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I made a 5 gallon brew of light ale last wednesday, it started bubling in the airlock withen 24 hours. I racked it into a carboy, then boiled a pale ale from another kit saturday, and put it in my primary fermenter. no bubbles at all yet in the econolock, airlock on top of my 6.5 gallon primary...

not a big pumpkin fan. looking for a tasty ale to compliment a heavy turkey dinner. make the same ol' same ol i guess and call it Pilgrams Ale. or Chris Columbus Voyager, or 3 brews, the Nina the Pina and the Santa Maria. or Captain John Smiths Choice Lager, or mabbe Pocohantas'...

Planning my Thanksgiving brews, only about 8 weeks away. I want two batches of brew, 2 choices for family and friends on Thanksgiving weekend. Any ideas on what to brew? I'm noob on brewing so I need to keep it simple. My ideas, Thanksgiving meal is heavy, peolple are bloated, a nice light...

cool thank 'ya.. gonna check them out....i'm like a spring born puppy dog wagging my tail with all these references... what would you say is the most abv you can bottle before it gets into hard cider, wine category? i'm pushing for 5-6.5% stout...

just trying to kick up the final abv in my store kit a tad, without sacrificing flavor....not completely substitute malt with honey yet.. over my head....interesting though....

Raccoon Creek Brewery, no brainer as I live on Raccoon Creek Road. Still thinking about a slogan for all my labels.. "Steal ya Some".. "Brew Bandits" ....etc, etc....

that's good to hear...think i'll expirement with a small jar of honey in my next wort boil... just so the bottled beer doesn't get so high in alcohol content it turns into hard cider. see how far i can push the envelope between stout brew and palatable flavor, should i add more hops? or is...

how fermentable is honey? iff I add a 16oz jar of local honey to the wort, obviously it will effect the final flavor, but will it ferment? or is honey too hard for the yeast to eat and increase final alcohol content?

thanks for the advice, i just moved it to the other room, i'll check the temp in the morning but i'm sure it will be cooler than the 80 degrees it has been at the first day. i live in kentucky and we have had stupid hot weather all summer, and it is still warm, but the ambient high is...

Total noob, started with a mr. beer kit couple years ago, but wife just gave me a "deluxe" brewers best home brew kit. I'm starting simple with brewers best pre-packaged recipe kits, rabbit pellet hops, can malts etc. Have 1 batch fermenting now, and another kit ready to boil. My question is...

Hi, just joined found the site and joined today. Wifey gave me a Brewers Best Deluxe Equipment Kit for our anniversary. I made a few batches before in a cheaper Mr. Beer kit. Anywho 2 questions really..... Keeping it simple to start with, pre-packaged brewers best kits, got the American...

Just turned 40 and retired from the Navy, and moved back home to Kentucky. Wifey got me the Brewers Best Brand Deluxe Brew kit for our anniversary, i have fiddled with a cheap smaller mr. beer kit a few times in the past. boiled a wort and pitched it yesterday, bubbling in the econo-lock...