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I've made a few extract kits from Midwest Supplies and they've turned out better than I'd hoped for. Yesterday, for fun, I re-watched the Alton Brown Good Eats episode on brewing beer. He makes an extract brew and he brews the wort for 10 minutes. My kits have all said 60 minutes. What...

It seems like the general consensus on using a secondary is that there is no consensus, so I thought I'd post the specifics of my second batch to solicit opinions on the use of a secondary for it. It's a trappist ale kit from Midwest and it's going good. I used the WL500 yeast and after 2...

4 days ago I made my second batch ever. It's a trappist ale kit from Midwest. The recipe is: 6 lb. Pilsen liquid malt extract 1 lb. Clear Belgian candi sugar 8 oz. Caramel 40°L 8 oz. Carapils specialty grains 3 oz. of hops I upgraded to the WL500 yeast. I brewed this on the spur of...

I have a spray bottle of SaniClean that I mixed up a couple of weeks ago. How long is this mixed, diluted SaniClean effective? Can I use this spray bottle of SaniClean indefinitely? Or maybe just for a few days?

I finally have my first batch in bottles and am ready to start my second batch. I am hoping the second time around is a little less stressful. This second batch is a "Noble" Trappist Ale kit from a mail order place (I just this week found that we have a local supply place). I also got the...

I'm brewing my very first batch ever, from a kit. I recorded an initial hygrometer reading of 1.42 last Friday and I am figuring that must be me reading it incorrectly. Next ... I recorded 1.014 on Tuesday (4 days in), and now 1.016 (6 days in). Does that sound right?