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Couple weeks ago I brewed a black IPA from extract. While steeping the grains I left the kitchen, only to return and find my temp was around 190 F....Doh! I pulled the grain bag out immediately, and forged on. When I transferred to secondary last week I took a taste and I found it to be...

Hey there, fellow brew brothers and sisters. I came upon this idea here on HBT forums and it was too good to NOT give it a shot. I'm still an extract brewer with around 8 batches under my belt- so maybe it's a little out of my league. But I am fearless and stupid so here we go! I will take any...

How do you guys clean these things? I've been running as much water through them as I can, and fully submerging it in sanitizer, but after it is dry I can still smell homebrew in there. Don't want something this small to ruin a good batch of brew during transfer or bottling. Thanks!

First, what is the benefit of adding your malt extract at the end of the boil versus boiling the whole way? Is it done to increase hop utilization? Does it affect any other attributes of the finished beer? Also, I want to play with using only a primary fermentation on my next batch. I have used...

This year I am making an attempt at growing my own Cascade hops. I was wondering if the fresh cut hops HAD to be dried at all, or just tossed into the kettle as is And secondary question- who's got the absolute best extract clone recipe for Sierra Nevada Pale Ale? It's my favorite everyday...

I recently had my first taste of Dogfish Imperial 90 min. IPA and God, what a fantastic beer! I've had a few others with "imperial" in the title, as well. So... What is the difference between an IPA and an "imperial" IPA or any style and it's imperial counterpart?

A coworker of mine started brewing this year, and has a couple of extract batches under his belt. His jalapenos are starting to look good out in his garden, and he wants to attempt a roasted jalapeno brew. I told him I would ask the pro's on the forums here. He said he wants the jalapeno to be...

So tomorrow is bottling day on my American wheat. I asked this question before, but I'm still not really sure. I plan on bottling the first half of the batch as is, and adding raspberry extract to the 2nd half. The question is how much ras. extract should I add? So the bottle of extract is 4...

Brewing my first wheat today. Extract recipe based on Palmer's Three Weisse Guys American wheat. This will also be my first time not racking to a secondary. I want to bottle the first half as is, and bottle the 2nd half with raspberry extract. So my question is how much ras. extract to use for...

So, I'm having a lot of fun homebrewing so far. Finished 3 extract kits. My dad bought me a Budweiser clone kit from Midwest with my equipment. Don't have any place to lager yet. My question is- what could I transform this kit into? If I used the dried lager yeast and fermented like an ale, it...