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My original gravity is 1.025. This is low, right? Looks like I can only achieve about 1.97%? This is "English IPA", all grain, from a book, but my brewing kettles are too small for the amount of grain in the recipe (pale malt & crystal malt). So I reduced the grain amount (and water). Is...

I just opened my fermenter after one month to find this film on top... I had planned on bottling this tomorrow. Beer is a winter warmer I tweaked (http://urly.fi/aIN) based on Holiday Prowler (http://urly.fi/aIO) - combination of light, crystal chocolate grains, plus beer enhancer and, if...

Hi, On Sunday afternoon, I made a seasonal concoction comprising... 2.5Kgs cr ushed pale malt 750g crushed crystal malt 350g (crushed?) chocolate malt 500g extra-dark s pray malt powder 60g northern brewer hops 3 cinnamon ground nutmeg ground ginger a chilli 30g cascade hops There is 17...

Love American beers. Pretty much prefer them to those here in the UK. They have a slightly different taste. Brooklyn, Sam Adams, Serra Nevada, love 'em. But I am a newbie. What is the difference in real terms and where does it come from? Thanks.

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This is basically the recipe from Instructables: How To Make Beer (http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-Beer/)... Crushed malt grain, mix of both light and dark powdered (didn't have enough light), northern brewer, safale. Currently in bottles, using table sugar for first time...

Damn. I was all set to bottle today, but I just realised I'm out of spray malt light. Can any household sugars be used for bottling (priming/carbonation)? I've read most veterans say steer well clear. Don't think the brew shop is one tomorrow (Sunday).

I've had a batch fermenting in a plastic sealed tub with airlock containing water since March 18. Frankly, I've had disappointing apparent fermentation (little to no bubbling through airlock even on day after putting in the container), but that may be another story... I thought all was lost...

I made this pumpkin ale on October 9 - http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2011/10/how-to-make-pumpkin-ale-pumpkin-beer-recipe-extract-homebrewing.html#_login It is now day 13 of my fermentation with recipe. With my hydrometer, I am getting readings of 1.013 and only 2% alcohol. (Hydrometer...

I made this pumpkin ale http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2011/10/how-to-make-pumpkin-ale-pumpkin-beer-recipe-extract-homebrewing.html Recipe advises two week fermentation, then sugar in bottling. It has been fermenting now for almost two weeks (two days to go) but I am still getting air...