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How much priming sugar should I use to bottle a five gallon batch of white IPA? My homebrew shop only had corn sugar in one pound bags and I know that is way too much.

I want to brew the Belgian Strong Golden Ale extract kit from Norhern Brewer. This one: http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/belgian-strong-golden-ale-extract-kit.html Will it be okay if I leave the beer in the primary fermenter on the yeast (Wyeast 1388) for 2.5 to 3 months then go straight to...

I used WLP 007, Dry Eglish Ale, to brew a RIS back in December. By the time I get to bottling it will have been aging for six months. I will be adding some yeast to the bottling bucket and am wondering if there are any reccomendations for what a good yeast to use for bottling would be.

In December 2012 I brewed the Cannonball Stout extract kit from Austin Homebrew. It had an OG of 1.10. I let the beer sit in the primary fermenter until the third week in March when I moved it to a carboy. I planned on leaving it in the carboy in the garage until June then bottling it when I...

I bought the white IPA kit using liquid malt extract from Austin Homebrew Supply. I was overcome by events and not able to brew when I thought I was going to. I am now getting ready to go out of town for work and won't be back until June 2013. Will my kit still be good to brew in June? The...

I have a 1.6 liter starter of WLP400 (White Labs Belgian Wit) going for a white IPA. Normally I would put the starter in the fridge for 24 hours and decant all the spent fluid and just pitch the yeast. I am afraid that with such low flocculation I will be throwing out most of my yeast if I...

I am looking at an old ale recipe kit on morebeer.com and it says that the beer can be aged on Hungarian or French oak cubes to add a bit of flavor. I went to the section of their website that has the oak cubes and found a lot of options. Can someone tell me what the difference in flavor will be...

I brewed a Russian Imperial Stout right before Christmas. I let it ferment at about 68 degrees for almost three weeks. At that point I had to leave town on an extended business trip. My wife did not want the fermenter full of beer hanging around in the closet while I was gone so I moved the...

I brewed a Pyramid Snow Cap clone from extract. I got the kit from Austin Homebrew and used S-04. I pitched at around 70 degrees and fermented at about the same temp and got some serious blow off from during the first 24 hours of fermentation. I bottled after 17 days in primary and let the...

I want to make my first yeast starter. Can I do this using a 1 quart or 2 quart Mason jar? My wife does a ton of canning and has a bunch of jars leftover. It would be a lot cheaper than buying the Earlenmeyer flask.

I am wanting to buy a yeast starter kit that will be used for brewing higher gravity beers such as RIS with O.G. as high as 1.10 or slightly more. I may even move into lagers eventually. Is a 2000 ml Erlenmeyer flask big enough for this or would I be better off just biting the bullet and...

If I added some coriander and sweet orange peel to the Austin Homebrew Supply kit for a Belgian wheat IPA would I have a white IPA? http://www.austinhomebrew.com/product_info.php?cPath=178_452_42_163&products_id=13288 My inspiration is the Deschutes Chainbreaker. It is a great beer.

Want to do my first lager and have a question about bottling. After I lager at 35-38 degrees for 10 weeks or so do I need to repitch some yeast before I bottle? If so, can I just pitch some dry yeast (US-05, or the dry Saflager yeast) or do I need to pitch the same type of yeast I used for...

I bought the German Hefeweizen extract kit from morebeer.com. For this batch I decided to go with T-58 yeast. I'll pitch around 65 then ferment for a little over two weeks at 67 degrees (or so). I'll then bottle condition for about seven weeks before getting into these things in September. Any...

I would like to make a Belgian ale this summer. Has anyone ever used Safale S-33 dry Belgian yeast?

If I am making a beer with an OG of 1.05, or so, do I need to make a starter with liquid yeast?

Anybody ever used the Safbrew T-58 dry yeast? It is described as a European style yeast good for dunkelweissen and German style wheat beers.

I bottled a batch of Janet's Brown from morebeer.com about six weeks ago. Some of the bottles are completely flat while others are all foam. My thought is that the priming sugar didn't mix in good enough and that a good stir, without splashing, will evenly distribute the sugar and fix the...

I have done a few extract brews and I am interested in branching out into all grain brewing. Anybody know of a place in or near Salem, Oregon where I can see how it is done? I would like to watch the process start to finish before I go buy a bunch of equipment and ingredients.

I am planning on making a Russian Imperial Stout to hand out for Christmas presents in December 2012. I've got an extract recipe that estimates OG at 1.092. I am planning on leaving the stout in the primary fermentation for 10-14 days before moving it to the secondary fermenter. At this point I...