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Had a OG of 1.068, pitched (with starter) got it down to 1.038, and it's stalled there. I am thinking of pitching a pack of notty to bring the gravity down further. Do you need to aerate if you are re-pitching yeast?

My homebrew club is scheduling a group brew at a nearby brewery in a couple weeks, they are doing a pretty generic recipe that people can modify and pitch their own yeasts later. The base recipe will a medium gravity amber wort. I want to modify it to make a IPA, but I am unsure how to...

I just bottled a hefe, and towards the end of the fermentation the samples were tasting pretty watered down and earlier samples didn't taste that way. It has a pretty thick mouth feel, and a good aftertaste, just the beginning is kinda... weak and watery tasting. It was in the primary for 2...

Hey All, just getting started here finding my way through home brewing. Having a ton of fun already. Thanks for all the help so far!

Is their any benefit to boil more of the water then the recipes suggest? For example if it says to boil 3 gallons add extract and then top off to 3.5 gal, is it better to top off to 4 if my bot can do it w/o a boilover?

I am going to start a Hefeweizen extract recipe today, and forgot to pick up Whirlfloc at the LHBS. Is there any benefit to Whirlfloc on a cloudy beer like a Hefe?

So I failed at properly talking the starting Specific Gravity of my cider. I have the specific gravity of the pure cider, but i forgot to talk a reading after I added the sugar. Does anyone know of a formula to estimate how much the sugar i added will affect the SG? Follow up question is the...

Brewing my first batch of Cider, and tasting some of my Gravity test samples. The cider is coming out pretty acidic, it isn't affecting the flavor, just i can taste the acidity. I have heard about adding Calcium Carbonate before fermentation to lower acidity, and Potassium Bicarbonate post...