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So I brewed Northern Brewer's Midnight Beatdown Wheaten Porter (http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/midnight-beatdown-wheaten-porter-partial-mash-kit.html) about 2.5 months ago. 10 days primary, 3 weeks secondary, and 3 weeks in the bottle and my carbonation is barely noticeable. I carbed to...

So this past weekend I was doing some racking and bottling and noticed that the interior surface of my bottling bucket felt "rough" in some spots. I've bottled 7 or so batches so far with no contamination problems... should I just keep it or replace to be safe?

Hey all... I'm looking to place a direct order of hops from hops direct and am thinking of getting 5 pounds. I want at least 1 high alpha acid, 1 medium, and 1 low and possibly 2 general purpose hops. I like pale ale's and IPAs but am also love trying other styles (recently have done a stout...

So I *tried* my first whirlpool this past Saturday and had what I would call mixed results. I finished my boil and cooled to 68 with my immersion chiller. Using a sanitized paddle I got the wort spinning like mad and covered the kettle for 10 minutes. Once everything calmed down (10 mins) I...

So I've got a recipe book that recommends emulating a whirlpool using the following method: "When the wort has cooled, move the kettle to a counter and stir the wort briskly (with a cleaned and sanitized brew paddle) in one direction for about 5 minutes. After stirring, cover and let rest for...

Hey all, Doing my 3rd brew ever as a Mini mash kit from AHS. Since its getting a little cooler I'm going with a double chocolate stout. I was reading the instructions from AHS and it says to mash 3.75 Lbs of grain in 2 gallons of water at 155 Deg for 45 minutes. I've read over...

Hey there, Long time creeper, first time poster. Just figured I'd give a hello before I started posting. - j o e p f o h l