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Funny - I was having this same conversation with a guy at work this morning. He recommended the Dogfish, so I'll probably give that a try. Never been a Blue Moon fan, but saw they had a Pumpkin Harvest Ale so gave it a try last night. Zero pumpkin or spice taste. I was really disappointed. I...

The kit is from Midwest supplies with Saflager S-23 dry yeast. The fermenting directions ver batim are: Place your fermenter in a warm area. (60-65°F ) Approximately 1-3 days after adding the yeast you should start to notice a healthy fermentation taking place. At this point, move your...

Just got my latest ingredient kit (pilsner urquell) but apparently I didn't read the desciption very well. This is a lager, and the instructions state to ferment for a week at 60-65 degrees, then for another week at 48-60, and then to finish for 3-12 weeks at 38-48 degrees. Problem is, I...

Full wort boil question: So, if I'm making 5 gallons of beer, should I always boil the full 5 gallons? My pot is plenty big enough for this, but I've gotten some ingrediant kits that say "boil 2- 2 1/2 gallons of water...then top of fermenter with cold water"

To add to the initial questions: How long does sanitizer stay effective? For example, I sanitized all of my equipment for the transfer from primary to secondary. I then poured the sanitizer into the bottling buck for storage. When I'm ready to bottle in a couple of weeks, is that sanitizer...

What is the difference in using dry vs liquid malt extract? Are you essentially making the liquid malt extract when you use dry malt? Is using dry malt what constitutes "full grain" brewing?

Thanks. I've already transferred from primary fermrnter to carboy, just trying to keep as much sediment as possible out of the bottles.

I will be priming my first batch soon. I plan on adding the disolved sugar to my bottling bucket, then transfering my beer from a carboy to the bottling bucket, thus mixing it with the sugar. Question - how long can that mixture sit before bottling? I want to give it time for any...