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Please forgive me if this question has been asked before. Why is that extract kit recipes tend to get stuck a 1.020 FG? I've brewed 3 extract kits and the FG have stopped dropping at 1.020. More recently I brewed an partial mash-extract recipe and have had the same results. This recipe was...

I know this defies conventional wisdom but a imperial blonde ale I brewed tastes infinitely better drank from the bottle as opposed to being poured. Others who have tried it from a pint glass have enjoyed it, but something in the aroma was off putting to me and made the beer less enjoyable...

I'm about to 86 my glass Carboy! Such a pain to clean out and while being able to see fermentation occurring is nice, it's not worth it. It's nerve racking to move a full Carboy as dropping it would be catastrophic/ dangerous. I realize there are plastic carboys and handles out there, but is...

Let's say I pitched BRY97 dry ale yeast into a 5 gallon batch of 1.062 brew at 80F for some reason. Then I placed the bucket into a bath tub filled with water that mysteriously drained over night. I was able to get the drain to close all the way and have been feeding ice packs to the water...

Brewed my first partial mash extract beer last night, an American Wheat ale! I really liked the control over the recipe this gave me, and I think this is the direction I'll be going in from now on. I have to say it was a lot easier than I thought and as an added bonus, I got my first "real" hot...

I set up a fruit fly trap next to my primary fermenter (carboy) using some orange juice and fruit as bait. I just noticed some mild growing on top of the fruit that wasn't submerged. Is there any potential for infection here or am I just being paranoid?

I just went to open a bottle from a 5 gallon batch of an imperial blonde ale I bottled about 4 weeks ago. I could tell something was weird looking at the bottle because the beer was lighter in color than the others, and when I poured it was completely opaque and looked cloudy - almost milky. I...

So glad to be finished bottling! Managed to knock over and break my hydrometer, then while cleaning my bottling bucket I rested the bucket against the spigot while dumping out water and snapped it clear off! Had to use a racking cane to bottle which took forever... I wasn't even drinking, at...

I've had a blonde ale in primary for a week now in my basement. I pitched 2 11.5g packets of rehydrated Safale US-05 at room temp, and the temp. in the bucket has held steady between 68-70F all week (ambient temp. has been 65-66F). I've had no fermentation issues to speak of, but was...

What do you use to sanitize your bottle caps? Starsan, vodka, or something else? Haven't had an issue with rust using vodka, which I've heard can happen when soaking in Starsan for too long.

Just did a side by side comparison with a Southern Tier Pumking from 2012 vs. a fresh one bought two weeks ago. Wasn't sure how the spice/pumpkin flavor would hold up when aged, since I remember this beer tasting like an entire pumpkin pie in a bottle. Biggest difference was the strong malt...

Hello! My names Erik and I'm a home brewing newbie. I've got two extract brews under my belt and still have a lot to learn. Glad this forums here, the advice has been absolutely invaluable so far! Cheers!

Just did my first full boil 5 gallon batch and realized I didn't adjust appropriately for boil off. I currently have 4.5 gal of wort in my primary and it's too late to add any sterile/bottled water. My target SG is spot on, is this something to worry about it? I checked the volume about 20 min...

I just noticed some weird dimple indentations on the side of a dry yeast pack. Not sure if the freeze dried yeast got compressed during shipment or what, but is this safe to use or should I toss it and use another?

Brewing the following Extract kit this weekend and have a question about the amount of sparge water to use. Brewers Best Imperial Blonde 5 gallon yield Fermentables 6.6 lb. Light LME 1 lb. Wheat DME 1 lb. Corn Sugar Specialty Grains 1lb Honey Malt Hops 1 oz. Brewers Gold 2 Packs of .5 oz...

Attempted a russian imperial stout and undershot the target O.G. of 1.080 (mine was 1.0603, most likely to adding a little too much water to the wort) 5 gallon extract kit 6.6lb dark LME 2lb dark DME 8oz maltodextrin 8oz caramel 60l 8oz roasted barley 8oz black patent I steeped the...

Hey all, I am trying out the Brewers Best Imperial Blonde extract kit for my second brew and something in the instructions seems odd to me. The instructions call for NOT rehydrating the dry yeast before pitching. Not sure what harm rehydrating before pitching would do, but maybe there's...

Hi there, I'm considering giving the Brewers Best Imperial Blonde receipt kit a shot and notice something odd in the recipe. It mentions the dry yeast should be pitched by sprinkling and explicitly says NOT to re-hydrate the yeast. Does anyone know why that is? Has anyone brewed this kit...