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Hey everyone: Looking to create a Butterscotch Ale, but have no idea on what hops to use, any recommendations? Was thinking 1 oz. Hersbrucker (60 min), anyone have other ideas? I want the beer to be light, ensuring the butterscotch stands out, but not overpowering. Thanks for any advice

Just purchased a dual keg system through midwest supplies. I need to purchase a refrigerator that can fit both 5 gallon soda kegs, 5lb. CO2 canister and all hoses. My ultimate goal is to run lines to have a draft system through the refrigerator. What is the minimum size fridge in regards to...

Gonna be brewing a Northern Brewer Black IPA Extract Kit soon and was thinking of dry hopping with 1 oz. Centennial Hops and 4 oz. of Oak Chips at the same time after transferring to secondary. I have never used oak chips before in a brew...does this sound like an idea that would work? I've...

Doing a 20 minute boil on a Mexican Cervesa Beer from Midwest Supplies as a birthday present to someone. O.G. was 1.036 (Instructions said it should be between 1.044-1.048) F.G. at this time is 1.010 (Instruction said it should be between (1.010-1.014) Looks like ABV should be around...

About to brew Midwest 20-minute Mexican Style Cervesa as a gift to my in-laws since they love Corona so much. Read a couple reviews from the Midwest website pertaining to color of the finished product being a little to dark compared to a normal Corona. Any advice on how to get the color as...

Hey everyone, working on my 8th batch of homebrew now and I am consistently running into the problem of the finished color of the beer being to dark. While reading posts, I seem to see alot of members mentioning that boiling the LME for 60 min willcause this. Well the instructions for every...

Hello everyone: Starting a raspberry wheat today, instruction say to add raspberry extract during bottling process.... My initial thought was to add the extract when I rack to the secondary fermentor.....this way I can test the flavor as much as I need to to get it just right... Any...

Hey all: Brewed a clone hefenweizen kit last month, bottled, and waited two weeks for carbonation to take effect at 72 degrees. Everything turned out great in regards to color, clarity, and carbonation. Only thing is that I am not getting any banana or clove flavor that I expected. I...

Hey everyone!!!! Just purchased a Nut Brown through Northern Brewer and decided I want to make it a Honey Nut Brown... Any advice on when to add the honey to the brew? ...also...it what quantity should I add to get a subtle honey flavor? This will be more first time adding my own...

Hi Everyone: I just started a fermentation on a Brewers Best Porter and had a discrepancy with the OG that I measured and what the kit instructions said it should be. Instructions said to top off to 5 gallons, however, I topped off at 5 1/4, my mistake. Also, when I took the OG, I forgot...

Hi everyone, I recently went to a craft microbrewery and noticed on the beer chalkboards that gave descriptions for all their beer, OG was stated in this form: OG: 14.1 OG: 11.3 I am used to OG being stated like this: OG: 1.062 OG: 1.052 Can anyone give me an explanation...

I am having pretty close to the same problem with a Brewers Best Oatmeal Stout. Being new to the brewing world and this being my third kit so far, I decided to go with a more intermediate kit. Followed directions exactly and transferred to primary with a OG of 1.052, saw vigorous bubbling from...