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So I under-bittered an ale and, while it's drinkable, it's also quite on the sweet side. I was thinking of picking up an ouce of high-alpha hops and boiling them for an hour in a couple gallons of water to extract some bitterness and then just chilling the bittered water in the fridge. My...

Howdy folks, Just had a quick couple questions. I'm trying to put together a mild to brew this weekend. I've seen many members here raving about the mild mannered ale, but I noticed the grain bill is almost 20% crystal. In other threads I've read a lot of people were saying 15% is about...

I realize there is a Mr. Beer sticky already, but I don't really have time to browse the 4,000 posts looking for an answer to my question, so I'm just going to throw it out there. I've been brewing 2-gallon batches in my Mr. Beer fermentors for a while, but my next batch is going to be a...

Working up a stout at the moment and trying to be careful about it, as my last attempt was more of a fly-by-the-seat of my pants clusterfudge that turned out practically undrinkable. According to Hopville, this fits the category of Foreign Extra Stout. Looks to be slightly on the...

I was just curious whether batch size has any bearing on the time requirements for any part of the brewing process. For example, does a one-gallon batch ferment any more quickly than a ten-gallon batch, all else being equal? Same question regarding aspects such as dry hopping, etc. Thanks...

I've got a two-gallon batch of a pale-ish ale dry hopping in a carboy and I'm looking for a bit of advice on how to proceed. Had it in primary for about 8 days before racking to secondary on top of a half ounce of loose Cascade pellets. It was my first attempt at dry hopping, so I was a little...

May have overdone something on my first stout attempt. Took a wee taste a few days into fermentation and the bitterness is off the chain. 8.5 qt batch 3.3 lb Munich LME 4 oz English chocolate 4 oz black malt 4 oz roasted barley about 1.25 - 1.5 oz chinook/simcoe blend at 60 (it's...

I'm looking to purchase some ingredients for my first non-all-extract brew. Unfortunately, my local brew shop is a little skimpy in its selection, and the next nearest shop is an hour and a half away, so I'm looking for a good online vendor. I notice many vendors seem to have a flat shipping...

Hi folks. This is my first thread, and I just started using a Mr. Beer I got for Christmas, so forgive me if I seem a tad green. I'm planning to upgrade to a 5-gallon set up sometime in the near future, but I'd like to try a recipe I found and don't quite have the spare funds to do the upgrade...