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I bottled my second batch of brew a couple of weeks ago. It was a clone Sierra Nevada extract kit from NB. That being the case, I decided a couple days ago to try some. It was very good so I had another. The next night I had a third from the batch. All three tasted about the same and were...

I've read a ton on this forum regarding adding fruit to beer. Since I've never done a fruit beer, I thought it would be easy enough to search some older threads to find out what to do. Should be easy enough, right? Not so much... I'm now more confused than when I started. :confused: I...

Now that I have three brews under my belt, I feel more comfortable about the process but still have some questions... 1. I was given the advice to use mesh over my auto-siphon to keep the trub from transferring from my primary to bottling buck. I had a good bit due in part to dry hopping in my...

I searched the board for an answer to my question but was not able to find one. The problem that I'm experiencing (as a new brewer) is that when I take a reading (i.e. from the primary), I sanitize my wine thief, insert it through one of the big bubbler ports and then take it out. I then place...

On my third batch of brew and this IPA recipe instructs me to dry hop after active fermentation has taken place (which would be today). Therefore, after work today, I plan to dry hop. However, I have some questions before doing this. I have a five gallon extract batch (using a big mouth...

I'm new to brewing - on my third batch. Since I had a coupon and there was a sale on top of that, I decided to take advantage and bought several beer kits. I now have 9 kits in my closet. I intend to brew them as quickly as I can but with just two big mouth bubblers and only so much room in...

Oh my... I really tied one on last night. Not sure what happened but the beer was just going down so easily. Then came 1:00am and I had a fabulous idea... let's bottle my Falconer's Flight IPA. Now, this is only my second batch of brew ever, mind you, so it's not like I could really go on...

This is my third batch as a new brewer. The first two batches went more as expected. The active fermentation process started up within 1 day and gradually declined over about 3 days. The brew that I now have in the primary is a bit different. I saw nothing until about the 18 hour mark, in...

Sierra Madre is a beer kit from Northern Brewer. It is supposed to be a clone of Sierra Nevada. It is currently in the primary and will soon be in bottles. The OG was 1.052 for this 5 gallon extract kit. According to last night, I checked my primary and it was 1.008. I checked it a few...

New brewer here... on my third batch. I have a big mouth bubbler and really like using it. When it comes time to check the gravity, taking off the airlock and inserting my wine thief is easy enough. It's nice not to have to take the entire lid off exposing my brew to more air than is...

I just brewed my third batch yesterday which was a 5 gallon Falconer's Flight Brewer's Best extract brew kit. After much reading about re-hydrating yeast, I gave it a go for the second time. With my last batch, I started to re-hydrate the yeast towards the end of my boil. The issue was that...

Newb here... my second 5 gallong batch of beer I intend to brew is a Mosaic IPA with an OG of 1.070. Based on all the reading I've done on this forum, most say that for brews at 1.060 or higher, you probably should use a starter. However, I also understand that with dry yeast, I should NOT use...

Greetings all. I found this forum about a week or two ago and have been digesting a TON of information that is been VERY helpful. This place rocks. I'm about as green of a noob as they come. I started my first brew 11 days ago. 12 days ago I knew absolutely nothing about brewing...

Greetings, everyone! I just started brewing and found this forum this morning. Looks like I can learn a ton here and some day just might be able to contribute to the learning and sharing of information.