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Hi, I have never dry hopped before. Picked up a Festabrew to knock out a quick beer for after the holidays. It has been fermenting in the primary bucket for 11 days and i tossed in on ounce of cascade pellets to add some hop flavor. I just took the lid off and threw them right in. I plan on...

This would be a very easy starter beer. One Mangrove Jack classic bitter kit mixed with a 1KG pack of Muntons Brew Enhancer. Topped up to 19 liters.

I was going to do a quick kit and kilo and picked up a pack of Munton's Beer Kit Enhancer (to sub instead of dextrose). The Enhancer comes in a plastic package and looks like it is just dry spray malt and dextrose. However I noticed there is no date on the package. Should it be ok to use...

So last night about 9:30PM I was brewing a simple kit and kilo style kit. I boiled up some hops in the additional malt I was adding. Added the kit and topped with cold water but only got the wort temp down to 88. So here is basically the timeline. Pitched 14g of coopers yeast on 88 wort (ohhh...

Ok so I brewed 2 Barons kits with terrible results my HBS offered to give me another one to try free of charge so I did. I brewed the kit last Thursday evening - Friday afternoon we had bubbles in the airlock which continued to about Sunday evening. Since then not only have the bubbles...

I have beer exploding in my closet what do I do? Will putting them in the fridge stabalize them???

Hey guys, I have a Barons kit which is simply 7 liters of concentrated beer wert. It says if I top it up to 23 liters the OG ill be about 1036. Is there anyway to figure out what my OG would be if I only topped it up to 19L??? Thanks!

Ok Ive been brewing for a long time and should know this but......... I had an autosiphon and the racking cane that came with it broke. Can I just use any old racking cane in the auto siphon? Or do i need one that fits tight in the auto siphon? Thanks!

I just wanted to toss this out here to get some thoughts. I have been brewing for about 7 years but never really read very much or thought a lot about yeast. Since I started brewing when I make the canned extract kits I always used the yeast pack under the cap. When I make boxed ingredient...

Just real quick question usually my beer is pretty carbonated in 2 weeks. Tried on today and its pretty flat just a small sound when i pop the top. Just wondering do bigger bottles take longer to carbonate then the standard size? I brewed these in quarts so was thinking maybe i just need to give...

I was thinking of possibly switching over to star san to sanitize my gear because someone told me it was a lot cheaper then the pink chlorinated powder. So I tried to do some research on the topic and I found some old references from people on forums saying it was 'harmful', 'poison' and...

Howdy folks I as brewing a stout and the fermentation is off the charts. It foaming out over the airlock. What should I do from here it just keeps spitting out foam it is on day 2 of fermenting. Is my beer at risk of being infected? Ive never had this happen before so any advice is much...

Hey guys I was wanting to bottle some beer in 2L bottles. Mostly because there are less bottles to clean and cap. Also it is convenient to take a 2L to a friends or a party to drink. I would like to use 2L soda bottles BUT I heard that they are not safe to use due to the plastic being...

Howdy - Im new to making kits with the steeping grains included. I read that your supposed to steep for 30 mins on 155...... I thought i had it set at 155 - so i left the pot and when i can back in 30 mins the steeping water was 175f - so basically my grains steeped for 30 mins at 175 - how...

Ok I've been doing canned 'kit and kilo' kits for the past 4 years but my brew store has some new boxed extract kits. It came with 6lbs of malt extract 1lbs of liquid glucose - boiling hops, finishing hops, bag of specialty grain, grain bag ohhh and yeast. I only have an 8 quart pot (8...

Hey guys have just been doing some reading on the yeast needed to brew a batch. I purchased a pre-hopped (kit and kilo) kit and it came with a 5g packet of yeast. Usually I buy the Coopers kits and they come with 7g which usually does fine by me. So I did a bit of digging and many people think...

Im a light sleeper so I have to keep my primary fermenter in the closet when its brewing the 'bubbling' in the air lock keeps me awake. Is there naything wrong with carrying the bucket downthe hall and lifting it up on a table to siphon into bottles or secondary. I try not to splash it too much...

I purchased a cheap 8 quart stainless steel pot today at a discount store for 15$. The pot steel seems really thin - is it going to ok for boiling some malt extract or is it going to scorch cause the metal is too thin?

About a year ago I got a glass carboy from someone who hasnt brewed in years. It was sitting in their basement for like 10 years. I took it home washed it and sanitized it - I got it nice and clean except for a small brown stain on the glass. I scrubbed and scrubbed with bleach and a carboy...

Ok I live in an apt and its usually like 75+ in the days and i have no AC. I really need to brew some new beer. I have a plan how does it sound.... when i leave for work tomorrow im going to put a damp towel over my bucket and put a couple dollar store ice packs on the lid? After i set that up...