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Hello all, I'm wanting to move up to all grain. been brewing for a little over 3 yrs and love it but was wondering what size AG kit to get for making full 10 gallon batches. wanting to be able to fill 2 kegs when needed. will 10 gallon kit make a full 10 gallons? or should I get a 15 gallon??

I'm looking for a high gravity light flavoring clean finish as possible yeast. lager or ale is fine just trying to put a recipe together. planning on 3 lbs belgian pale, 6 lb american light, and maybe 3 lb pale ale LME/DME. hops loking at maybe saaz and goldings. wanting a light somewhat dry gut...

I made a Imperial blonde ale and a Belgian strong ale, both from extract kits for a 4th of July party. When I got there ppl started opening the bottles and they are foaming out the top as soon as its opened. open 2 up yesterday and still doing it. was there to much sugars left when I primed it...

I've tried 2 times in a wheat and a kolsch to try and get a strong banana/ clove flavor out of my weihenstepan yeast, I make a small (less than 1 liter) starter and even brrought one upto 83 degrees for one day. what do I need to do to get the flavors to come out??

Does anyone know what yeast is used in Flying Dog Brewery's "kerberos Tripel"??. wanting to kinda clone it and looking for a good mild yeast.

I'm going to brew my first blonde ale in about a week and was look for some tips to help keep it a good blonde color, is it all in the temp control? I've made one kolsch that turn out tasting good but wasn't exactly a blonde. I'm sure I caramelized it a little. any help would be helpful.

I've brewed up about 15 batches so far, mostly the red ale. BB kits. I sometimes end up with some batches having an excess bitterness. Same hops, same boil times. I usually do a 3.5-4 gallon boil (starting water) then ferment in the bucket. Should I try a smaller boil or closed fermenter? It's...

I've been brewing for a little over a year now and love it. always looking for a new technique or tip. my question is how can get get rid of the extra bitterness, usually lingering heavy in the aftertaste? I use the brew kit bucket for primary, glass carboy for the secondary, strain out hops...

I'm still learning one brew to the next, been at it almost a year now, on #8 and have brewed 2 steam styles ( california commons) and a honey cherry wheat that have a great head. then I brew up IPA's, irish red and american ambers and few lighter brews and they have almost no head to them. Why...

I have a friend who has a kaffir lime, he is going to send me some leaves for my brew. how fresh do the leaves have to be? if they dry will they still be as potent? will I need to double up if dried? he has only used fresh leaves so hes not sure dried vs fresh?

Hello all, I live in a really small town of central Kentucky, 99.9% of everyone anround here drinks bud light. I started trying out a few imports here and there then the craft brews and found out the beer actually has taste. So I decided to look on youtube for "how to brew beer". you can...

I made a American cream ale form a BB kit. added 3 lbs of honey to it, to much for me but making it for friend from his request. fermanting went great, FG went .08 lower than kit said. ABV is 7.2%. but after bottling its been a month and its barely carbonatin, no head but bubbles coming up...

I just got done racking my wort into my secondary and noticed a smell I haven't smelled before. I made a BB american cream ale and added 3lbs of cheap honey. and after racking thought it has an alomst champagne type smell, the kit uses nottingham yeast which has always worked great for me. it...

Looking for a Dogfish head "raison D'extra" recipe, not all grain. loved the flavor but only wanting 1/2 the alcohol. or just a good base to start with and about how much raisons and brown sugar to use?

Ok I 'm pretty sure I know the answers but want to make sure. 1. I'm racking over to 6.5 gallon carboy,(box said 5 when i bought) so I will have quite a bit of headspace, should i fill with water? 2. how long will yeast stay in suspension in secondary? after say 2 months will it have...

I'm geeting ready to brew up a Brewers Best IPA. how much sugar can I add before it starts to effect the taste?

When you cold break the wort is it in the boiling pot? What temp should I strive for with ales? do I siphon to the secondary and leave the solids? can someone link me a good sight for these questions? Looking to naturally help clear my beer, time is always a good one but looking for...

I was just wondering how much 1lb of hard candi sugar will raise the SG on a 5 gallon batch? looking at catalog now and it doesn't say. this is the belgian beet sugar.

Can I secondary in a blue spring water bottle? the 5 gallon types you see in the office?

I've made 2 batches now and both times I end up with scorched rings in the bottom of my pot where teh burner rings are. I tried keeping heat as low as possible to keep from burning. I''m using a 5 gallon pot on an 8" burner, takes quite a while to bring to a boil, thinking about getting a turkey...