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So I helped my brother in law with his first brew from a Mr Beer kit he got for Christmas. Followed directions as written. It's the "American light" kit. My question is what can he/we do before bottling that might spruce it up a bit? Dry hop it? Add some fruit extract or secondary over fruit...

Can anyone give me some input on the kits at Brew and Grow in St Louis Park vs the NB kits? NB has lots of reviews from far and wide whereas BnG has much less. I went in there today and the people seem nice as well as being closer to my home than NB. Just curious. Thanks all!

Hello all. After getting my feet wet making some beer (with mixed results lol) I stumbled across Apfelwein and figured I would give it a go since I was going to buy some good AJ for the repurposing if the glass 1g jug :) I did read about Edworts recipe and intend on tossing that together in a...

Ok gang. Any advice is appreciated. First batch tasted terrible. I got some great input inside this forum and from others in the outside world. I made a few changes and my second batch has improved to drinkable, but nothing I'm willing to call good. NB Bavarian Hefe extract kit. (1g)...

Just wrapped a 1gal NB Hefe kit. Well...about 1.5hr ago. All went well but I ended up with about .8gal wort in the fermenter post boil and OG was 1.054 which seems slightly high. Should I leave it be or top it to 1gal with some tap water?

My first ever brew...tastes like crap. Caribou Slobber. 1g extract kit. Brewed it to the letter. OG/FG spot on. No sign of infection. 3wks primary, 12 days in bottle. Cracked one open tonight to try and it's pretty bad. Can't describe it but its almost kind of metallic. With a hint of rubbing...

So I just bottled my first ever batch. So pumped. Upon cleaning up it seems as though my siphon and bottle tip have become one with the tubing. I can't pull them apart without potential breakage ofthe siphon and tip. I ran oxy clean and water thru it followed by star San. Is it fine to just...

Hello...newb here :) I'm starting small and want to make a 2gal brew for my first. I have 3gal buckets for fermenting and don't want to do 1gal for headspace/8 beers reasons. My question is can I buy 2-1gal kits from my LHBS and simply combine into one batch/boil? Yeast too? Thanks all. Glad to...