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Hello all, I am doing my first All-Grain batch today. I have been brewing for about 1.5 years, have all the necessary equipment (finally), and feel that I'm ready. One question I have is, when I'm doing the Vorlauf, and sparging and whatnot, how do I know what my Gravity should be? In...

So I will preface by saying I have read some of the other "yeast starter explosion" threads. I have been brewing for over a year and a half, but this is my first yeast starter. But I do have a couple questions. As far as I was aware, yeast starters are not supposed to foam up and have a...

So I've seen lots of yeast starter videos, but I have a poor-man's question. I have this smack pack, Wyeast British Ale 1086, it was refrigerated from the time it arrived on Monday afternoon. I worked till 10pm, took it home, and forgot to refrigerate over night. I figured meh, what the heck...

Hey everyone, So I've been brewing about a year and a half, and this is the first time I've ran into this. I brewed Northern Brewer's Cascade Mountains Imperial IPA. Fantastic Brew, I made it almost exactly a year ago, and it was amazing, so I decided to make it again. Brew day: Jan 25th...

Hello all, So a few days ago, I received my "Smashing Pumpkin Ale" Extract recipe kit from NB. All of that is fine, but I'm kind of growing out of extract (a little too simple), and I wanted to kind of "convert" it into a "Partial Mash" aka Mini-Mash. There has been discussion of this, and...

Cascade Mountains West Coast Imperial IPA This is one of the latest and greatest Extract kits from Northern Brewer, and it was a VERY fun brew. Lots of hops, lots of aroma, and based off my gravity readings, it will turn out to be around 9.45% ABV!! This is a BIG BEER. It had a great...

Well, I got my Chocolate Milk Stout from Northern Brewer brewed on Sunday 12/2. Everything went flawless with the brew process, and yeast was pitched at perfect temperature. My question now is concerning the Cacao nibs that will go into secondary fermentation. I have seen some people on...

Hello All, I have a Honey Brown Ale that will be ready for bottling in 1 week, but now I'm going to start a Stout for the Winter. I just ordered the Chocolate Milk Stout from Northern Brewer with the Liquid Wyeast. Will hopefully be able to crack open a test beer on Christmas day. The...

Hello All! I've been wanting to get into HomeBrewing for quite some time, but took a while to scrape together the cash to buy my Deluxe Glass Brew Kit from Northern Brewer. I also got a Hydrometer Kit. My first brew (which they included at my choice with the kit for free) is their Honey...