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I ordered two extract kits from Austin Homebrew Supply on Sunday the 22nd as a part of their 50 state sale. My order took a little longer to be processed because of the sale so it didn't get shipped out until late Thursday/early Friday. As a result my shippment sat in Knoxville a good chunk of...

Okay. I have a noob question about bottle carbination. I recently made my second attempt at a Belgian Tripple Ale. The first one I made tasted really good, but it did not carb hardly at all. I want my second one to carb properly, so I want to know what I can do better this time. The...

I was wondering if anyone had any experience using one of these. http://www.austinhomebrew.com/product_info.php?cPath=178_59_85&products_id=894 I was concerned about how much hops you could get into one of these balls and still get good utilization. So, if you have used one of these...

Okay, this might be a really silly question, but I will ask it anyway. Should I be concerned with the temperature on the vinyl siphon tubing when transferring the hot wort from the mash tun to the boil kettle? Does everyone else use something other then vinyl tubing? If so, what do you...

Has anyone used the fruit flavorings made by LD Carlson? I am making a standard hefeweizen for my next batch and I was thinking of adding some cherry flavoring to it. My understanding is that it is fruit extract. So it should taste like the real fruit. Hopefully it won't give the beer an...

I have had my Belgian Wit in my primary fermentor 12 days now. The temp has been staying between 68-70F. It went up to 72F for about a day. I am not too worried yet. I think it was a slow fermentation. I am still getting a bubble about once every 6 seconds. I think I will open up my...

No real question here. Just a little bit of a rant. Well, I just finished cleaning up my equipment from my third brew. This one was different then the first two. I think it has to do with the fact that I have gotten a new stove since my last brew. I decided to try brewing three gallons...

I just bottled my second batch yesterday. I got 51 bottles filled from this 5 gallon batch. With my first 5 gallon batch I filled 48 bottles. How many bottles are you filling?? I want to know if I am pretty much the same as the rest of you or if I am losing a lot during the process.

When I bottled my beer on Sunday I had an interesting time. I was all set to do it by myself, when SWMBO decided that she would like to help me. So I said, okay. So the set-up was that I was going to fill the bottles and then she would cap them. Well, on the fourth bottle that she was...

I bottled my first beer on Sunday and got 48 bottles filled. Now I have them stored in the boxes in a closet. My question is this: I know that the ideal temperature for storing bottled beer is at 70 deg. F while they carbonate, but is there going to be a problem if the bottles say are at...

Okay. I am new to this forum so you have to excuse me, but what does RDWHAHB stand for? I keep on seeing it, but I can't seem to figure it out.

I brewed my very first homebrew yesterday! :D As far as I can tell, everything went well. I pitched my yeast at 5:45 pm and when I checked on it this morning before I went to work (6 am) there was a bubble coming out of my airlock at about once every 8 seconds. So it seems to be on the...

I am just getting started with this hobby. My wife bought me an equipment kit and a Hefe kit as a early XMAS gift. My wife and I have been talking for a while about me getting into this hobby, but we have been putting it off because we live in a townhome. I didn't think we had enough space...