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I re-racked a 5L batch of Peanut Butter Porter into a secondary after 1 week in primary. Now it has been 5 days and I'm getting ready to bottle. My concern is I may not have enough active yeast to sufficiently carbonate my beer. Should I pitch more yeast and if so, how much? The yeast I...

I am brewing a 5 gal batch of peanut butter porter. I am four days into my fermentation (primary). I am soaking 4 oz of cocoa nibs in rum which has been in the freezer for about 24 hrs. How long should I soak and when and how should add the nibs and/or extract? Should I add vanilla extract to...

Howdy! I am attempting my fourth brew which is a peanut butter porter. I am on my third day and the fermentation seems to have slowed down a bit. I have a few questions about what's happening with my brew. I pitched at ~80 F with British Ale Yeast(White Labs WL005) and have been maintaining a...

I am attempting to brew an "Oktoberfest" Ale with Dusseldorf Alt Yeast. After the boil and chilled the wort to just below 80 degrees F, I took the OG which was at 1.050 ( corrected for temp). The recipe called for 1.055-1.057 It was late at night and became impatient and decided to pitch at 78...

I have some raspberry chipotle that I want add to a brew. Any suggestions on how I can do this and to what type of craft to add it to? I am a novice homebrewer and only brewed two batches (2nd one in progress). I'm really having fun with this new hobby of mine and want to try something different.

I just started an Amber Ale brew last night using a partial mash recipe. For the bittering hops, I boiled 1 oz chinook for an hour. The recipe called for 1/2 oz. will this ruin my ale? Is there anyway to counteract the bitterness during my secondary fermentation?