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i was just using a turkey baster to draw a sample of my English Brown Ale from my fermenter to test the gravity and make sure that it has hit its target gravity and i squeezed too hard on the turkey baster and the rubber part that u squeeze detached from the other part and the plastic piece fell...

every time i post a question about how long to let my beer sit in the primary the responses from this forum always seem to be in the 3-5 week range for best results, after reading through about 1/4 of "The Complete Joy of Homebrewing" by Charlie Papazian, he seems to put some emphasis on the...

so i decided to try making a batch of EdWort's Apfelwein and i just messed it up! i decided i was going to make a 4gal batch so i just bought 2lbs of corn sugar and what i THOUGHT was 4 gallons of 100% apple juice, well after i had poured all 4 bottles of apple juice in and mixed in the 25oz of...

i just brewed a Brewers Best "Classic English Pale Ale" kit last night and i came up with a lower SG than the instructions call for and was wondering if anybody knew why...the kit contains 3.3lbs of LME, 2 lbs of DME, 8oz of crushed crystal, 1oz kent golding bittering hops 2oz argentine cascade...

ive just brewed my 6th batch of extract brew, its a brewers best Kolsch kit and it has been in the primary for 7 days now, i wanted to bottle it today because its been at the specified FG for about 4 days now, but i also kinda wanted to actually do this one right, all of my previous brews i have...

im looking for a quick way to sanitize my bottles and ive read about sanitizing in the dishwasher...i dont think my dish washer has a really hot sanitizing function and i was wondering if i would just put sanitizer in the soap thing or how would be the best way to do this?

is there any problem with overfilling the airlock? theres a line on mine where u are supposed to fill it to and i overfilled it and now that the middle piece has risen up from the co2 the water in the airlock is JUST below the very top of it...this isnt going to cause a problem is it? im not too...

when a bottle of beer says its "unfiltered" does that mean that it still contains the yeast and should be poured into a glass leaving yeast sediment behind like a homebrew? im drinking an empyrean ale brand "Darkside Vanilla Porter" and it says its unfiltered and i also bought a beer called Easy...

Empyrean Ales this is a local brewery here in Lincoln, NE (where i live) that brews some excellent beers! i dont know how far out of lincoln they distribute their beer but if you ever see any empyrean beer on the shelf anywhere i highly recommend you buy it and try it out! im actually drinking...

so ive brewed a Brewers Best American Cream Ale kit and the OG was supposed to be 1.040-1.055, it was 1.040. the FG is supposed to be 1.008-1.012, its been at 1.008 for like 3 days now, so i know my fermentation is done, but i was wondering if it would make a difference in taste if i were to...

ive recently started brewing beer, ive brewed four 5gal batches using my brewers best starter kit using all extract pre-made brewers best recipe kits. after reading up a little bit on all grain brewing ive decided i might want to give it a try sometime soon but i have a few questions and im...

ok this batch i decided once my wort was cooled and i added the top off water to make 5 gal in my primary i stirred the s*t out of it to aerate it, now when i go to take my OG reading theres a good 1/4" of bubbles on top of the beer that makes it really hard to accurately read my hydrometer...

ive got the water just about boiling for my 4th batch it a brewers best american cream ale. the kit includes 3.3lbs muntons plain light malt extract, 2lbs plain light dry malt extract, 1 1/2oz vanguard bittering hops and 1/2 oz vanguard finishing hops. do u think it would benefit from a late...

im brewing a Brewers Best Weizenbier kit that im going to add cherry flavoring to at bottling time to produce a cherry wheat beer. the kit came with 2 cans (6.6lbs) of plain wheat malt extract(liquid) 1oz mt hood bittering hops and 1/2oz mt hood finishing hops. i did a late addition boil by...

i just started brewing beer and i find it kind of a pain in the ass when every time i give somebody a bottle of my brew i have to explain to them how they have to pour it out to avoid pouring out the sediment at the bottom of the bottle...is there any way to avoid having to do this? a friend...

so i brewed a Brewers Best Weizenbier kit last night using my 6.5 gal ale pale, it was 6.6lbs wheat LME and 5 gal water and after boiling and cooling and rehydrating the yeast i stirred the wort up real good to aerate and pitched the yeast and i came home just now to find brown liquid in my...

i just started my 3rd brew its a brewers best weizenbier kit and the instructions say to boil 2 gal water and add all ingredients except finishing hops and add finishing hops in the last 5 min of boil then pour the wort into the bucket and cool it then add 3 gal 70* water, since im using...

im heating up the water for my 3rd batch right now its a Brewers Best Weizenbier kit its just got hops and 6.6 lbs of muntons wheat LME, do u think it would be beneficial to add maybe 3/4 of one 3.3lb can at the beginning and then add 1 1/4 can the last say 20 minutes of the boil? or should i...

im getting ready to boil my 3rd batch of beer, its a Brewers Best Weizenbier kit that i got from the LHBS that im going to add cherry flavoring to to make a cherry wheat beer, and i was wondering, since its like 12 degrees outside and i dont have a wort chiller or much ice on hand, would it...

i have an ale called American Light thats been bottle conditioning for a few weeks and i was wondering if i could stick a case of them in the fridge for about a week to cold crash before drinking or if this would slow down the aging process, will it age just the same in the fridge as it will at...