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I have the Midwest Stainless Immersion Chiller and it worked well with our enamel brew kettle, but not quite as well with our new stainless kettle. It seemed to chill a little better when I would move the chiller around (stirring slowly or bobbing ever couple of minutes). Any other advice on...

:confused: We're making the NB Saison kit (extract) with an additional pound of DME and an additional pound of corn sugar (to raise gravity). OG was 1.072 and we pitched 2 packets of Wyeast Belgian Saison yeast (smack packs). On around the 8th day of primary, I took a reading and it was...

I'm still new to the homebrew world, but for my next batch I am planning on experimenting with raising the gravity (adding more alcohol). I picked up the Northern Brewer 'Bavarian Hefeweizen' kit today, which includes -- 6 lbs Wheat malt syrup split addition (60 and 15 min) -- 1 lb Wheat dry...

We held a BBQ this past weekend celebrating the readiness of two batches, and everything was fantastic. However one guest poured a homebrew (Belgian Witbier) into her glass and the head looked a little funky. It was thicker and darker, almost fungusy looking. It tasted fine but appearance made...

Hello, just wanted to be polite and introduce myself before diving in to the conversation! I live with my fiance in Minnesota (wedding is this July). I knew I liked beer before meeting her, but she had more experience in 'good beer' via many Old Chicago beer tours. Meeting her made me realize...