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I'm going to be brewing an Oatmeal Stout soon and want to try and add some all-spice and cinnamon to half of it. Normally I've added spices near the end of the boil but I'm thinking about not adding them until I rack to a secondary. That way I could just rack half to another carboy onto a couple...

I'm going to be brewing an Oatmeal Stout soon and want to try and add some all-spice and cinnamon to half of it. Normally I've added spices near the end of the boil but I'm thinking about not adding them until I rack to a secondary. That way I could just rack half to another carboy onto a couple...

Have a Magic Chef dorm fridge that I keep my keg and cobra tap in. I've had it in the garage over the summer and use it to cold crash in as well. It never seemed to get cold enough for beer but I have a 5 gallon better bottle with an IPA and a stick on thermometer. The beer has been in there...

I made a checklist to help with my first all-grain batch. I'm a little nervous and don't want to screw anything up so hopefully the checklist will cut down on the foul-ups. Does it look like I've got the process down on the list? I'm planning on brewing tomorrow morning. Thanks in advance...

I have a small problem with a recipe um…math error. I was aiming for a Bell Two hearted clone, 2.5 gallons. I hauled a$$ to the LHBS on my lunch break to pick up my ingredients. In my haste I wrote lbs where I should have written oz. And…. Instead of crystal 20 I used 120. I...

My first try at all grain yielded a lower malt extraction than the recipe called but the hop addition were kept the same. I thought it would be ok but now I have an unbalance beer. Waaaay too hoppy and no malt to balance it. My question is: since this beer is kegged can I brew a quick 2.5 gallon...

Brewed a Pale Ale last Wednesday and pitched my US 04 yeast that night. No bubbles the next morning but no surprise. That evening it they were chowing down and I had a good stream of bubbles. I had my temps a little low since its been cool here lately and by Friday there were no more bubbles and...

Are there any potential problems with cold crashing a beer after 7 days in the primary? I'm in a bit of a hurry. I transferred to the secondary after 7 days and the FG was 1.012+. OG was 1.060 so it appears to be finished. I plan on kegging it then putting some on bottles for a camping trip next...

My brew buddy and I tried to brew two batches at the same time today and couldn't get the wort temp on both batches quick enough so we pitched the yeast at approximately 80-82 degrees. I was able to put mine straight in the cooler and put frozen cooler packs on it immediately. I have a glass of...

I have had three, possibly four, five gallon batches of beer with a progressively worsening apple/band-aid taste after bottling. I brewed them all within a few weeks of each other using tap water to top off after a 3 gallon boil. There are no real signs on top of the fermenting batches and I've...

I have a batch of more than likely contaminated pale ale that is on its second week in the secondary. I'm not real excited about bottling the whole batch and sitting on it for two weeks only to find out its contaminated. (I apparently had a flaw in my brewing routine that has already...

When you have found a commercial beer that you want try and brew a similar beer, what do you do to figure out the recipe? Is it just something that comes with experience of tasting and deciphering ingredients or is there a way for a new guy to duplicate a beer? My wife and I were in Charleston...

A buddy and I are currently fermenting our second batch of extract and seem to have been bitten by the brewing bug. I have a handful of questions regarding brewing and beer in general. 1. When we have added our specialty malts to our wort, we tie a knot in the muslin bag and toss it in. The...