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I want to bottle this weekend but forgot to buy corn sugar. dont have any dme or lme. not sure if it matters but its a philadelphia pale ale a yards clone. Will I be ok to use 2/3 cup of regular sugar?

I have been brwing a little over a year and i hate bottling. I am ready to start kegging. Its in the northern brewer magazine for 66 bucks. I planned on buying a used kegerator but saw this and thought I would see what people thought.

I am trying a new sanitizer B.E.S.T I soaked my bottles and inverted them and let dry. Then filled one with water and thought I tasted the sanitizer should I rinse after I take bottles out of sanitizer the directions were not to clear. I am bottling now. am I ok

I have been brewing about a year. Started with kits and moved on to recipes so im no rookie but still have alot of questions and alot more to learn. this site have helped me alot.Im looking for a book thats practical and not so technical. if that makes sense.thanks

I just brewed a pale ale from a recipe from my lhbs. I was trying to get close to a beer from yards brewing co. The philadelphia pale ale.my grains were 1lb of briess crystal that i steeped. Then I added 3.3 lb of briess pilsen lme. Then added 1oz of centennial hop pelet. boiled 40 min added...

what is the advantage? Can you do it if your extract or partial mashing? I am still kinda new at this I only have done 5 batches of extract and doing a recipe from this forum partial mash later this week. Seem like more options if you get away from the kits.

Im still a newbe ive done about 7 brews all extract. Im looking for something like a shocktop or bue moon or something like that. I want to try to clone something I like because I dont like all weat beers. So if you dont have a recipe than maybe recomend one to try thats similar.

This is my sixth brew and always carbinated after one week in bottle just cracked one open and flat if I pour it back and forth into two glasses i get a very small head. tastes great but flat. Its a exract kit from northern brewer. Irish red ale. Anything I can do?

Irsh red ale recipe kit that I have done beforeand never had a probem.I tasted it while racking to the secondary and tastes watered down. The only thing different was I used a bigger burner, passed brews were on the stove this boil was hotter. I could have added to much water to thr fermenter...

bought a six pack dogfish head indian brown ale. It was incredible would love a recipe for that or anything even close. great beer to try.

Im ready to go all grain but my brew kettle is to small. Can I use a keg with the top cut off? Only asking because I can get one from a buddy.

I want to go allgrain but have never done can I do it with a 5 gallon boil pot?

I was looking at recipes and this one sounds so good.But i dont no what a dunkeweiss is? Im still a rookie but i just made a irish stout recipe kit, and it was my favorite brew so far. this sound similar. what are the ferment temps? i can only ferment as low as 60.can i do this? oh its a extract...

I just bottled a irish stout recipe kit from north west and I still cant figure out the % . OG was 1.040 and FG is 1.020. im hoping to be around 4%. its only my 3rd brew and im still unsure.

im a rookie only have 3 brew under my belt. all recipe kits from midwest and all turned out great. Im not set up for all grain but i want more control. I guess my question is I know how to buy the yeasts and extract ,but in the kits the have specialty grains. how do I go about the grains? I...

I just tryed my first one and the taste is great but its kinda dry. did i do something wrong? If it wasnt so dry it would be perfect. my other question was my alcohol % my og was 1.080 and my final was 1.029. It seems high but im not sure? but the beer tastes great, its only my second brew and...

I am making a 5 gallon batch, I have a 5 gallon glass carboy...Can I use this for a primary? Not sure if I need a certain amount of head space.

my og reading was 1.080 been fermenting for two weeks now im at 1.020 This is onl my 2nd brew my 1st was finished fermenting in 10 days How close am i for a seconday? this is a recipe kit from midwest honey amber ale. I think the honey is making it take longer. do my readings seem normal? Is my...

I have only done 2 brews. my first was a kit from midwest turned out great. my second isn't finished yet but, I think will be just as good. I think midwest is great, because thats all i know. thats who i bought my kit off of. Is there better?

My recipe kit directions say to move to secondary 5 to 7 days. Its 7 now and im still blowing bubble out the air lock suold I move it? and if i do should I leave whatever is on the bottom there? Its a honey amber ale if that matters. JUst want to make good beer. thanks