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I recently brewed an extract batch of pale ale. It started at 1.050 and after a month in primary it is at 1.018. The final gravity seems a little high, but the fermentation doesn't seem to be going anywhere. I have two questions: 1) Is this okay to bottle? 2) Should I add less priming sugar...

Four weeks ago I brewed a batch of Brewhouse Pale Ale. The OG was 1.050, and I just used the included Coopers Dry Yeast. The temp in my room was consistently 20 degrees Celsius. Today I took a reading, and the gravity is 1.016. This seems a little high to me. If my hydrometer reads 1.016...

Two days ago I started a batch of Pale Ale. The morning after brewing, the fermentation bucket was extremely swollen and a tonne of foam was escaping from the blow off tube. As the day progressed an increasing amount of foam and gas was escaping through the blow off tube, and also from...

I think my first attempt at cider may have gotten infected. It was a simple recipe, apple juice, dextrose, and Nottingham yeast. I racked to secondary today after five days in primary. Here is where I think I went wrong. When I racked to secondary, I added a splash of extra apple juice to the...

Just wondering if a 23 liter carboy is big enough for a primary fermentation. The LHBS says 23 liters is 6.5 gallons, but I dont think that is right.

I was looking at trying an extract version of Edworts Haus pale. The recipe calls for The problem is I cannot get any Munich LME. I was wondering if I could add more Extra Pale LME to make up for the Munich LME, and then steep some Munich grains to make it somewhat similar. I dont know...

I was just wondering on average many times would you re-use a bottle? The reason I am asking is because I have had a bunch of bottles I used for three batches of beer, and today I had two break when I was capping them (wasting two beers :( ). Before this I had yet to break a bottle. I am just...

I made a post about a week ago, about removing the Labels from Red Stripe bottles. I have since admitted defeat. Now Im wondering if anyone knows where I could get some. I would be willing to buy some if anyone has any. I know there are a few Beers in the US that bottles in Stubbies...

I have been doing some searching, on how to remove painted on labels. However the most common anwser I have seen is to soak in starsan. However, living in Newfoundland, I cannot get any. So far I have tried paint thinner, Poly Super Stripper (I was baffeled it didnt do anything), and Nail...

I started fermenting a stout about a week ago. After the first day I noticed the tempature was a little high at around 73 (I used a stick on thermometer on the fermenter) I immediately moved it to a cooler room for the rest of the fermentation (the room was around 60). Im just wondering if this...

I started an extract batch of stout about three days ago. The first day the fermentation was crazy! My bucket could barely contain it. Then overnight the fermentation slowed down drastically. Today the airlock is bubbling about every 3 minutes. My OG was 1.044, and today I checked and it...

So I started a Beer kit called Brewhouse last night. The insturctions called for a 10 gallon bucket, however I only have a 6.5. I asked the guy at the local homebrew store and he said it would be fine...... boy was he wrong. I pitched the yeast lastnight and today it was fermenting like...

I wanted a simple batch of beer for christmas, and decided to try a beer kit from Brewhouse (www.thebrewhouse.com). It comes with a packet of coopers dry yeast. To pitch the yeast it suggests "Sprinkle yest over the surface of the wort. Do not stir." I was just wondering why it would say...

So this is my first recipe, Any suggestions on how I could improve it. Does it sound like it would be decent? Recipe Type: Extract Yeast: Nottingham dry yeast Yeast Starter: No Additional Yeast or Yeast Starter: no Batch Size (Gallons): 6 Original Gravity: 1.063 Final...

So I was going to do an extract version of Edworts Haus Pale that someone sent me a year ago (I was on brewing hiatus while I was in germany) however there seems to be no Cascade hops where I live. Esentially Im looking for a fairly easy extract recipe with a grain addition. Heres the kicker...

I pitched a slap pack of american ale wyeast 23 hours ago into my batch of boston ale and there is no activity, I knew liquid yeast had a long lag time, but is this long normal. My thermometer in the room reads about 71 degrees

I just finished bottling my first batch of apfelwein in wine bottles. I was just wondering, I have heard that with corked wine bottles you should store them horizontally so the cork doesnt dry out, Is this applicable for Apfelwein? I figured it was only for really long term storage. The reason I...

Okay before I continue I know alcohol is bad for you this is only to settle an argument I am having with a friend (who thinks alcohol is the devil). Is it possible to drink your self to death on beer?? We are arguing over whether you can actually drink enough beer AT ONE TIME to get lethal...

I have had a batch of Edworts apfelwein (or as close as i could make) fermenting for about a month now. Presently the top half is crystal clear, but the bottom half is still clear enough to read through however not as clear as the top. Im wondering if this will it clear a little more in the wine...

Ive decided to build my own wort chiller instead of ordering one in. I have seen instructions which call for plain copper pipe. Now i have a copper pipe at my house but whenever i touch it my hands absolutely reek of pennies. I just want to make sure I dont need any special kind of copper (like...