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I am brewing a double IPA this weekend with a O.G 1.086. The yeast I'm using is Wyeast 1272 I'm making a starter but was wondering if I should use 2 yeast packets. Any thoughts ....?

I'm brewing a vanilla porter on Saturday and it calls for 1oz of vanilla beans in the secondary. I've never used them before and was wondering how most people would prep them. Chopped up?/ Spit down the middle?

I brewed a white IPA today with a final gravity of 1.072. When I poured it into my 6.5g Big Mouth Bubbler fermenter I ended up with 6 gallons. I just topped it off with the yeast I had on the stir plate and it's creeping up there to the top. My question is when fermentation begins will I lose...

Hey so 2 weeks ago I brewed an ipa with an a o.g of 1.070. I made a yeast starter that sat for two days on a stir plate. Today I thought to rack onto my secondary and dry hop for another week or so. I took a reading and my gravity was at 1.016. I never brewed a beer in the 70's before and was...

So I've been brewing for about 4 years now and slowly evolved throughout the years. I brew all grain ( batch sparging ) and keg what what I brew with the exception of a couple bottles that are bottled with tablets. So my question is I'm entering into my first homebrew competition. Nothing...

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So I brewed a all grain pale ale on Fri and had a gravity question. After chilling the beer I poured a bit into a glass to take a reading. I got an O.G of 1.040 I was off by 10! So the next day just out if curiosity I took another reading from the glass I never cleaned out. I got a reading of...

So I'm a BIAB brewer and have been using a keggle now for about 5 months. I thought to add a sight glass to the keggle to make life a bit easier. I saw two options out there, one had a thermometer with a 4 inch probe. Should I buy that one???? Would it rip through the bag??? Are these dumb...

Now that it's getting colder I'm putting my carboy in a tub of water with a aquarium water heater.At its lowest setting the water is stabilizing at 70.So my question is could I use my temp controller to help lower the temp?Could the proub be submerged under water.65 would be ideal .........

I got this recipe from BYO Magazine.I'm a little tight with time and can't seem to find time to brew this one. Cheers! 6.5 lbs. American 2-Row Pale Malt 6.5 lbs. Morris Otter Malt 2 lbs. Light Munich Malt .75 Crystal Malt 80L .65 CaraMunich Malt .625 lb. Roasted Barley .5 lb. Chocolate Malt...

I've been bottling now for about a year and thought to make the switch.I know with bottling 3 weeks at least is a good time to wait to try your brew.If opened to early you get the "yeasty" green beer flavors. Would that all be eliminated because your already introducing CO2 to the beer?No...

So my wife and I had our first born 10 months ago ( the best day if my life ) I took a couple months off from brewing just so we could get our feet on the ground ,and things have settled. Since then I've made the transition to all grain, made a keggle brewing has been better then ever. SO I get...

So I've been brewing for about a year now they all have been extract batches.I've made it a habit to use bottled water but.I've began doing full boils and moving to all grain ( biab ) So here's my question ...if your tap water tastes fine and your doing a full boil isn't a waste to buy bottled...

So I brewed my first pumpkin ale today and everything went well. Cleaned up and relaxed to watch some football and realized I used a tablespoon of cinnamon instead of a teaspoon.Any thoughts, it tasted good before I pitched the yeast.

I'm brewing my first partial mash today and the recipe calls for 6# LME and 2# of two row. Some victory and caramel 60.My problem is I just realized I only have 1 pound of two row.Should I still brew today the pumpkin is in the oven as I type!!

So I've been an extract brewer now for about a year and sLoWly making the change to all grain.I thought the BIAB method sounded good but I'm still in the middle of converting a keg to kettle. My question is, couldn't you do a partial mash using the BIAB style.I'm entertaining this idea because...

My wife and toured the Dogfish brewery and went to the brew pub today and just thought I'd share.It's totally worth doing the trip if anyone is near the northeast coast.Love the beer and the people were awesome. We're staying in Rohoboth, and both going strong on 90min's !!!

So I'm converting a keg to a keggle I cut the top and put in a weldless 1/2 ball valve on the bottom.My question is how to put together a dip tube I know there are a bunch of pages here about this but I'm just need a fresh idea.Any help would be great I can't wait to use this thing I've been...

I'm sure this has been answered here before but I made a starter last night, and was wondering how long a yeast stater was good for. I plan on brewing in a few days would it still be good?

I have a 6.5 gallon glass carboy and was wondering if using my plastic Better Bottle secondary would be ok. Or do you just stay glass to glass, plastic to plastics????