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Hey all, I have a Cherry Stout that I'm currently brewing/getting ready to bottle (why I chose to brew a stout near summer is a different topic altogether). Brew day went fine, initial fermentation looked good, ~2 weeks following primary fermenter I transferred to a secondary. At this...

Hey all, I'm planning on starting up a brew of NB's Cherry Stout extract kit. Anyone ever done that kit? My main question is: the kit came with a pack of dried yeast. All my other previous brews were done using smack pack cultures of yeast, so I've never done a starter culture before...

I have a similar question to one posed earlier by talenos... My brother wanted to try out brewing so I lent him my equipment, went and got an extract kit with him and showed him the gist of brewing the wort, adding to primary ect.... Well I left him with some pretty simple instructions to finish...

I'm looking to get a new brew underway this weekend and I would like to try to get something like a blue moon. My buddy and I have come up with a little recipe and and I would like to run it by ya'll too see what you think. its a pretty basic, no frills recipe. any suggestions would be great...

Hello all. I am fairly new to brewing (have only brewed three batches in the last year) and would like to start up a witbier. I have only brewed extract batches from kits, but I would like to start getting away from kits (even though the last 3 kits I have done turned out excellent). I was...

Hey guys. I want to start my 4th brew within the next couple of weeks but have a quick question for y'all. I have a few wheat beer recipes that I want to try, and I was wondering if I can use the same amount of ingredients given for a 5 gallon boil and use them the same way (i.e same amounts...

Hi all. I posted this message in a different forum and didn't get a response so I thought I would try it here. I was just wondering if any of you have every brewed the NB spiced winter ale kit? I brewed it last week and just transferred it to secondary yesterday. I took a little sample to see...

I just brewed a spiced ale last night and my brew has been sitting in the primary fermenter for about 12 hours now and there is very minimal/no activity going on in the airlock. Previous brews I have done have seen very vigorous fermentations withing the first 12-24 hours but I think there is...

I tried a bottle tonight from my second homebrew (a honey kolsch) that had been bottle conditioning for two weeks. after pouring there was little to no head from the pour. the beer itself had a slight off flavor to me, also. It seemed to bitter for a kolsch. is two weeks long enough for a...

I was just wondering if anyone has done the Northern Brewer Honey Kolsch kit, or if anyone has any insight into the Kolsch beer itself. I am doing my second batch of beer (which is the NB honey kolsch kit) and I just racked from primary to secondary tonight. I have noticed that beer smells odd...

Hey guys. I want to start my second beer this week or next (my first batch, a Witbier turned out fantastic and my second will be a nice Honey Kolsch for the summer). My question is what else can i do as far as sanitation. I was at northern brewer and forgot to pick up some 'one step' rinse...

Hey all...I bottled my first homebrew ,which is a Witbier, last thursday (2/15). I was just wondering what you all think would be a good time to pop one open and try it out? From what I've been reading 2-3 weeks seems like the standard wait time, but I don't know if I can wait much longer even...

Hey guys. I'm finishing up my first brew and so far things seem to be going well. I plan on bottling next week sometime and have all bottles, caps, ect.. that i need to bottle. I'm just wondering what the best way to clean/sanitize them would be. I rinsed out all the bottles that I drank from...

As the title states I am indeed a first time homebrewer. I am currently one week into my fermentation of a Witbier that hopefully will turn out well. A preliminary taste test taken a couple of days ago suggest everything so far is going well (knock on wood). I am at the point now where I am...

This is my first post. I am currently in the middle of my first homebrew and so far after a few taste tests from my samples it is going well. Hopefully if any questions I have arise I can get some guidance from a few of you homebrew veterans!