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I just found out that I am going to be moving to Okinawa for work at the end of May. I have quite a bit of sealed DME, Specialty Grains and Hops that I am faced with either getting rid of before I go or taking with me. I am wondering if it is possible to take these things with me and if so is it...

I brewed two batches this weekend, one a pale ale and one a stout. The pale ale was brewed Saturday and has a nice krause formed. The stout was brewed Sunday and 36 hours later no signs of fermentation... I pitched a monastery yeast. A,d am wondering if I should go ahead and repitch with a...

Well Jonas has me snowed in so I am planning to do some brewing this weekend. I am looking to make a stout and the yeast choices available to me are Windsor British-Style Beer Yeast and White Labs Monastery Yeast. Anyone have any experience or thoughts on using either of these two for a stout?

Specifically a nut brown ale. I found a recipe for a nut brown ale I want to try and I am trying to decide if I want to stick to the yeast recommended in the recipe or if I want to experiment and try a hef yeast to add some banana flavor. I am just not sure if there are reasons I should not do...

This may seem like a very silly question especially to you experts, but is it ok to use well water to sanitize your equipment? I started using distilled water to sanitize and drinking water to brew with because we are on well, have hard water andf I know sediment gets through our filter (plus I...

I am wanting to try my hand at making a small batch cider. I have 1 gallon of cider I bought from the store that is 100% apples from a local source, but bottled and sold by white house so it is definitely pasteurized. I have a couple 1/2 gallon carboys with bungs and air locks. My original...

First, please do not hate on my for doing a brewers best kit. My logic is that by buying a kit I am removing any variable relating to ingredients and recipe from the equation. I expect that the ingredient kit they have is tried and true even if a little boring. What this meant is that I could...

I hate these things because I never know where to start or what to share, so I will start with the basic profile info. I am 38, male living in VA (Bealeton) with my wife. We moved away from the city a 3 years ago and have been embracing the simple life of the country trying to make things...

I was in the local goodwill yesterday and stumbled on Best Beer Home Brewing Equipment Kit, unused for $15. I got it home and found Brewers Best American Light Home Brewing Ingredient Kit inside. Many of the ingredients seem quite dried out despite being sealed. I am wondering if it would be ok...