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I know I'm a noob but have some questions. I want to make this recipe. I only have a 3.5 gallon pot, can I add water to the fermentor to bring to 5 gallons when done? That is what I had to do with my last kit batch. Under my mash what does that mean? Also for the recipe how long do we steep...

I bottled my first brew 10 days ago. At the bottom of the fermentor was a "sludge", grey waste it looked like. So I move to bottling bucket and bottle, and after 10 days I see this same appearing sludge in the bottom of my bottles. Can I still drink? I have a 6er of clear bottles I could...

I can't believe it's been four weeks already since I made my first brew. I'm getting ready to bottle and I threw away my directions. So the question, when adding the sugar I first need to boil a cup of water and disolve the sugar in the water then pour into bottling bucket give a swirl and...

I found a recipe I would like to try, but only want to make a half batch. Obviousely I just cut everything in half, but what about boil time? I haven't been able to find anything about that. Instead of steeping grains for 1hr do I do it for 30 min etc. Same with hops do I halve the addition...

I just ordered 4 golding rhizomes and 4 cascades. I have a couple of questions as I am also new to brewing (Just made my first batch can't wait to try it). I have read on here that some have had success with using 5 gallon buckets or some sort of other large containers. I plan on moving...

So I have a mish mosh of pop top bottles from my father-in-law. What's the easiest way to remove the labels? Some of them are glued on pretty good. Just try and peel and wash with soapy water? Can I use goo-gone or something similiar? I assume I wouldn't want to get that stuff inside the...

I made my first batch yesterday ~27 hours ago. I used a true brew Red Ale kit. I checked today and I do not see any "bubbles" like the directions stated. I put the yeast in when the batch hit 90 degrees like the kit instructed. Could the kit have had bad yeast? How can I tell if it will...