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My Saison has been stuck at 1.031 for about a week now. I have it sitting in a water bath heated to 88F with an aquarium heater. I started fermentation at about 68F then after about two days I started to raise the temp. My question is should I just let it be or should I pitch some other yeast?

Has anyone out there brewed this kit from Northern Brewer? If so, I was wondering about the boil volume. In the kit instructions it says to mash with 6 quarts of water then sparge with 5 quarts then it says to top off the kettle to achieve your normal boil volume. What is the normal boil volume?

I have a Belgian pale ale that's been sitting in secondary for a week now. When I racked it to secondary I added 2oz. of French Oak chips. I now realize I probably should've let it sit in secondary for a week then add the wood chips and taste it every few days. But since I will be going out...

Falconer's Flight or Zythos. I'm brewing a DFH Indian Brown Ale clone tomorrow that I want to dry hop but not sure which one to use for dry-hopping and which to use at flame-out. Any comments?

Hi, I was wondering if anyone out there has brewed the Indian Brown ale clone recipe that's in the extreme brewing book? The recipe calls for .5 oz warrior at 60 minutes for 50 IBU's but after I entered the recipe into Beersmith .5 oz of warrior only gives around 27 IBU's.

I brewed a summer ale this past Sunday and forgot to add the second half of the DME which I was planning on adding towards the end of the boil. So I added it right after flame-out and stirred until it dissolved in the wort. Should I be concerned? Thanks.

Hello, Does anyone have a recipe for Brooklyn's Concoction Ale?

I had it in primary for 2 weeks then racked to secondary 4 days ago. About a day ago what looks like foam started to form on top of the beer. Anyone know what that is? See photo below.

I just bottled an IPA today and the final gravity was 1.022. How come it didn't finish lower? Is this a sign of me doing something wrong?

I just recently purchased the book "Clone Brews" and noticed that for most of the high gravity recipes it says to prime the beer in secondary with a fresh dose of the same strain of yeast used to ferment it 3 days before bottling it. Is this necessary and why?

I'm planning on racking my IPA to secondary today and thought of adding oak chips/cubes. And I was wondering which kind of oak to use. Are the oak chips/cubes that are sold for grilling/cooking ok to use in beer? The reason I ask is because here in Miami, FL there is only one LHBS store and...

What do you guys think about this IPA recipe I'm going to brew? 3# Maris Otter 1# Rye .5# Crystal 40L 6.5# Extra Pale LME 1oz. Summit - 20 Mins. 1oz. Amarillo- 20 Mins. 1oz. Cascade-20 Mins. 1oz. Summit - 5 Mins. 1oz. Cascade-0 Mins. Whitelabs WLP001 Yeast

I'm thinking of brewing a Black IPA and have come up with this recipe. Any input would be helpful. 2.5 lbs. Maris Otter .5 lbs. Rye .5 lbs. Crystal 60 L 6oz. Midnight Wheat 4oz. Chocolate Malt 6.5 lbs. Extra Pale LME I'm still not sure of the hopping schedule but I'm thinking...

How much Midnight Wheat should I use for a Black IPA?

Hey guys, I brewed a stout and had it in primary fermentation for 14 days then I racked to secondary on top of some pure vanilla extract from Panama. It's now been about 14 days in secondary. Should I leave in secondary one more week? O.G. was 1.068 and after a week in secondary it dropped to...

Hey everyone, I'm planning on brewing an Imperial Stout and wanted to know what you think about using chinook has a single hop for this beer?

I pitched a yeast starter that I made which had a o.g. of 1.026 24hrs ago into a 5 gal. batch of IPA with an O.G. of 1.072 and I don't see any signs of fermentation 24 hours later. Should I be freakin' out right now? What should I do?

I made a 2L starter last night and the o.g. was 1.026. Should I add fresh wort to the starter today?

I planning on brewing an IPA on Labor day weekend and I was thinking of using some spices. So I was wondering if anyone has used spices in an IPA before and which ones should I use. Thanks.

I was wondering how long I should leave my La Fin du Monde clone in the secondary? It's already been in secondary for three weeks. When should I bottle it?