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so I began my first wine this past thursday, a Vino Del Vida chardonnay kit. I was looking at the kits instructions today, and realized I only topped off to the 5 gallon mark on my fermenter...the directions said 5 imp gal/6 US gallons and I just skimmed it quickly and only noticed the "5". my...

i brewed up a kolsch last sunday, so 11 days ago. I usually just leave all my beers in primary until bottling, but this time I want to rack to secondary to dry hop and to clear it up a bit. fermentation is done as far as I can tell, there is no bubbling and the hydrometer has read 1.016 the...

so I've done the standard ice bath for all of my brews so far which has worked just fine. but i was thinking about trying a new way. would it be ok if i just poured the wort into the fermenter right after the boil, and then dumped in a few bags of ice? It seems that would kill 2 birds with...

I have read much of the debate on these boards about primary fermentation only vs. primary and secondary. I have been using only primary and had great results so far. My question is about dry-hopping...and almost every time I see it mentioned around here its "dry hopped into secondary" or...

Hi all, been browsing the forum for several months but first time posting! The recent warm weather here inspired me to make my first "summer beer", and I am planning on brewing a Honey Kolsch from a Northern Brewer extract kit...