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So I recently brewed what is going to be a Chocolate Espresso Stout. When I picked up the ingredients from my local supplier they told me to look for cocoa nibs which I should add to the secondary when I rack for a subtle, but nice chocolate flavour. The problem I'm running in to is that I...

I brewed an IPA last Winter before Christmas. I thought everything went great with the batch and much to my dismay, after I bottled and let them condition for a few weeks they tasted horribly sour to the point where they would actually make me feel ill if I tried to muscle one down. So here I...

Just a quick question - I'm using Wyeast 3065(I think that's the right number) for a wheat beer. The initial ferment was great, it started strong within 6 hours and continued for a couple days before slowing down to where my airlock bubbled about once every 8-10 seconds for the last 5 days. I...

Hi all. I may have run into a small problem. I'm brewing a witbier with the 3068 and we had a sudden temperature spike these last few days where we've been in the 80s. My place doesn't have any air conditioning. I try to keep my fermenting beer as cool as possible by keeping it in the closet in...

So my last 3 batches of beer have become infected and undrinkable. I found out where the sanitation issues were probably stemming from, corrected the issue and my newest beer seems to be doing great. :mug: All that said... how on god's green earth have brewers for THOUSANDS of years been...

Hi guys. I just downloaded the Beersmith trial to check it out. I was adding the recipe I just brewed yesterday and don't see any option for using honey as a boil or primer or adding lemon zest or something similar for flavouring. Am I missing something? It seems like adding honey to a boil...

I wanted to make a wheat beer but decided that a regular wheat was too boring. I'm not sure Why I decided that it was too boring because my track record thus far has been pretty dismal. Anyway here's what I did/am doing. It's a partial mash and it possible I may have made it a bit too sweet...

Ok, so I'm on my 6th batch of beer now. my first batch was awesome, second was ok, 3rd, 4th, 5th and now I think my 6th have all been infected. I have no idea why or when this is happening, everything seems to start out great but they seem to be getting infected earlier and earlier in the...

Ok so, I'm not afraid to admit it, I'm bad at making beer. I seem to find a way to screw it up every time I make it. However, this does not stop me from continuing my quest for a drinkable brew! Unfortunately, this post is not a FAQ or even an instructional, which I would someday love to...

I forgot to do my finishing hops at the end of my wort boil and hadn't realized it until my wort was already room temperature and I was pitching the yeast. I don't imagine that it will ruin my batch but it probably isn't going to turn out as hoppy as I wanted. I still have the hops which...

So I've now brewed about 5 batches. I haven't branched out much on the type because I want to at least get one right before I start experimenting. I'm doing a generic Pale Ale and I'm using a pre-packaged malt that is made locally by a homebrew store owner. Everything else is bought separately...

I understand that time cures all when brewing beer, however i did have a couple of small questions that i was unable to find the exact answers for in the FAQ's and stickies. Firstly, I am on my first batch of homebrew, I began about 4 or 5 days ago and now that i've done a bit more research...