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I bought an IPA kit about a month or so ago. I went into my fridge to get the yeast, liquid with a starter inside of the package, and the yeast package had already swelled. I have no clue how long it's been like that. Do you think the yeast will be ok? Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

So I Completely forgot to add fruit and secondary before fermentation had completely stopped on a fruit beer. What's my best course of action, still secondary and add the fruit (concentrate) or add it to primary? Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Soooo don't judge, but does anyone know how to possibly calculate the calories in your brewed beer? I'm on a diet but can't keep myself from getting into the keg!!

loose*** i recently was unscrewing my faucet to clean it, when my beer line came lose frmo my shank, but it is inside a tower. how do i go about tightening the beer line when i have no way of getting tinto my tower?? anyone else ever have this problem?? thanks!!

so i put some already carbonated beer into my keg, and now my beer is coming out with no foam what so ever, and tastes a little flat. is there anyway to recarbonate the beer? can i force carb it and bring it back??

So im drilling and building my kegerator today, butiforgot to defrost the fridge. Is it ok to still build and drill the hole even with the fridge still plugged in??

so im a rookie and im going to build a kegerator. I have this fridge http://www.bing.com/shopping/gmr04hascs-compact-4-3-cu-ft-refrigerator-top-freezer-stainless-steel/p/E63B947B6C3D3F7299E7?q=gmr04hascs+compact+4+3+cu+ft+refrigerator+top+freezer+stainless+steel I am buying this conversion...

I am making a strawverrywheat beer, in which i will rack to secondary to add strawberries. I was wondering what the best way is to check the gravity without risking oxygen getting to the beer? Could i just drop my sanitized hydrometer into my carboy and leave it in there and put the bunge back...

Anyone ever had experience with making these? They are cheaper than normal brewing, considering doing so i can have some beer for really drinking, and my real brewed beers for enjoying.

I have a blue moon that has been fermenting for two weeks. I am planning on moving to s secondary and adding oranges. I checked the gravity ad it is atnthe levelit needs to be, but my airlock isstill bubbling every twenty seconds. Shold i wait or am i ok to add the oranges for secondary?

Just pulled out the tube from my blow off, and my carboy kind of smells rotten??? Idontknowif im dreaming or what but is my batch rotten??

Was going to transfer a beer to a secondary today, but my primary is still bubblingonce every 8 seconds, should i wait? Its been 7 days Also, i am transfering to add oranges. Is adding regular cut up oranges ok?? Thanks!

Waswondering if there are any negative side affects to using a blowoff tube??? And if using a carboy will light have bad effects as well?

I just bottled my first batch of apa beer on sunday. I just looked at a few bottles, and it appears theree is some trub settling at the bottle, and im not too happy because i thoughtidid a pretty good job of tansfering. Is there anything i may have done wrong to cause this? Is it normal??

Just checked my carboy, and the foam has gotten so high it is up in my airlock. Suggestions? It is a 5 gallon carboy and has 5 gallons in it, did i overfill??

I was wondering what people do to make sure there is no trub getting into their beer. I decided to use a strainer while siphoning the beer, wich was pretty effective. Is this a good/bad idea?? Better ideas??

Hello, i just made my first two brews, one an american pale ale, the other a belgium wheat in which i am going to add orange in a second fermentation. In both brews, the beers turned out much darker than expected, and both had low original gravities (supposed to be 1.05 and were 1.04). I was...

Hello, i just made my first two brews, one an american pale ale, the other a belgium wheat in which i am going to add orange in a second fermentation. In both brews, the beers turned out much darker than expected, and both had low original gravities (supposed to be 1.05 and were 1.04). I was...