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I left a porter in primary for about 3.5 months due to sheer laziness. It didn't smell or taste too funky, though the top looked pretty nasty. I transferred to a secondary tonight. So, question is should I leave for another month or so in the secondary to help de-nastify. In case there...

I have about a 1lb of DME that has been in my freezer for about 5 months and it was not sealed tight. I was planning to dump this in a brew along with some fresh LME. Is this a bad idea? How long for DME to go bad?

Looking for some feedback on this extract recipe. I don't live in the U.S. And am a bit limited on my ingredients. I have adapted this from a northern Brewers extract kit based on the ingredients I could find. I am after a strong Americano Porter. Steeping: 1 LB Chocolate Malt .5 lbs Dark...

Also, should I put all of the woodford in the fermenter or just the soaked oak chips.

Looking for some feedback on this extract recipe. I don't live in the U.S. And am a bit limited on my ingredients. I have adapted this from a northern Brewers extract kit based on the ingredients I could find. I am after a strong Americano Porter. Steeping: 1 LB Chocolate Malt .5 lbs Dark...

I have an extract wheat beer in primary for about 2 weeks now and was going to move to a secondary and add some fresh passionfruit and mosaic hops and let sit another 2 weeks before bottling. A couple of questions- Do I need to sanitize the passionfruit or just dump directly to the fermenter...

Thanks, how much wheat malt extract do you think I should add to replace the 1 Kg of brewers sugar. Also, to clarify, are you adding the extract in after the boil?

Hi, I would like to create a moderately hoppy american style wheat beer with passionfruit added to secondary fermentation. I want the beer to have a nice passionfruit hint, not anything overwhelming. I am not really sure how to balance the hops or which type of hops since I am adding the...

Thanks - That's really helpful. I upped the recipe adding 1 lb of light DMe Upped cara red from .5 to .75 lbs Upped centennial from .5 to .75 OZ at 15 mins Upped Amarillo from .5 to .75 OZ at 5 mins Resulted in Fg of 1.015, ABV 5.92%, IBU 51.93. I am pretty happy with that. Sorry...

Thanks everyone....So, if I want to up the ABV to around 6.5-7%, do I just need to add more malt extract? If so, how much? Thanks

I am making my first extract batch that is not from a kit. I am attempting a hoppy red ale 3 gallon batch. I found the below recipe: 3 pounds Light liquid malt extract .5 pound CaraRed malt, crushed 1/4 pound Crystal 60L malt, crushed 1 ounces Black Roasted Barley malt, crushed .5 ounce...