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A friend and I have a hobgoblin clone (from the recipes section on this site), sitting in the primary, it's been there since mid-July. We brewed it together, then I moved away for 2 months and he hasn't "gotten around" to bottling it. Will it still be ok in another month's time, it'll be that...

My friend cleverly stored the yeast in the freezer, not the fridge. Is it still ok? It's a dry yeast, Danstar Nottingham. We're just planning to make a starter and see how it looks, and pitch more yeast tomorrow after a trip to the LHBS if it doesn't look good. Any advice?

I'm curious if there is a way to get more carbonation in my beers. We use about 5oz of priming sugar, and are leaving them for 3-4 weeks before trying them, but we're only getting a little carbonation. These aren't stout beers, IPAs and such. I don't know if this is related, but we're getting...

Hey all, We're just midway through a brewing session, and on taking the fermentation bucket out of storage there was a little bit of mold on the bottom. Is a good clean with PBW and StarSan enough to kill it off and make it good for using? To be honest we don't really have much of an...

Hey, I'm fermenting in a corner of the bedroom, obviously room temperature is a little too warm so I've had the swamp cooler set up on the go for the last week. It's doing a good job of keeping the temps down, but man does it stink. I'm using the t-shirts over the top of the fermenters to...

Had my first boil over last night, and instead of mopping it up right away I foolishly left it to encrust onto my stove top during the boil. Managed to clean up 95% of it last night with a lot of effort, but there is some that just won't come off with what I had in the kitchen. Is there...

What is the consensus on using tap water (without boiling - i.e. straight from the tap) to top up partial boil worts? I'm having my second ever brew day this weekend, 2 weeks ago we followed John Palmer's instructions on How to Brew for partial boils, and boiled the water we were going to use...

My first ever brew has been in the primary fermenter for 2 days now. The bucket I'm using doesn't have a gasket (the LHBS was out of them when I picked up the kit), so I'm not seeing any bubbles in the airlock. I'm a bit worried because we took the OG reading directly after pitching the...

Hi, I've been reading up on homebrewing for the last couple of weeks, today is the day to head to the LHBS to pick up my beginners kit! Despite reading a lot of this forum, and How to Brew, I'm still a little confused about the fundamentals I guess. If anyone would be so kind as to answer...

Hey, A friend and I just decided to give home-brewing a try, something we've always wanted to do but never gotten around to. So we're trying to build a collection of bottles we can use, but it seems most of the brands use screw top bottles, which I guess we can't use (?). Does anyone...