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So I was in the process of reboiling my kettle sour after a 3 day souring stint and while boiling half of my wort I started getting my US -05 yeast ready by mixing it up with a bit of wort but I wasn't thinking and mixed about 1 cup with the non-boiled wort so it still had some loving Lacto...

Figured there are plenty of experts here to help me with this but I'm thinking of trying some flavoring using bottles of 100% juice in a kettle sour and was curious how much fruit juice I would need in a 5 gallon batch and whether this would work as well as simply adding fruit or puree. I...

So, I made a practice kettle sour that turned out quite well but now I want to experiment with a few different additives after souring (raspberries, peach, etc) and was thinking of working up the entire wort and souring it and then separating into several 1 gallon growlers with my additives and...

Ok, so I just made a kettle sour...more of a berliner I suppose just to see how it would turn out. Only used 3lbs Bavarian Wheat DME in a bit less than 4 gallon batch. Used Omega OLY 605 lacto and it turned out quite nice...wheaty backbone with a nice sour. I want to make another soon but I'd...

Hey everyone, Just looking for a bit of advice on brewing an extract IPA. I have 6lbs of light DME on its way along with 1oz Simcoe and 3 oz Citra. My plan was maybe the 1oz Simcoe as bittering near end of boil and the Citra as dry hops (looking more for aroma/flavor as opposed to straight...

Hey Everyone, Brewing my first hazy/juicy IPA and it's been in the fermenter for a week and all my hop additions are finished. I took a hydro reading today and it was 1.010-1.011. Most things I read said min of 2 weeks in fermenter before bottling but I feel like this would pretty much...

So a buddy of mine sold me his fast ferment conical fermenter and it is great. However, thinking ahead to priming my batch for bottling I'm wondering how to go about doing this? My choices are as follows I think: 1) Add my cooled, priming sugar dissolved in water to the trub trap after...

I just brewed a pale ale extract recipe that I've made a few times and had a question about the pitching temperature. After taking the pot out of my ice bath and adding some cold water to my carboy to get the temp down a bit quicker I added my yeast at a temp just below 80o. My intention was to...

Ok, so I just finished brewing my first small batch extract pale ale and it turned out really good. I kinda want to do another bigger batch but am limited a bit by the pot size I have to boil in (only have a 5 gallon pot). Can I follow a 5 gallon extract recipe with only 3.5 or 4 gallons of...

Hey everyone, I'm just getting in to extract brewing and am waiting on my first pale ale in bottles (yum). I am now thinking about my next one and was curious where the best place to order supplies for someone in the maritimes in Canada (New Bruswick) would be? Any suggestions in terms...

Hey everyone, just looking for a good, very simple recipe someone could supply me to try for my first small batch of beer. I'd try any recipe...the simpler the better, since it's my first. Also only have an 8 liter pot (haha). Any suggestions???

Looking to brew something from scratch but I've never done it before and am not really sure where to start so I was looking for suggestions. I love IPAs (nice and hoppy) so that would be a good starting place. I dont have equipment for a large batch so only looking to do a couple gallons. Just...

Hey guys, I am still relatively new to the brewing process having brewed only 4 or 5 festabrew kits. I was thinking of trying some small batch Extract brews to mix things up and was wondering what is the minimum amount of new equipment I'd need. I really only want to do very small...

I am brewing a festabrew West Coast IPA and just racked to my 2ndary after 2 weeks. I'm trying dry hopping for the first time with 2 oz of Centennial Hops. Once I filled the carboy I noticed a lot of fizzing in the neck and even rising up to my airlock. Should I be concerned or is this just...

Ok, so I'm still relatively new to the brewing community. I've done a few festa brew kits and have enjoyed them but I had one ruined...not sure why and I just put in a new batch of Westcoast IPA and noticed this after 3 days. Might be nothing but wanted to check with the experts 😉

I just finished a "Vic Park" Pale Ale by Gahan House (a PEI brewery in Canada). It had a very strong piney, grapefruit flavor which I loved and I'm assuming this is a result of the Citra hops they used. My question is how can I achieve this flavor when brewing with a basic Festa brew kit...

OK, so I just transferred my DOS to a carboy after a couple weeks in the primary and it tastes very good but I was curious about the gravity readings. It began at 1.051 or 52 and after those 2 weeks it is only down to 1.021 or a tad higher. I've read that this is not an uncommon FG but that...

Hey guys, I was thinking of brewing a kit from Northern Brewer until I realized that they don't ship to Canada...yeah, I'm a canuck. Any suggestions for a good site that will? I was gonna brew a St.Paul Porter from Northern brewer so hoping for something good from elsewhere that I can...

Hey guys, I'm thinking about starting my next brew (4th one). I haven't had amazing success yet so I thought I'd ask the experts. My first brew was a Baron's Brown Ale Kit, 2nd was Cooper's IPA and most recent was Coopers English Bitter. All three fermented and progressed very well...

I brewed a batch of Coopers English Bitter a couple months ago and it is quite under carbonated. I bottled the beer about 2 months ago and hadn't really touched it since. I tried turning the bottles upside down and giving a very gentle shake to re suspend the yeast and will flip the bottles...