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General speaking with a five gallon carboy is the head space enough room during primary fermentation...or is it necessary to have a blow off line setup?

I'm doing my first AG...should I mix in some Rice hulls with this batch? I'm going to have 1/2 lb of Wheat Malt, and 1/2 lb of flaked wheat in this recipe....Also, this is going to sound silly but should I crush the Rice hulls? I would guess you don't, since the only value to having them in the...

I have a question for everyone. What is your opinion on the "sanitize cycle" in the dishwasher?...I conducted a trial run with just bottles in my dishwasher yesterday. When I opened it up and inspected the bottles...they were screamin hot. This leads me to believe that they have to be sanitized...

I have the following hops available for my next two brews....which would you use, please specify if you feel like Cream Ale: cascade Witbier: german tradition and czech saaz I was thinking of using the german tradition as the bittering hop and czech saaz for the finishing hop for the...

So my brew has been in the primary fermentor now for 5 days exactly and I was able to draw a sample out via the bottom spigot...the hydrometer reading was 1.048 and the activity has decreased dramatically. I had a nice 1 inch Krausen head on it for 4 days which has subsided over the last 24 hrs...

I'm obviously a Noobie...However; I was curious, is there such a thing as too much yeast?... I'm giving the Mr. Beer thing a shot, but I've always been a type of person that likes to make something my "own", therefore I did a little modification on my first batch. - added "Mr. Booster"...

Hello I just brewed my first batch yesterday and with all the calculations done on BfC it should've had an OG around 1.061. However I tested it with a very reliable and calibrated refractometer which I used in the past and its well above 1.080. And no I didn't take a sample from the wort before...