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Is it safe to assume that adding more of the same kind of hops will simply add more hop bitterness and/or aroma? I'm looking at brewing a light wheat beer recipe that calls for 1 oz of Willamette for the full 60 mins and 1 oz of Cascade for the last 15mins. I assume the beer will turn out...

Could anyone tell me what defines a "bavarian" or "blonde" style of beer? To me, they have similar tastes that I find to be a bit on the stanky & thick side of things, even when it's a lighter beer. The taste reminds of bananas, but not in a good fruity way, more of a decomposing way. I'm not a...

Could anyone tell me what defines a "bavarian" or "blonde" style of beer? To me, they have similar tastes that I find to be a bit on the stanky & thick side of things, even when it's a lighter beer. The taste reminds of bananas, but not in a good fruity way, more of a decomposing way. I'm not a...

Is it a bad idea to use cold water or even ice to cool down the wort? Ex: I have 2.5 gallons of wort in the brew kettle that is just pulled off the stove and put into an ice bath in the kitchen sink. I add 1.5 gallons cold water/ice to the hot wort to bring the temp down faster. I transfer...

I'm a noob, and I just brewed my first Honey Hefeweizen (northern brewer Extract kit) I'm curious because the recipe recommends 6 weeks until drinkable versus the typical 4 weeks I have encountered with the other extract ale kits I have made. I have just transferred to the secondary ferm...

I just brewed my first batch of homebrew ever. I'm a total amateur so I was just trying to go off of books and videos that I've seen online. My understanding now is that I should have removed the grains after the 30 min boil @ 160 degrees, but I thought that you left the grains in for the...