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So a buddy and I have made the jump to all grain brewing (hooray for us!). The first was a good ol' fashioned pale ale and we decided to do a double brew in a one day, one was a Strawberry Blonde Ale and the second was a Dunkelweizen that a had a few changes in the grain bill that I don't think...

Its been 3 weeks since I bottled my first batch of home brew. I cracked one open last week at the 14 day marker and it was pretty good, not amazing, but good. It gives me the motivation to make something better. The carbonation was pretty good, bottle had a loud PSST noise when opened. Now...

I'm fermenting a Hefe and I believe I read that the yeast I used (WYeast 3068) should be kept between 64-75 degrees however my carboy has been dropping to as low as 58 degrees. Is this going to "hurt" my beer???

I need help identifying what this is. I'm referring to what appears to be a soap looking film across the top of my beer. I have a hunch it might be from my tap water as brewed this batch with water straight from my kitchen sink. Perhaps the minerals and slight notes of chlorine? I drink the...

Calling all Southern California growers! I'm looking for advice/help in growing hops in this dry and hot region of the USA. The soil around my house is pretty dried out and dead, the grass barely grows on it! So I'm looking into possibly growing in planters, I've read a couple articles on that...

I'm curious to find out if growing hops in certain areas of the country produce different results, most of the threads I've read are brewers based in the mid-west or east coast, where I happen to be in the heart of Southern California. Does anyone have any suggestions as to a proper set up? We...