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I've been brewing for about 6 months or so, and have around 10 batches under my belt. Thought I was doing well enough to try racking a new brew on top of my yeast cake, since I have read of people doing it, and having good success. I am not quite ready to save and wash and reuse, (mostly...

I brewed an IPA Sunday night and pitched at 90. I know I should let it cool more, but I've done this before with good results and needed the space to bottle my Dutch Dark, so I went ahead. Last night, I came home to check on it and rotate my ice bottles out, and a little was coming out from...

After having troubles with my first bottling experience, I am hoping I did okay this time ( I took the advice of many of you here, and made my own bottling bucket ) The whole procedure last night took about 4 hours, and it worked okay, but without a perfect seal on the end of the auto-siphon...

There, I've said it. My first bottling day was Sunday. Actually, I should have filmed it as a "You don't want to do it like this" tutorial. You guys would have loved it. I must have looked like a drunk Steve Irwin trying control this thing. I still don't really know how I got beer on the...

I have still been using my 2.5 gal MrB kit, and have been cutting the brew kits in half to make them work. Everything has been working out okay so far, even though the guys at the homebrew store told me I was wasting my time. (I think they just want to sell me bunches of stuff, and get me out of...

I brewed the second half of my Oktoberfest the other day, and it's bottle-conditioning as we speak. I feel like a kid waiting for Christmas. So, I am about ready to take the training wheels off, and upgrade to a two-stage kit, but I have a few questions for the experts 'round these parts...

I say this all the time, but now I mean it. I love beer. Lagers, Porters, Stouts, whatever. And I mean whatever. Yes, I am a New-bie, and am very eager to learn what I am doing. My wife bought me a Mr Beer kit last Christmas, and I immediately jumped right in. I made the first batch that came...