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Ok so I am on my 5th batch of beer and I am making a lager, its been about two weeks and I wanted to see how the fermenting process was going so I took a reading and got 1.020 AFTER twisting the hydrometer and getting all the bubbles off (this was about 15 minutes after pouring into the tube)...

Ok so I have googled the $#!^ out of my question/s and still can't find the right answer even though it sounds like a simple one and I know I am gonna get some heat for bringing up the whole "my airlock isnt bubbling dude!" but I gotta do it.... heres what I did: Thought I would make a lager...

Ok so I wanted to make a wheat beer and the kit came with an ale yeast. However the beer I am brewing depends on the weather where I am because I just keep it in the garage (only a few degrees warmer than outside) in barrels of water to help stabilize the temp. So as a last minute decision I...

Ok so I believe its important to start simple and small before advancing in order to fully understand each and every aspect to brewing, with that said I am still trying to conquer the whole liquid malt extract + Dextrose mix/blend + yeast + wait for SG gravity to be consistent before bottling...

Hey so I really like to stay organized and im already on my fourth batch and decided i need a 3 ring binder with a format to follow and jot stuff down on in order to experiment (kinda important eh?) SO i created this little guy (the attachment) and wanted to get some feedback/ give it you guys...

Ok so I am pretty new to brewing in general and would love to dive into the world of cider making (my girlfriend insists that I make cider for her if I am going to be making my own beer). So far I have made one cider that turned out great only downside was it was just a tad too sweet for me and...

Hey so Im fairly new to brewing but definitely not new to drinking beer. I am a master of drinking, and its not something to necessarily brag about but I do drink just about every night of the week. I rarely EVER get hungover especially from beer but this new batch that I just made, I tried...

Ok so i decided to do my first batch of cider and im using the mangrove jacks pear cider. When i initially started my batch i took a gravity reading of 1.010, about 5 days later after it had seemed the bubbling in the airlock had come to an end i took another gravity reading of 1.020, THEN we...

So I'm on my third batch of Coopers DIY kit, using their malt extract, the yeast that comes with it, etc... just as it comes and following the directions exactly, I have used a different style malt extract each time and every time now it comes out with STRONG notes of apples, almost so much that...

Ok, im sure alot of you might be annoyed by this question since it has probably been asked many times before, however I am new here and have just recently started brewing my own beer using malt extracts however I hope to move on to all grains someday hopefully soon. Anyways my question is, Since...