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It's that time of year, just want some advise on how much caned pumpkin should I add to my secondary for my pumpkin beer. I want lots of flavor. Thanks for your help!

My question is about when to add and how much to add my raspberry purée? And if and how to sanitize, it is a 3 lb can of purée. Thanks for the help!

I purchased farm fresh cider at the orchard today, my home brew store sold me campden tabs, after putting them in, do I keep it in the refrigerator or leave them at room temp for the 24 hrs?? I could not find a straight answer online. Thanks for the help!!

It seems to me that every time I brew the thermometers on my bucket seem to say that my brew is 4 or so degrees higher than ambient temp in my house. Does fermentation cause temp to rise in the bucket or are the thermometers wrong? Or maybe I'm crazy?

This weekend I am doing a belgian double, does anyone have any pointers, and should I do a secondary fermenter? The final gravity of my kit is 1.067, if that helps any. Thanks!

My question is due to living in the south and getting warm early, most from what I have seen ales ferment up to 70 to 72 degrees at the most. I keep my fermenter in my house in the a/c but my house sits at 74. With out turning up my a/c how do I keep my brew cool enough or is a few degrees not...

My question is, once the final gravity has been achieved, is there any added benefit to keeping it in the fermenter for another few days or a week? Thanks.

I brewed a batch of blond ale from a can added a extra lb of light dme and had a starting gravity of 1.065. I fermented it for a week till my gravity was at 1.010. I bottled it and waited two weeks, i noticed that it had a noticeable cidery taste what could have gone wrong? Thank for the input!

Bought a Belgian wit extract with specialty gains kit, I want to add lemon grass, the kit came with bitter orange, coriander, and cumin. (not so sure about the cumin). But should a not add the cumin, and just the lemon grass and when should I add it to the boil? Thanks for the help!

Sorry for the dumb question, but what is the purpose of the second fermenter, I have noticed it being used for higher gravity brews, but for what purpose does it serve. Thanks!

Maybe a dumb question, but I saved some bottles that had commercial beer in them, well I thought I rinsed them out, but when I checked them they had mold in the bottoms of them. If I use a oxygen based cleaner with hot water and then a sanitizer can I still use them? Thanks

I just did my first batch of home brew, and I was trying to be very sanitary so I decided to use distilled water. I just bottled that batch and then discovered that I should not use distilled water. How is this going to affect my batch ?