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I just purchased a kit for a rasination belgian sour ale but there are no instructions as far as how the fermentation process should go. I know it should be about 6 months total time but....how long in primary how long in secondary? Also, it calls for rasin but when do I add that? Thanks for...

I recently purchased a pale ale kit that called for malodextrin to be added to the boil. I forgot to put it in :-/ I know it's supposed to give the beer more body, but is this batch going to be ruined? I sure hope not....

Thanks Andy- I think that I am just concerned because there was so much activity the first two days and the yeast had was very thick and seem to be very healthy. But now that yeast cap is pretty much all gone I don't know if that's a bad thing? Reading some of the other forums I heard wrapping...

I am new to brewing and I was trying to figure out some answers by reading out other threads. I have my fermenter in my garage and I'm afraid that it might be too cold. The thermometer on the fermentor says its at 66 degrees which seems to be ok however the garage or ambient temperature seems to...