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Halp! I made this here beer here: http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/black-ipa-extract-kit.html I ended up steeping my specialty grains too long and I think the fermentation was in the upper 70's at times before I got it down. The beer spent 2 weeks in primary, 3 weeks in secondary, dry...

Hi guys, I have a question concerning getting gunk in bottles from the bottom of the fermenter/bucket. I was bottling the other day and I had a ton of crap and hops (I dry hopped in secondary) at the bottom of my bottling bucket. I managed to squeeze out an extra 6 pack or so that included a...

Hi guys, I am wanting to get back into home brewing and go all out...I mean all grain :) I live in an upstairs apartment with stairs leading down to a garage on the ground floor. The garage has no water supply. I have a gas stove in the kitchen with about 15 inches clearance below the...

Hi guys, Wondering if anyone could help me. I am brewing Northern Brewer's Lefse Blonde which is a Leffe clone and uses Wyeast Abbey II yeast. I sat on it for a while and so from the date on the packet Mr. Malty told me I need a big-ass starter which I made. I pitched my starter into the...

I am making a Wee Heavy with OG 1.083 from a kit. The kit came with a Wyeast Scottish Ale Activator smack pack 1728. It said on the package that it can be activated and then poured into 5G of wort, so I did. Now I am reading in a bunch of places that I have under-pitched and needed about 3...

Hi guys, So, I think I screwed up. I was brewing my second extract batch ever (a Porter) and was worried that the 3.5 gallons of wort I was chilling was going to get too cool when I topped up to 5 gallons in the carboy. Without thinking I poured my 100F wort into the carboy with a funnel...