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Hi Guys, Let me start by saying I love to homebrew and the people on this site are the best. I have been homebrewing for a little over 2 years now and my hobby has grown into something of a beats lol. So I thought and so did a friend of mine that I should try my hand at cider. One problem...

Yesterday I brewed some pumpkin ale and I added yeast nutrient to the boil and I accidently added more then I ha intended too. maybe 2 1/2 teaspoons full. What effect if any will this have on my beer. Also I noticed it was a extra bitter and slightly off. Is that form the nutrient? Thanks everyone

Quick question. Has anyone ever had any problems with dry hopping? Just currious as to what issues can come up with dry hoping and how to avoid them? Also isn't there always A risk of contamination with dry hoping? Well thanks everyone

Hi Everyone, My buddy asked me to make a red Ale with some pumpkin spice in it. To which I said no problem :ban:, but I do have some questions for you all in regards to what is the best way/technique for making a pumpkin spice ale. keep in mind this will be a red ale. Should I just ad...

6 days later and my pale ale brew still has a head in the fermenter. I used a yeast starter and boy it started showing healthy signs of fermentation in 4 hours!!! Still I was wondering if having a healthy head for 6 days is normal. Should I rack to the secondary like I normally do on or around...

Hi everyone. Perhaps one of the most important rules I have is to properly clean and sanitize equipment, but perhaps slightly less criticle than that is properly conditioning beer. Now There are a couple of different ways to do this. Single or Double fermentation, bottle or keg. Filtration or...

Ok so I made an all grain Halowale this Sun. It has been 48 hours and counting and still no fermentation. Very long from any brew I have made before. I figure I will give it another 24 hours and see where it is. I was just wondering if it does get stuck can I Add a different type of yeast that I...

Ok guys I want to sya thank you all so much for your advice it has all really paid off here. my last post I saud that I had missed my gravity on all three of my all grain brews. I did another one last night and asked promash what my gravity would be at 60% and I proceeded to do soem of the...

I was wondering if anyone could give me a run down on a few things on mashing. First off terminology seems a bit confusing. Also my set up is a cooler as a mash/latertun, if I amusing those terms right. I wanted to know how do people do their mash, what are their times and temps. How much water...

Hey everyone, I just wanted to know what people think is the optimal way to use gelatin. Meaning when do you guys added. Also once you have an open pack of Gelatin how do you make sure it does not infect your beer with bacteria? I was also wondering if anyone could suggest a few more...

So last night I tried to make a frozen yeast bank. I had small 15ml tubes that I filled 1/2 with yeast 1/4 with sterile water and 1/4 with Glycerine. I put it in the freezer and it froze! My understanding was that the Glycerine was suppose to make it so that the yeast would not freeze. Is this...

I made a pale ale the other day and I forgot to put Maltos Dextrine in the wort. I like to us eit because it gives good body to my beer. Can I just out soem Maltos Dextrine in a pot boil it with soem water and then poor it into the beer? Otr maybe put it into a secondary with my beer? What can I...

I am very new to lagering and I am preparing to bottle my lagered beer for my father. I wanted to know what temp should I keep the bottles at to carbonate them and how long will it take to reach good carbonation. Anything else I should know about bottling and lagering, Thanks Cheers

Hi Guys. I just wnated to ask a few questions about equipment and sanitization after I notice 2 of my brews had a very slight off tast. I have not replaced any of my houses or syphoning tubes sicne I started brewing 8 months ago. I am very good about making sure everything I use is clean and...

Hey I am concerned that some of my batches are bad. I never had an infected batch so can someone show me some piccs of what ones look like. Yes I kow this is ona thread somewhere but I could not find it.

Can some one help give me an idea of how to make a mash tun? I tried the How to brew bulk head fitting but it leaks! Someone please help me make a mash tun. Also I am going to use the braded method

Is it bad to use Aluminum cooking pots when brewing? What if any is the diffrence between stainless steel and Aluminum?

So I am thinking about starting all grain brewing, but I think a good way to segway in would be to do small mashes. I usually use steeping grains and thats great in all, but I would like to use more base malts in my brewing. I have a 4 gal brew pot so i do not thik it will be to hard to do a...

Anyone know of any good and cheap online homebrew shops? Thanks :mug:

So here is my question. i want to get into all grain brewing, but I do not have a very big brew pot. i think mine is 3 1/4 gal. I cannot really afford a big brew pot right now so I want to know with this kind of brew pot is it possble to do an all grain batch still and add water to the fermenter...