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Thanks to all who replied. I never expected to get so many opinions from this. The double mesh strainer from above is what I use. Somewhere on youtube I saw a video from before I brewed my first batch that recommended to strain. I did, beer was good so that's how I continued. Thanks to all who...

Hello all, I have been brewing extracts since about 2016. Always used the same process and the beers have been good. I recently moved to another state and have Local stores near me. I have been told at the stores that I should not strain the wort as it goes in the primary fermentor. One store...

I would like to throw my 2 cent opinion in. Just an Idea that worked for me. I had an old cooler with a broken lid. I put my fermenter in the cooler took a 55 gallon heavy plastic trash bag and cut a small hole in it for the air lock to come through. The bag would cover the primary and the top...

Thanks for the info guys. Island Lizard, I don't have a local home brew store, I think the closest one to me would be Louisville Kentucky which is 3 hours away. So if keeping everything in the primary, after about a week I add the puree and let it set another couple weeks there, then bottle. Is...

Hi guys, going to try something for the wife. She likes the Chocolate Milk Stouts, she would like an addition of cheery flavoring. I am thinking of picking up a Northern Brewer or Brewers Best Chocolate Milk Stout kit and adding 3 lbs of cherry puree. I have never added fruit before. From what I...

The honey blonde that we get at the pizza joint doesn't have any honey taste at all that's why I believe they use the honey malt. Frankie the afternoon craft guy is the one who steered me to the brewers best kit. I think I will use a little more than a quarter of the pound of malt he got for me...

I have talked to one of the brew guys there and he said they only use honey malt for the touch of sweetness. He said the same as I have read here in several forums that real honey doesn't give any honey flavor. Should i use a quarter pound then?

I am going by what I have been told and what they show as being the base for the brew.

Hello all, making plans to brew a kit while I'm stuck in from the ice and snow coming here to Kentucky tomorrow. At our local pizza craft beer joint, they have a honey blonde ale that my family really likes. All they will say is it starts as an Old English Pale Ale then modified. Brewers Best...

I would like to say thanks to everyone who helped with answers I can work from. I will make this again and I will cut back on the Magnums and some boil times after hops. I have tried to read up on the functions of the ingredients and their functions but didn't run across anything on what I...

Thanks for the advice, here is what the instructions were for the brew. I will let it set a while longer and see how much it mellows. If not should I reduce one of the hops. BREW DAY SCHEDULE 1. Add 1 oz. Magnum hops 2. Boil 40 minutes 3. Add 2 oz. pack of Falconer’s Flight® hops 4. Boil...

Hello all, i brewed the Falconers Flight kit about 6 weeks ago, I tried the first bottle today. It's a little bitter hoppy for my taste right now. the kit called for the last hops to be added when racked to secondary fermenter. here's the exert - DRY HOPPING Add the other pack of 1 oz...