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Looking at trying one of these products like Prime Dose or the inexpensive fizz drops at NB. My question is, does it somehow magically, properly carb for all beer styles or is it just a general carbonation good for most american ales? I've brewed a batch of special bitter which has a moderate...

Okay. So Ive tried Redds Apple Ale and... meh... I'd like to make something a little more Ale-like but still full of apple flavor. Heres what Ive come up with and I have a couple questions... Going to brew a 2 gal. batch of a really basic ale with 3lb. Extra Light DME .5 oz of New...

Hello all and happy holidays. A question about taste testing... I was thinking about getting a couple flip top bottles and popping one open throughout the bottle aging process to check progress. Does this kill the beer in the bottle by oxygenating or does it kill the carbonation? Or any...

The judgmental Dougie Downer of an employee at my LHBS had a meltdown when I told him I did this with my last batch. He insisted it infected/tainted the wort... Anyone see any problems with doing this? After cooling my wort, I take a muslin bag, drape it over my funnel and let the wort siphon...

Hi. I just brewed a 2.5gal. batch of an IIPA. This is my first time using brewing software. Using Beersmith 2.1. I've always winged it in the past and my beers have been drinkable but nothing spectacular. Never have I hit my OG so I know my personal calcs. have been wrong. This is also...

Okay, so I'm building a recipe for an IIPA based of the tiny amount of info I could find on Odell's Myrcenary Double IPA. My base grains and specialty grains are already purchased but I'm still tinkering with the hops schedule and would like some input on it. The hops I have to work with are...

So yesterday I brewed a 2.5 gal. Batch of chocolate stout using DanStar Windsor yeast. I may have over pitched by about 10 to 15 percent which I don't think is a big deal but I have a question about the fermentation temperature of the beer itself. I'm fermenting in a regulated fermentation...

Anyone run into this? Bought 2 cases of new bottles from a local homebrew shop. I was impressed with the weight and quality of the bottles... until after using them once and going to clean them. The extra thickness of the glass makes the mouths of these bottles too small for my bottle...

I used hop bags for this last batch and decided to put the last hop addition from the boil into the carboy to hopefully add some flavor. Does anyone see a problem with that? Any possibility of the hop bag creating bacteria? It was the last hop addition to the boil and it boiled for 15 minutes.

So last sunday I brewed a 2.5 gal. batch of Irish Red with the grain bill below, using a half a pack of Safale 04. Unfortunately I forgot to take an OG reading so I have no clue what the ABV is now. Target calcuated gravities were OG 1.056 and FG 1.015. ABV of 5.37. Tonight - Wednesday -...

Well I think I've gotten myself in a bind... My intent was to make a Oktoberfest-ish Ale and have it drinkable by the time my brother visits for Christmas. The catch... I'm leaving for Chicago on Nov. 21 and will be back on Nov. 27th. I brewed and began fermenting yesterday (Nov. 11) On a...