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Looking to make a 5 gallon extract lemon lime ale but I'm not sure how much zest to use or if I should use juice? I've head lemon zest if more powerfull that lime? any idead would be great. Hydro

Been playin with makin my own amber ale with high abv this is what I have come up with any suggestions/ideas would be great before I make it. LB OZ 8 0 Light/Pale Malt Extract Syrup 3 0 Light Dry Malt Extract 0 8 Dextrin (CaraPils) Malt 0 8 Crystal 80L 33...

So I made this amber ale and it's suuuuper sweet almost like wine. My friend told me I used too many nonfermentable sugars....can anyone send me int he right direction for a list of what grains are fermentable and what are not? heres what I used Steeped @155 for 30 min 1# crystal 20L 1# dextrin...

Looking for information in how/why to use different kinds of wood chips. I'm now on my 7th batch and everytime I make one I try to do somethin different. Hydro

I have been using hopville.com for my recipes and my original gravity is not coming up as high as the suggested OG and I'm not sure why. I cool my wort down to 70 then check with my hydrometer before pitching with my yeast last recipe it estimated 1.065 but I got 1.048. Hydro

I see lots of people sayign to stick to longer primary and not use a secondary. Wouldn't using a secondary just result in a cleaner beer when bottling? I don't normally use a secondary when kegging unless I added fresh fruit but I don't like seeing all the yeast at the bottom of the primary when...

I have always used liquid yeast (brewing extract) and have never had a problem with fermentation. what is the benefit of using a starter? Tim

At what temp does yeast start to die off? Bottled some beer for a friend and they left it all int here car all night and it got down to about 37 degrees. Tim

looking for infor on pasturizing but can't seem to find a thread here anyone know how to do it at home and what the benefits/cons are? Tim

Going to bottle my beer today how mcuh priming sugar should I use? it's a cara cara hef. last time I bottled a blackberry ale the guy at the brew store told to to use 1 cup of corn sugar with 1 pint of water (i used blackberry extract at time of bottling) and the bottles seem to be a little over...

What's a good way to figure out what my begenning OG should be and do i know accordging to the OG when my beer is done fermenting? Tim

What's the best way to fix a overcarbed keg? Tim

I was trying ot make a blone ale (first beer from all scratch) so I looked around and came up with my own recipe. I did not know what the alpha really meant in the hops untill after this was kegged. It taste quite bitter (hoppy I guess?) so what would I classify it as? it's extract+specialty...

Hello!! New to homebrew doing extract+specialty grains came here to continue learning to I can make awesome homebrew! Tim