stink in my closet. Honestly, reading...