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i've been brewing with both for a while now, Canadian has been a little cheaper. I can't really tell a difference in the 2. Has anybody else compared the 2?

I was about to place an order on the AHS website. Did the price of nottingham yeast just go up a whole lot? It was okay yeast at $1.59 a pack. I don't feel very good about paying $3.99 for it. I think I'm gonna start buying wyeast and white labs from here out.

I just finished a milk chocolate stout. Starting gravity was 1.086 final gravity was 1.040. I mashed at 162(accidentally), and added 1lb of lactose, cocoa, and other spices. Just wondering if anyone has brewed something with a higher final gravity.

Brewed a 5gal batch of milk chocolate stout. I thought i mashed at around 152 but found out my thermometer needs calibrating and mashed at about 162. i'm not sure how much unfermentable sugar is in it now. It was the AG kit from austin homebrew and I can't remember the recipe exactly but the...

What is the best free brewing software that everyone here uses, or should I just go ahead and buy one?

I had this coopers extract pilsener kit. I was supposed to add malt extract to it but i had just watched this vid on youtube where a guy made one, didn't add DME, and just used sugar, and said it turned out great. I assumed it was corn sugar he used. I used table sugar. The beer sat in a...

It's my first time using isinglass. I made a cream ale 5gal batch, 3 weeks in the primary, I racked to a secondary and added isinglass and mixed it well. How long should I wait. It's in the basement around 70 degrees F. I have to option to put it in refrigeration if needed. It's getting...

I just brewed a Fuggles IPA 5gal batch with 3oz of hops (60 min, 30 min, 5 min). They smell amazing! I can't wait to try this beer. Anybody have experience with fuggles hops? Should I dry hop in the secondary with them? I've never dry hopped before and I'm worried about an extreme bitter taste.

I made a great blonde ale 5 gallon batch. Wanted a strawberry blonde so I bought a 1oz bottle of strawberry extract at walmart. Added it to the secondary then kegged and force carbed. It has a great smell, great initial taste, but aftertaste is like ass. The aftertaste is pretty much a...

Just made my first batch of hard cider. It's 6.5% ABV and i'm trying to decide if I should carbonate it or not? Also if I should sweeten it or not? Any suggestions?

I'm making a hard cider. I'm going to bottle with priming sugar. Can I add any zero calorie sweetener if needed to the cider when i bottle? Will it have any effect on the carbonation?

I just put 1 packet of Knox gelatin dissolved in 1 cup of water. I heated it to boiling, removed from heat, waited 5 minutes, then dissolved it in the water, stirred for 10 minutes then added to my secondary that had been refrigerated at 34 degrees F for the last week. I left that for 3 days...