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A friend of mine brewed a batch of pumpkin porter about 2 months ago and has seemed to have lost interest in it for some reason...he told me if i wanted it i could take it and bottle it up but it has been sitting in primary fermenter all that time. Worth my time?

So i was preparing to bottle my thunderstruck pumpkin ale and picked it up only to realize i forgot to put water in the airlock when i racked to secondary, been sitting for 3 weeks like this. Is my beer ruined or should i continue with botteling?

So i was just getting ready to bottle my thunderstruck pumpkin ale and picked it up only to realize i forgot to put water in the airlock when i racked to secondary....is this beer trashed or should i continue with botteling?

what are the advantages/disadvantages of using dme vs. Using lme? I have found lme much easier to use cuz the time it takes for dme to dissolve but most recipes call for mostly dme. Is it ok to substitute all lme and not use any dme?

I have seen references on some forums that say use a "spice tea" for flavoring in fermenter. Does this mean dissolving ground spices in boiling water and adding to fermenter?

I have seen references in some forums of making a "spice tea" to add flavoring later in ferment process. Is this just dissolving ground spices in boiling water and adding to frementer?

Just brewed a brewers best pumpkin porter extract kit...brewed exactly to instructions x-cept added 15 oz.can of pumpkin pie mix @ flame out. My og was WAY low (1.010) which is lowet than the specified fg......should i be concerned?

My blonde ale looks alot darker than i was expecting, is this normal? Will it lighten with time? (been in fermenter 5 days)

I just finished brewing a brewers best imperial blond extract kit. Moved wort from pot to bucket to pitch yeast then tried moving from bucket to carboy with a funnel....while doing so the funnel fell out onto the floor full of wort, think i may have lost alot of yeast....am i ok or should i get...

Anyone have any thoughts about painted on logos? Making new labels for each batch gets expensive with printer ink and paper so i thought maybe make a stencil and paint a permanent logo on my bottles and just ordering custom caps to identify beer styles. Good idea?

Few questions about my witbier kit that i just racked on top of 5lbs. of frozen strawberries. First off this is my first time witha a blow off tube, does the bucket need to be covered? also is the carboy too full, i didn't want to lose alot of beer so i filled it to the top. And then how long...

Any tips on keeping good sanitation with lots of pet hair in the air? We have 2 cats and a dog and i am concerned about pet dander contaminating my wort during boil/cooling/bottleing

Just brewed my first batch sunday evening, placed i ferment bucket and everything started off well started seeing bubbles in airlock the next morning. But now less than 48 hrs later the airlock has stopped bubbling, isn't that a little too soon? Took a hydrometer reading, started at 1.044 now at...