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I currently mash in an coleman 70 quart xtreme cooler and am having trouble with temperature drop with small grain bills due to head space. I was wondering if I cut a piece of reflectix Insulation and float it on top of the mash would that contaminate the wort? Should I figure out a way to...

Did anybody else buy this kit? When I calculate out the IBUs with this hop schedule it comes out to over 100. Starting gravity is 1.055 and boil volume is 6.25. 2oz Admiral 13.1% 60 Minutes 91.8 IBU .5oz Admiral 13.1% 15 Minutes 11.4 IBU .5oz Admiral 13.1% 5 Minutes 4.6 IBU I contacted AHS...

I ordered the AHS Blonde Rye kit and am planning on brewing this weekend. When I plugged the recipe in to beer smith the IBU's came to 50.3 which out of the guideline for the style that it is (American Wheat or Rye Beer). It calls for .75 ounce Nugget Hops at 60 minutes and 1 ounce of select...

I did some research on this and I'm pretty sure I know the answer but just want to make sure. I'm mashing in a cooler, and after the mash while I'm collecting the wort in my kettle its a bad idea to stir the grain bed to get all the wort to drain right? What would the effects of doing this be?

I was at my local publix today and noticed a 6 pack of shock top raspberry wheat. Has anybody else seen or tried this. For what it is the original shock top isn't that bad and I was kind of curious how this tasted, not enough to buy a whole 6 pack though.

For my second brew I brewed the double chocolate stout extract kit from Austin HomeBrew Supply. The recipe sheet stated that the og should be be 1.056, mine was around 1.065, and it has the fg as as 1.012 and mine is 1.020. It's been in the primary for 4 weeks now and the gravity hasn't moved...