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Just wondering, how do i know when to pick my hops and how do i dry and store them? thanks

I brewed a sierrra nevada pale ale and everything turned out great except for the clarity. I can almot see the grain floating around. Is there a way to filter this out of the keg and also what is a better straining method for all grain. Thanks

I made a 10 gallon batch and will be kegging shortly. Do I need to carbonate the beer or can I just keg it and keep it in a refridgerated state.

I was moving my 5 gallon batch of all to the freezer after day 5 of fermintation when I bumped the airlock with my leg and the 1/4 gasket fell into the plastic bucket. Right now the gasket is in the beer and I have the air lock pushed down to the bucket held firmly with tape. I know this is not...

I am currently brewing a 10 gallon batch. The recipe called for 7 gallons of mash water I accidentally added 10.5 is this a problem

I am brewing a sierra nevada pale tomorrow. I have a grain bill of 26# for a 12 gallon batch. I used a wyeast activator with 200 g dme and 2 liters of water, is this going to be enough yeast or do I need another packet of 1056 activator. I figure with the original starter I will multiply to 200...

Just wondering if there are any cleaners other then the items sold through the brew supply houses. Ther has to be a cheaper alternative. Thanks

I carbinated my beer at 12psi for a week and let it sit. The carbonation is fine, however when i pour my beer, the beer comes out real fast and the whole glass is foam. Are you supposed to drop your pressure after carbination or do you keep it at 12 the whole time?

After I add the yeast to the wort in the fermentor, What type of setup works the best as an erator. Can you use a stone along with a aquirium pump? How long do you do this for?

I put my keg in the fridge for a week to carbonate and it got to cold and froze. I then trook it out of the fridge to thaw for an hour and then i noticed the relief on the keg is leaking. Should i get a new keg and transfer the beer and then recarbonate it or is this batch hopeless.

I just moved my fat tire clone from the fermentor to the keg and tasted it uncarbonated. It had a slight bitter taste to i. When I did my final wort boil I started with almost six gallons and ended up with only 4. I think my boil might have been to intense. If so, would this lead to a bitter...

I brewed my ale just over three weeks ago and just got home from vacation today. Looking at my beer it it just appears to look like flat beer. At this point I would imagine I would want to move it from primary into kegging. Once I keg the beer I am going to pressurize the beer to 12 psi. Are...

I brewed my beer this past Sunday and I am doing only a primary fermintation. I am leaving fro vacation on Tuesday and I am guessing the fermintation will be finished by time I get home. Is it ok to leave it long in the fermenter?

I used a 1/2" stainless braide hose as my mash tun strainer. It clogged in no time at all. I ended scooping the wort out and straining it. I have 3 inches of sediment on the bottom of my fermenter. Also I did a rolling boil for an hour for a 5 gallon batch that started with 5-1/2 gallons and I...

I have a recipe i'm doing later today and it calls for a 60 min boil. Does the 60 minutes start when it is a roaring boil and should i keep it a roaring boil for an hour or does it go down to a simmer, it's been 5 years i just forgot.

I am doing a10 gallon all grain fat tire clone on Saturday. My grain bill is 20.5#so I figure at 1.33 L/# of grain will give me 6.81 gallons of strike water for my mash tun. Do I figure 10 gallons - 6.81 = my sparge water or how do I figure that out. Also, is anyone familiar with the product...

I am doing my first 10 gallon all grain fat tire clone. I picked up a pound of amber breiss dry malt extract and a gallon jug. I have heard a yeast starer should be 2L. How long do i need to boil my water with the dry malt and how much dry malt should i use. Also do i keep the yeast in the...

What does a regular beer have in it versus a light beer

Wanted to try growing a few different hops, just wondering how much yield to expect in the first year.

how much strike water do you add to your grains in your mash tun. What is the ratio of water to grains.