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This may seem like a dumb question, but I've been thinking about this and I'm curious: What types of infections are possible at bottling time? Consider this: If we're dealing with beer at the time we're bottling, that means we have some type of alcohol that's probably higher than 3%. With...

Brewed Northernbrewer's Imperial Stout on Monday night. Woke up this morning and went to take a look and unbelievably, the blow-off tube had... blown off. Fortunately, not a huge mess, just kind of a slow foamy volcano kind of thing coming out of the top and running down the sides. However, this...

Okay, well, I've been doing something that I haven't seen mentioned in the forums. Of course, I haven't really looked that hard, either. After my first brew session, I tried to chill my wort with a sink full of ice. Complete and utter failure. 1) Not enough ice from the ol' icerator in the...

Hey fellow brewers, I have a Northern Brewer Cherry Stout kit and had a question regarding boil time. Does this stout need to have a two hour boil? Thanks!

Okay, I posted a question about a honey addition to the Northern Brewer Mild Ale Kit... simply because I wanted to raise the ABV of what I think is a good basic kit. Well, I've gone a bit beyond adding honey (meaning I found some extra ingredients in my freezer) and I'd like some opinions (I'm...

I see a lot of guys that don't use a secondary anymore, which seems to make sense for a lot of brews. However, the Scottish Wee Heavy that I currently have in my primary is a 3 month (minimum) beer from start to finish. I'm sure I'll get responses that go either way on this, but would you guys...

Okay, I ordered a Mild Ale kit from Northern Brewer. (http://tinyurl.com/ycj2sp9) Being the type of guy I am, I wanted to up the OG a bit so that I get a more "robust" %ABV. (I mean, besides taste, ABV is important, right? :) So, I thought, "Why not add 1 lb. of honey to the wort 15 min. from...

Just saying hi. Enjoying having the brew bug and am waiting on my Scottish Wee Heavy and Mild Ale to be delivered (approx. date should be this Thursday). This forum is the best I've seen and I've relaxed immensely after reading some of the advice and stories here. I brewed my first couple of...