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4 days ago I brewed an IPA and kept a sample in my hydrometer and its been sitting in the window sill this whole time. I noticed a bit of bubbling and now I have full-on fermentation and a nice krausen on the top. I'm guessing this is wild yeast...is it? If it is, how could I safely...

I am working on an all grain batch and I was wondering when I check the pH??? Thanks!

Hey all, So, I decided to brew a batch today and came up with a question: Is it better to hit your OG and come up short on volume, OR is it better to miss your OG and hit your volume? I know that it would be ideal to hit both, but if that is obviously not an option.... Thanks

I was just getting done bottling up some beer and now that my secondary is ready, I was going to rack my famous 3:33 IPA. I was going to dry hop with 2 oz of Cascade whole hops but was wondering about how sanitary they are. I didn't buy them from a LHBS. How do I proceed?

Ok, so I am going to make my first all grain batch and I am going off of a pretty vague clone recipe for the Stone IPA Ruination. 5 Gallon batch I've got 15 lbs of grain and it's asking me to mash with 1.5qts/lb of grain= 5.625 Gallons. Then its saying that I should sparge with 2 qts per...

Since September of 08' I've been making partial mash brews and would like to step up into all grain brewing...however, I would also like to get a kegging set-up. Unfortunately, I can't get both right now, so it has to be one or the other. Which upgrade would you choose? All grain gear or keg?

Ok, so I just brewed a Red Ale and I forgot to add the Whirl Floc. I just pitched the yeast and I was wondering if it's too late to add it into the primary? I know it's usually not necessary to add, but I've been happy with the clarity that it gives me. Thanks in advance!

I am looking at some recipes and when it says 3 AAU of [insert hop type], what does that exactly mean? What kind of scale is it?

I thought I read somewhere that I could keep the yeast from a bottle of Chimay and grow it or something? Does anybody know what I am talking about?

Simple question: I bought some grains from a LHBS and on the reciept it's just called '2 row'. I am trying to add grain/extract to my recipe and there is no option for '2 row', what else is it usually called? Also, I have 7 lbs of Light Pale Extract...what's another name for that...

I've read the wiki on efficiency and I think I understand it from the All Grain point of view, but how about for partial grain brewers like myself? :confused: How is efficiency calculated when you are using LME or DME and just a pound or two of grains or specialty grains? Is it even worth...

So, I have found plenty of resources on finding and making certain recipes, but I wanted to take my hobby one step further into actually making my own. How does one go about starting out at making a recipe from scratch? I have taken clone recipes and tweaked them to make them more personal...

So I brewed a batch of IPA the other week with the following: 1 LB 2 Row 1 LB Caramel (10) 7 LB Light DME 2 OZ Warrior 1 OZ Magnum 1 OZ Centennial (For Dry Hop) I started with a gravity at 1.080 4 Days ago I added my Centennial and stole a bit out of the Primary for a gravity...

Ok, this is going to sound really stupid, but here goes anyway: What is Briess? Is it a brand, is it a particular grain? The reason I ask is because I am getting ready to boil a batch today and I wanted to to put all of my information in The Beer Recipator. Unfortunately, there is no...

So, I have placed an early order for my hop rhizomes and after thinking about it a bit, I was wondering which varieties I should be growing. How much yield should you get ballpark from each variety? I have ordered Cascade, Chinook, and Crystal. I am planning on ordering more, but which...

Ok, frankly I am not into fruity beers, but I was reminiscing with my wife last night after putting together a batch of beer, about the times we would sit on the dock in front of her parents cabin and drink Apricot Ale (wouldn't touch it these days). I was trying to think if there was ANY...

So I just put together a Mild Brown Ale from Midwest and after reading a bit about it, I decided to add just a pinch...ok 3 pinches of some Czec Saaz Hops in addition to the the 1 oz of Perle and the 1 oz of Fuggle flavoring. I put it in with about 20 minutes left on the boil and I used about...

My beer has been in the secondary for 10 days and is still cloudy. Is there a process to clarify the brew, or is it even necessary? The recipe is a light pale and I used crystal and cracked corn that seems to have made it cloudy with sediment. :tank:

So, I've read all of the stickys about from racking off to the secondary and one comment seems to be popping up quite a bit, "your hydrometer will tell you". From a basics standpoint, I understand how to read it, but for some reason it's not telling me anything simply because I'm not sure...