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I brewed an IPA this past weekend and pitched a 1 liter starter. It was in the fridge for a week but that should be fine. The air lock is still not bubbling though. I took a peek inside and it's all frothy and foamy so it's definitely fermenting. I was wondering if anyone has had their...

Any one interested in sharing a tried and true root beer recipe?

I am making a Heffe and I was going to add a little orange zest to complement the citrus aromas from the yeast. The problem is that on brew day, I realized that I forgot to buy oranges and I had already started (yeah yeah yeah, I know). So I came up with the idea of "dry hopping" with the zest...

Does anyone out there in CyBeer land use a refractometer to check gravity? I bought one and it worked great to check my original gravity. But either it is not good for checking final gravity because of the alcohol or my IPA didnt ferment all the way and I'm going to have a nasty sweet beer...

What is diacetyl? What is a diacetyl rest? Why do I have to do it? How do you do it? Thanks in advance.

Can someone with experience in this area find a beer from New Orleans called Abita Amber (quite possibly the best beer in the world), drink it and tell me how to make it. The website simply states that it's a Munich lager brewed with crystal malt and perle hops. I would really like to try to...

I just made a batch of APA and in an effort to get my abv up to 6, I got a little bit over zealous and wound up with a starting gravity of 1.070. What should I expect and is there anything special I should do? Longer fermentations, conditioning, etc? Thanks

Just kegged my first batch and I am enjoying fresh draft beer on-demand (really bad idea by the way). My question is that if I wanted to put some into bottles from the keg, will the carbonation and freshness last?