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Hello everyone. Because of all your help and great advice we have brewed many successful beers over the last year. Now we officially have the sickness! We want to enter into the all-grain world but start off with a partial mash. I would love any advice on equipment needs, books that are good...

Brewing a batch right now. Added LME. Got hung up trying to prevent boil over. Boiled for 40 min. Went to add second hops and noticed I completely forgot the DME. Damn!! Threw it in, now what??

Ext, going to brew brewers best summer ale. Was a huge success next year after adding ginger and coriander. The kit comes with a dry yeast packet. Should I stick with that or can you suggest a liquid yeast to get. Having success with the yeast starter thus far and was thinking of doing that. I...

My yeast starter is in the warmest room in the house at 69 degrees. This is Wisconsin. Do I need to cool the wort to 69 degrees before I pitch it?

Going thru directions for northern brewer nut brown ale kit that I'm brewing tonight. Says to ferment 2 weeks in primary, then bottle. Yeast starter is going. Does this seem like a long enough fermentation?

Am planning on just using primary bucket and not racking it to a secondary. I've brewed 5 batches and have racked them all so this is new to me. Any advice would be so helpful. How long should I keep it in there before bottling? Do I need to add Irish moss to clarify it?

OK. My last two batches were complete flops! Brewing a nut brown ale tomorrow. Doing a yeast starter for the first time, so any advice would be great. Also, want to leave in primary til bottling and not rack. First time for that as well. How long should I leave it in primary and should I add...

We've been brewing for about a year, 5 batches. 2 really good brews, but the last two have not been good! I'm frustrated! The last batch took over two days to start fermenting and ended up with a "chemical" taste. We would like to try a yeast starter for our upcoming batch. Does anyone have...

Is a yeast starter necessary? We want to brew great beer but what I've read is mixed. Some say you only need a starter if your brewing on OG of greater than 1.075. Thoughts?

What do we need to prepare a yeast starter? Have heard many things and just want to get it right.

I'm ready to rack my pumpkin ale to clarify and want to add vanilla to secondary. Just wondering if I should add a vanilla bean or vanilla extract? And how much? Excited to crack open my third batch tonight...chocolate milk stout!

Hi all, brewing my 4th batch tomorrow night. Midwest pumpkin ale kit. I've read a lot of pumpkin ale threads and most talk about doing a mini mash. I'm not sure I'm ready for that yet. Any suggestions for my batch? Am planning to roast pumpkin with brown sugar and pumpkin pie spice. Put in a...

My husband ordered a kit with Wyeast liquid activator but forgot to order an ice pack with it. When it was delivered I put it in the fridge right away. Will it be OK? If it expands when I smack it does that mean its going to be alright? We plan on brewing Friday night.

Hey, anyone out there have any suggestions for pumpkin preparation and/ or anything else you would recommend throwing in my Midwest pumpkin ale kit brew?

Our chocolate milk stout has been in primary for 2 weeks. OG was 1.056. Now its 1.022. Is it ok to add cocao nibs now and let it sit for another 2 weeks? I'm not sure what FG I'm aiming for. Help please, again. I don't know what I would without all of you out there :)

I just brewed a northern brewer chocolate milk stout last night and I don't have any bubbling on my air lock. Should I be concerned or just be patient? I'm leaving town in the morning and am going to worry about it if I don't see any signs of fermentation. Aarrrggg! I need some advice please.

Getting ready to brew a northern brewer chocolate milk stout kit. How long in primary? Should I secondary?

About to brew batch #3. Going to skip secondary. It's a milk stout. Should I add anything to help with clearing or just leave it alone in the primary for 4 weeks?

Hi again. I'm getting ready to brew my third batch. Going to be a chocolate milk stout from a NB kit. I really don't want to screw it up because it sounds delicious. So any helpful hints/tips will be more than appreciated! Thank you all again!

Is there any significant difference between using a plastic pale vs a carboy for a primary?