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So I just got this http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FBL2G0/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 and I've been reading how to use it. Now I'm just confused. Can someone give advice or point me to a thread/website describing everything? After I post this I will read the posts below :D

As I sit her enjoying a mug of raspberry wheat I created I just can't help thinking I want to dump my first batch. This raspberry wheat is truly great. I followed the advice from this forum and had patience. I would put it head to head with Purple Haze any day. So, at least I can brew a good...

So after 4 weeks it was time to dry hop my IPA in the primary. I decided to use this short grain bag that came with my kit. I think it was supposed to be used for hops during the boil but I never used it. So I thought I would hang it inside the carboy for the dry hop. It barely submerged into...

I had surgery on my nose on Friday (Deviated Septum) and I have not had a beer since. I still have 5 days left on my antibiotics. 10 days without a beer. I'm 35 and I cannot remember a time since I was a teen that I haven't had a beer. What's weird is I've been on antibiotics before and I don't...

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My wife bought a good working used fridge off Craigslist so I can ferment in the hot AZ summer. Had it delivered and everything. :ban:

I've had my IPA on tap for two weeks and I think it needs to sit a while before it tastes great. Is ok to take it off the CO2, take it out of the cooler, and let it sit at room temp? Is so, what do I have to be careful of?

So I've been reading threads dating back 5 years about adding fruit extract. Secondary or Bottling. My wheat extract kit came with a 4oz bottle of Brewers Best Raspberry extract. I've asked before if I should use it and the acceptable answer was "NO, but if you do DON'T use all of it". The...

After I have carbed the keg can I detach the CO2 and just use the nozzle?

My spare bathroom tub serves as my fermentation room. No windows and temp controled. I keep water in the tub that allowes the liquid to ferment at 68 consistently. For the sake of space I would like to move the carboys out of the water after 2 weeks to finish out their time in the primary. The...

Just I just kegged my first bach and cold crashed it at 38 degrees in a freezer chest with a regulator. The only things in the freezer are the keg kit with CO2 tank and regulator coil. When I stick my head in the freezer it burns my eyes, nose, and throat. Is that normal? or dangerous? Is it CO2...

I'm drinking my first pint of homebrew IPA right now. I couldn't be more proud in the decisions I've made and you all helped me make. Thank you. This beer turned out great and the next will be just as good. Amazing how really easy it is if you just follow the right instructions. The ones taught...

Is it my computer or has this website been buggy tonight?

I racked my IPA to a secondary 5 gl glass carboy after 2 weeks and dry hopped 1oz of cascade hops. The hops broke up and floated at the top for the first day and then settled to the bottom. After almost a week they are back at the top again. I didn't shake or move it and the temp was a constant...

That's all it took to make great beer. Maybe I'm a little biased but I tasted my wheat beer after 72 hours of fermentation and it really tasted great. Crazy :)

*now that I spelled that right I've got an IPA in the secondary, a Raspberry Wheat in the Primary, and nothing to do but wait and read these forums. What else can I do?

My American IPA kit fermented 70-73 degrees for 7 days. I took my first gravity reading today and it was spot on 1.016. When I tasted it I knew I had close to what I wanted. I was amazed that I created something that I can drink and not die from :). The finish was a bit alcohol strong, if that...

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I've had my first brew in primary 6.5gl carboy since Tuesday. I plan on waiting a full 2 weeks before dry hopping to a secondary 5gl carboy. Between now and then what is best way to take hydrometer readings without disrupting the fermentation?