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Hello everyone! So I have been practically idle as far as brewing goes sinve Covid hit. But now, i am face to face with two ale batches that need to be bottled. 1st brew: wheat ale: 40% wheat malt. 60% pale malt. S 05 yeast. Brewed 6 months ago Stayed in primary for 1 month Transferred to...

Hello everyone. I have been brewing for about 4 years now. Lots of highs, some lows... And still learning for sure!!! One of my most annoying lows is I sometimes, randomly get a harsh, almost astringent flavors from some of my homebrews, and it is very annoying... I have been using the same...

Hello everyone, Due to what is happening with this pandemic stuff, I decided to brew a batch with whatever ingredients I had left in the house 13 lbs pale malt (homemade) 3.5 os caramel 60. (Homemade) 3 lbs raw barley 2 lbs clear Belgian Candi Sugar (homemade) 1 Oz Citra hops @60 min 0.5...

Hello friends, again! So, a little background to help. I live in Tunisia and there are no home brewing supply stores anywhere in the country, so everything I do as far as home brewing is from scratch. Long story short I got my hands on a 5lbs of wheat extract (60% wheat 40% barley) so I figured...

Hello everyone, it's me again!!! Thanks for all your help with all my previous issues, I am getting better at this thanks to you all! So, my question today is : I have a batch sitting in primary for 2 and 1/2 weeks, and it is due for bottling in 3 days. I have three 0.5 Oz open packages of low...

Hello homebrewing friend! . I will be traveling to Moscow, Russia soon and I was wondering if there are any Russian homebrewers here, or some of you who have visited Moscow who could tell me if there are any homebrewing supplies stores in Moscow? And if you could recommend one for me. Thanks a lot

Hello everyone, I am an all-grain brewer. I live in a country where homebrewing supplies (of any kind) aren't available anywhere, therefore I resort to malting my own grains. For the past three years, I haven't had any issues as far as malting is concerned. Today, I took my malt out of homemade...

Hello everyone, Here I go again with another one of my problems! So I have brewed a 5 gallon All grain Belgian ale using S 33... It smelled great, tasted even better... Got carried away and guess what forgot to even bring my dextrose out of the cabinet... Here I am 10 days later, heading to...

Hello everyone out there. So, my stock of caps is running low and kI am trying to see if anyone out there have reused bottle caps before with any degree of success? I ask this because I have no way of getting bottle caps for now! Thanks a lot.

Hello everyone out there. So, I do malt my own grains at home, kiln them and grind them myself. (not by choice, but due to the unavailability of anything that has to do with home brewing where I live) My question is has anyone ever tried to mill and mash home-made malt without separating it...

Hello. This is my third batch brewing scoby. A friend of mine handed me 3 scobies. I used the same one for the first 2 batches. And for my third batch I decided to use the other two scobies together in a slightly bigger batch ( 5 liters) I used loose leaf tea (a pack that was opened quite a...

Am I crazy or is it an OK idea to add milk thistle to your home brew... I mean, we all love a good home brew, but what's wrong with a healthy side-kick!?!?! It is going to be actual milk thistle grains as they are widely available here.... I may just be a little nuts for trying to make my...

Hello everyone. I tell you. This is getting quite tiring! So I am an all grain brewer; not by choice but by necessity as I live in a country where there is 0-nothing available for a home brewer as far as supplies, equipment or ingredients. So I have to make everything myself!!! That...

Hello, I have a dark brown ale 5 g batch US 05 yeast) sitting in primary (today is day #8) I am planning to rack into secondary but I keep reading online that it is useless and unnecessary to transfer to secondary as it does not do anything to the beer (plus the risk of infection) . But I also...

Hello. I am about to pitch 2 packs of US 04 in a 5 gallon batch. I usually stir the hell out of my wort for aeration before I sprinkle the yeast... But I am thinking now should aeration be done before pitching yeast, or should I pitch then stir the hell of it? Using fermenter bucket no carboy ...

Hello everyone... I tried kombucha many times when I lived abroad and I really loved it.... Now that I am back home... I MISS IT and I can't find it anywhere!!! I looked up how to make it and it seems that I need either a scoby from someone or I have to have a bottle of kombucha from which I...

Hello everyone! So here is a weird one for you... Well maybe not for some! Alright! this is a 5 gallon Ginger Ipa with us 05 yeast. Friday the 6th was day 19 in primary. I siphoned it into the bottling bucket with a solution of honey as a primer. All great so far until I got a crazy phone call...

Hello. I have a ginger IPA on its 14th day in the fermenter. (5 gallons with US 05 yeast) yeast was sprinkled on wort @ 65, then went, immediately into an ice bath @ 50F (trying to experiment with ale brewing at low Temps). Day 12 Iraised the temp up to almost 70F for a diacetyl rest, after...

Hello everyone! So I have just finished my 8th all grain home brew last night, and I hope it turns out well! My current situation: I live in a country ( Tunisia) where there aren't any thing even similar to a home brewing supplier... so when it comes to equipment I am forced to improvise, and...