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I bought a beer kit for Christmas and just opened it this week. I didn't know that it came with liquid yeast that needs to be refridgerated. It probably hasn't gotten any higher than 70 degrees in my house, so i'm not sure if it's any good still. To make sure it was still good, i made a...

Is it possible to put 2 or more different kinds of yeast in one batch of beer? I would assume you could, but I don't know if they would battle against each other or produce some funky byproduct.

Does anyone know of a store that sells Erlenmeyer flasks? I can't find any. I know I can order online, but I'd like to brew this week sometime.

I really want to brew a bock similar to Sam Adams Winter Lager, but i don't have the equipment to lager. What happens if you don't lager a lager?

If a batch is supposed to be 5 gal but only ends up being 4.5 gal, is it ok to add in an extra half gallon of water to the secondary fermenter? I would boil the water first and then cool it down to the same temp as the wort in the secondary. I think i forgot to add the extra half gallon when i...

I just got done brewing an extract kit put together by my local home brew store who said it was very close to Stone's IPA. The recipe was: 7 lbs of Light Dry Malt Extract .5 lb Crystal Malt 20L .5 lb Crystal 40L .5 Victory Malt 1.5 oz Centennial (bittering) 1 oz Cascade (Flavor)...

Does anyone know what kind of hops they use in Arrogant Bastard? I have searched their site but haven't seen that info anywhere.

I'm new here so i don't know if this has been posted before. But it's very informative.

Anyone have a picture of a Sam Adams Summer Ale poured in a glass? I'm brewing AHS's clone now and it's in the primary, but it looks darker than i remember it being. I haven't had it since last summer, but something doesn't look right to me.

Is a wheat beer the only beer that you should swirl the yeast into and drink? And are you supposed to swirl the yeast into every type of wheat beer, regardless of color or regional style?

Mmmmmm. Good lord! This stuff is incredible. One oktoberfest homebrew and one Arrogant Bastard and man, the world is looking good. Those Stone guys really know their beer.

How do you get a nutty flavor to come out in a beer? I'm going to be brewing a Sam Adams's Summer Ale clone and was wanting to get a little bit of a nutty flavor in it. What should I add to achieve this? Does anyone think this is a good or bad idea?

Anyone watching the Ultimate Factories show on the National Geographic Channel? They're profiling the Anheiser-Busch factory in St. Louis. It's pretty astounding how much beer they make. 100 million gallons a year. Just think it's cool to see how the big boys do it. Even though they're really...

Does anyone really have a favorite beer? Or maybe a favorite style of beer? I find it like trying to pick my favorite child, if i had children. I can't play favorites to one, I have to love them all equally. Just like God would do, right? Like how do you decide which is better a really...

I just made my first batch of beer an oktoberfest style and it's pretty darn good. I am new to the home brew thing and have a general question about bottling. How do the big companies bottle their beer? Why do they not have yeast in the bottle? Is it hard to do that for a homebrew as well?