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Does reducing a 5 gallon kit to 4.5 final gallons still produce a good beer. I just made a chinook IPA thought i topped it off to 5 gallons but it really is at 4.5 after the foam has settled. im not going to add any more water. Im sure it still will be bad ass. am i right?

Why is it that the bottles I bottled last from my bottling bucket that had the most sediment taste way better? They have a lot more yeast in the bottle plus some hop pieces. When bottling I kept them separate from the rest and thought they would be nasty and they turned out to be better. The...

Just wondering If anyone here has any idea what book is the best about the History of Beer and history of the styles? I really want to get to know my beer :ban:

Hey dudes have you tried sierra nevadas sausage fest??? its amazing :ban: http://youtu.be/-uKy1iku5ig

Ok im all ready to bottle. I picked up the secondary and put on table to rack and all the crap on top is all shook up. Should I let is settle befor racking to bottling bucket?

I washed my yeast from my first beer I made and filled up an old liquid vial full of yeast. I'm just wondering how much of this I should use to make a starter?

Just don't do it! I just did and might have fcked up $50 worth of beer supplies :mad:

I got all excited after starting my first beer and decided to start on a second one. The problem is I already finished pitching my yeast in the second batch and realized I have only one airlock! The other beer is in a glass carboy and is done fermenting. Could I take off the airlock on that one...

I had my ale in my primary bucket for the past week at a constant temp of 63-64 and all of a sudden on the 7th day the temp jumped up to 68-69. I'm using an ac window unit as my cooling source. its holding at that temp but I have had it soo much lower earlier will this effect anything? Also what...

Im trying to find simcoe hops and have checked everywhere. Should I just replace them with warrior? or does someone know a place that has them?

I sprayed soapy water around the airlock to see it it was airtight. Finding out is was not I removed it really quick to adjust it and some of the soapy water dripped in the primary (1 or 2 drops) haha. Think its going to effect anything?

I ordered a Brown IPA kit That already comes with 1oz Summt, 2oz Glacier, and 1 oz Palisade. I ordered 1oz cascade for dry hopping not knowing that the kit says to dry hop with the 1oz Palisade. I want to include the cascade but in not sure where now? This is my first time brewing. Im thinking...

I figured I could turn my existing work bench into I pretty good fermentation chamber. Here are some pics soo far. Im trying to make everything from things I found around my house. So far $0. Figured instead of buying a temp controller I would do some thinking and took apart a glade...