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Newbie question. Do you guys remove all hop bags and strain before starting with the immersion cooler? Thanks for your response.

Hey everyone. This past Saturday, my friend and I completed our second all grain brew (kolsch). Everything seemed to go pretty well. We had a 60 percent efficiency which s what we were shooting for. We also hit our OG reading right on the nose. We got down to a proper pitching temp and pitched...

A friend and myself are making the jump from extract to all grain very soon and I just had a couple newbie questions. We are looking at wort chillers and debating between a plate and a immersion chiller. What does everyone think works best and is easiest to use? I am building a mash tun out of...

So I started a batch on Friday night. I went down to the basement to check on the airlock for signs of life. There are air bubbles in the airlock, but no active bubbles at all. Should I be concerned or just be patient and know that the yeast is taking care of my beer? Or should I possibly...

Brewed my first beer yesterday. The bucket with the spigot was the one I was going to use as my primary because I didn't think a secondary was necessary for the style brew I was doing (american pale ale using un-hopped extract), but when sanitizing I realized it had a small leak. so I had to use...

So I started my first ever brew today. Everything went pretty well. Had a little bit of movement during the cooling of the wort. We also had some minor scorching in our brewpot. Is that really bad? Is there anything we can do to clean it off the pan? Thanks for any info.

Tomorrow a friend and I are entering the world of homebrewing. We are both pretty excited and slightly nervous. I have been doing a lot of reading and some of the stuff is pretty over my head. So a quick question. If we are using a dry malt extract, that takes the place of the wort correct...