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my brewpot was getting kind of old and gross looking so i decided it was time to spend some money on a nice stainless steel pot (for extract brewing, partial boils). I was glancing over the "use and care" instructions and it says "To prevent warping, avoid sudden temperature changes such as...

so i was putting my hops in a hop bag and to my dismay i discovered that the bag had a hole in both ends of it as the hops went all over my kitchen floor. I didn't have any spare ones, so i gathered them off the floor and threw them in my wort and boiled the remaining 15 minutes. So I figured...

I have read a bunch of posts on here about scaling down recipes. However I have read more than once to just use an entire pack of yeast and not worry about scaling this down. Why is this? If I'm making 2.5 gal batches does this mean i should not split a pack of yeast and use half in each...

So I am trying to really get a feel for what ingredients give what characteristics to beer. My plan is to first experiment with an APA, and I have what I think is a good base recipe to start with. About 6 lbs of light LME 3 oz cascade hops 1 lb Crystal 20L Safale US-05 Yeast In my...

My girlfriend has asked me to make a strawberry beer for her. I think it is only fair since she helps me when i need help (holding the strainer, pouring in extract while i stir, etc....) I thought i could just do this with a wheat beer. My plan was to just take a recipe for a wheat bear...

I am going to start making smaller batches so I can learn the differences ingredients give to my beer. This week instead of making a 5 gallon batch I am going to split recipes and make 4 1.25 gallon batches with slight ingredient variations. My question is can I just scale the recipe down...

so being it is very cold today, was wondering if i brew tonight if i could just take my brew pot outside to cooldown instead of using the ice bath (due to the fact i have to keep changing the water out....now i see no reason this would be bad for my beer, but figured i better check here first...

This may be a dumb question, but I have done some searching on here and can't seem to find the answer, so here goes.... Could someone give a high level explanation (I'm definitely a beginner) as to what the benefit of dry hopping is vs boiling the hops with the wort? Also, are there certain...

I brewed a Brewers Best Holiday ale a few weeks back. I sampled one today (it has only been bottled for 1 week so far) to see how it was progressing. It tastes fine to me (needs more carbonation still), but it has a kind of sour smell to it. The samples I took for gravity readings throughout...

I have been reading all the posts on here about the places to buy kits - Northern Brewer, Austin Homebrew, etc. and I am wondering how long are these kits usually good for? I want to order some, but I really only have time to brew about once a month. So if I order a few of them will they still...

I have received all kinds of advice regarding the beer I have been brewing these past few weeks. I just found out the hardest part about home brewing tonight though. I cant wait to try my beer!!! I don't know how everyone waits for weeks after bottling, for me this is the hardest part! It...

A couple weeks ago a brewed a Brewers Best Holiday Ale. I have a few questions about my hydrometer readings. First off, according to the instructions with the kit the OG was supposed to be 1.068 - 1.072. When I took my reading mine was only about 1.064. Now I was thinking of a couple of...

Hi everyone, relatively new to the whole homebrewing thing, so sorry if this is a dumb question! I have my beer in my primary fermenter and have read all about taking hydrometer readings to know when to bottle. However, I have also read that if you are not using a secondary fermenter you...