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I brewed a 60min IPA clone 3 weeks ago and pitched only the vial of yeast into the wort. I know now that I should always make a starter and that most vials actually only have about 25% viable yeast. The OG was 1.061 and after 3 weeks, the beer is sitting at 1.020. I tasted the sample and it...

Hi, I just brewed Saq's "New World" Westvleteren 12 cone a 3 days ago. I didnt account for the boil off rate properly and didnt want to have a half carboy full by the time I was done so I boiled another gallon of water and added it to the boil. My OG ended up being 10 points low so I added...

Just wondering if anyone has successfully used dried elderberries and how? About 2 weeks ago, I experimented with a chocolate-rye porter and added cinnamon and an ounce of crushed, dried elderberries during the last 10 min of the boil. I've never used them before and haven't found any...

I'm just getting into home brewing this year. I've made 4 kits and 5 all grain batches without any problems. I just brewed and English Pale ale 7 days ago and used Danstar Nottingham Dry yeast. It took about 48 hours before I saw any activity in the primary (glass carboy) and then I had lots of...

I'm just getting into home brewing this year. I've made 4 kits and 5 all grain batches without any problems. I just brewed and English Pale ale 7 days ago and used Danstar Nottingham Dry yeast. It took about 48 hours before I saw any activity in the primary (glass carboy) and then I had lots...