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hey guys quick question for you here i am brewing a big imperial porter and my carboys are in a spare room well i walked in there and the cat was drinking out of it and i grabbed him and a bunch off his hair just fell right off into the wort like about a handful he is losing his hair cuz he is...

My last IPA came out a little sweet. My assumption is that I didn't ferment enough of the sugars away. I had an attenuation rate of 70% when the yeast said it should go 75%. First of all, is my assumption correct? Second, how do I rectify this in subsequent batches? Use a starter? How do I...

Hey, it's been about two years since the last thread of it's type. So what homebrewing blogs are you all reading? I've been having trouble finding any good ones. There are lots of blogs out there on beer and beer tasting but nothing that really focuses on the homebrewer (that I can find...

Does anyone have the size dimensions for the 6 gal Better Bottle? I've looked all over their website but cannot find anything. I just need its diameter at the widest point (need to know if I get one if I'll have to get a bigger cooler). Thanks!

Hello all. Made a Bell's Two Hearted clone recently. The kit says the OG should be about 1064, my OG was 1060. It did not give me a target final gravity though. How exactly do you figure that out? I read through some posts on here but I'm really confused. I've already racked to the...

Hello all. Last night I bottled my second batch of beer - Hell's Bells Hefeweizen. Since bottling the second batch is a momentous occasion, I decided to crack open my first bottle of my very first batch: Seminole Squirrel Steam Beer (Anchor Steam clone). This is where I ran into trouble...

You would think that in a town of 250K I'd be able to find some clear vinyl tubing that fits my Better Bottle. However, the closest I'm able to get is about 1/2" too thin. It just rests inside the carboy. Is it necessary to have a tight seal on the blow off tube to the carboy? And any...

Racking from the primary to the secondary today, I was left with a substantial amount of headspace in the secondary carboy. I must have lost a lot to evaporation when boiling the wort. Is this a problem? I've read that you want as little space as possible in the secondary. Is there anything...

Hello all. After reading about homebrewing for years and somehow never getting around to doing it, I just got my first batch (Anchor Steam clone) in the primary. I assumed I knew exactly what I was doing until the final part. I have a 3 piece airlock of this type...