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My beer has been bottled almost 3 weeks but still flat! And I noticed I don't really have sediment on the bottom like in my other batches Help

I brewed this sat and on sun I was getting a good normal fermentation, but in the middle of the night , Pow! My lid blew off I sealed it off but again Pow! so I did a growler with a blow off tube bcuz I had this prob once before and it worked then. This time it's working but still going crazy, I...

Does anyone know a good website to buy craft brew merchandise? Shirts hats cups ect. Or do u have to go to each breweries own website??

I have wondered this for a while now, what makes a imperial porter imperial or ipa or stout? What does the imperial mean??

I currently have a mash tun I'm using the stainless toilet house method but don't like it much. I want to swap it out with a PVC system but I'm not sure what kind of pipe to use. I don't want to release toxins from the pipe or anything bad like that. What do I need to know when choosing the pipe???

Which works best when getting original gravity and final gravity? And if refractometer is best which model works well for home brewing?

I'm reading up on this but am confuesed on the "Mash Out " I have to bring it up to 170 but do I stir that in? Or just lightly add it in? I'm also reading on step mashing so that might be my problem

Are home brews usually not as clear or clean as store bought beer? I've made two IPA batches and they were not as clear. Is that normal? Or am I just messing up somewhere? I'm still new to all of this

I wanted to know what everyone mash water temp is when brewing ? I've used 150-158 deg. Usually which ends up at the 150deg. Range, Is that to low? Which could explain why my body is not where I would like in my last two batches?

I'm still new to this so sorry if this is a stupid question. My hydrometer reading hasn't changed in a week. My OG 1.056 and in five days I checked it and It was at 1.008 and it's stayed the same now at week 2 . Is this good or bad? Am I fine because it did pretty much reach it's potential %

I want to make a imperial coffee vanilla bean porter but I've never used coffee nor vanilla bean , how would I use them and how much should I use? I've read up a little but still not sure

I just received my order of leaf hops and it's my first time using them. I want to dry hop so my question is , is 2 oz of leaf hops equal to 2 oz of pellet hops? The package of leaf hops look like theres more than in a package of pellet hops

I just cracked this beer "ale of the imp" from Hermitage brewery , horrible taste like they burnt the grains or someone put out there cigarette in it

Where are the best spots to buy quality beer? Bevmo kind of lame always the same

I'm still new to brewing and I just made a IPA but I forgot to vorlof before spargin. Is that gonna mess my beer up? I know it's to clarify the wort but is that it ?? Will my beer be ok if I just filter it better later

im new to this home brewing thing, ive only brewed one extract brew but i want to go all grain, my pot is 5 gall, the recipe im a try is a 5gal batch but i need to collect like 6gal of wort, so here's the question, can i collect 3-4gal of wort into my pot,the rest i keep in a cooler, add hops...