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Hey all, I bottled a raspberry cream ale yesterday. I used frozen raspberries, thawed and added to the secondary. I then waited until any sugar from the raspberries was fermented. When I finished bottling I noticed that some of the bottles had little pieces of fruit in them (they must have...

Anyone seen this before, or know why it looks like this? It is about 48 hours into fermentation, and is chugging alone nicely. Using Denny's fav for yeast.

I have a starter that I don't think will be ready until tomorrow morning, but I would like to brew tomorrow night. If I crash it for 12 hours will that be long enough to decant off the spent wort? Should I put it in the freezer at the start or end of the crash for a bit? Would love any help you...

Hi all. So yesterday I picked up some supplies from my HBS. when I got home I realized that the yeast was old, from last October. I was already planning on making a starter, but when I plugged in the date and everything into the mr malty yeast calculator it said I needed this huge starter with...

Hey all. So I am currently fermenting my first Belgian Dubbel (yay!). When I was picking up the supplies at my LHBS the (generally very knowledgeable) guy that works there said that I should re-pitch a small amount of yeast when I transfer to secondary. He said like a 4th of a smack pack...

Hi all. Sorry up front for not being able to put up a picture, the beer is in a brown bottle and any pictures I take don't show anything. I bottled a stout about ten days ago. I cracked one open last night and it tasted great, although under-carbed. I was gently swishing the bottles this morning...

Hey all. So this batch has been a lot of firsts for me. I am making my first Belgian Dubbel (yay!). I did my first full volume boil (yay!). I am also trying to get better control over the temperature by using a big tub full of cold water and some floating frozen milk jugs. I used two packets of...

Have a stout (made from the deception cream stout recipe posted elsewhere on HBT). I want to add some more chocolate flavor so I was thinking about adding some cocoa powder to the fermenter as "dry hopping." I have seen some other posts that suggest using cocoa nibs. I don't have any nibs but I...

I am new to brewing, but already totally obsessed. I love listening to podcasts, and I was wondering if anyone had suggestions for a good brewing podcast. I am a huge fan of Stuff You Should Know and Freakonomics, if that helps with any suggestions. Thanks all.

I found a recipe (kit) on northern brewer that is a triple/IPA hybrid of sorts (http://www.northernbrewer.com/documentation/beerkits/HoublomonstreTripelIPA.pdf). It looks really interesting and I am planning on basing my next brew on the recipe. It calls for 2 lbs of corn or priming sugar to be...

I have been scouring other posts to find an answer to my question but so far I can't figure it out. I am about to bottle my first beer, a Chinook IPA extract kit from northern brewers. I pitched one packet of Safale US-05 Dry Yeast. It has an OG of 1.051 and an FG of 1.013 (comes out to an ABV...

So, I am about to rack my first brew to a bottling bucket from my glass carboy this weekend to bottle. When I racked to the secondary I picked up a good amount of trub (as is evident by the layer at the bottom of my secondary fermenter). I would like to avoid this when I rack to my bottling...

So, I added two ounces of hops to my 5 gallon IPA in secondary last Friday. They are still just floating on top. Is this normal? How long will it take for them to sink? I am hoping to bottle this Friday, but I don't want to until they sink. Any help would b appreciated.

Fantastic Fellow Fermenters, I have been reading a lot about length of time a beer can spend in a primary, and I have gotten a lot of different views. I brewed a Cream Stout a few weeks back, and originally I wanted to leave it in the primary for 5 weeks before I bottled. However, looking at my...

An someone suggest a quality bench capper?

I am making a wit bier from extract. 6 lbs total of dry extract (3 lbs wheat, 3 lbs pilsen)I am pitching 1 bag of wheat 3944 Belgian wit. It will be a 5 gal. Batch. Do I need to add any yeast nutrients? Why or why not? I was going to add one tsp at 5 min. Thoughts?

I am planning on building an immersion cooler, but I am not sure what size of tubing to get. I have seen that most people use 3/8" I was thinking that a smaller diameter would allow for more surface area contact. Has anyone had luck/trouble with anything smaller than 3/8?

Is there a program that people use (and like) to design and print their labels? I am going to be bottling my first beer in a few weeks and would like them to look extra spiffy.

Made a big batch of star San last night when I was brewing and I kept some in an empty gallon jug because I need to take gravity readings of a different brew I am fermenting. How long will it last before I need to make up another batch?

Black Boss is my dads favorite beer and I would love to brew him some for his birthday. Does anyone have a recipe for this?