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Will the bitterness mellow out during conditioning phase of fermentation?

The brewers friend website said the IBU's were in the correct range for that style of beer.

It was a northern English brown ale. Specialty grains of .25 lbs of crystal 40 and .15 lbs of pale chocolate were steeped for 15 mins at 152°F. Added one pound of light extract. Brought to a boil. Added 2g Magnum hops. At 10 mins left added 3.5 grams of Willamette. After boil was over put the...

My fist addition was Magnum 2g for 60 mins and the other was 3.5 grams of Willamette for 10 mins. It was a one gallon batch.

I just finish brewing my first self developed recipe. I tasted the wort for the first time after checking my OG and it was very bitter. Is it normal for the wort to be so bitter or is that actually how bitter my beer will be? Next I used my first pouch of Wyest. I used 1450. Does the yeast...

How much priming sugar should I use for a one gallon batch? I'll be using regular table sugar and the beer is a red ale

I read somewhere the home brewed beer that has been bottled should not be stored laying down due to a risk of infection. Is this true? Doesn't really make sense to me.

It will be a little over 1.5 lb total of grains and about 1 ounce total of hops

I just received the supplies to brew my first self developed recipe. I'll have some left over grains and hops. What is the best way to store these items for future use? And how long will they keep.

Thanks for the help. I used the brewers friend page. According to it I'm good to go so I'm gonna give it a shot.

Does any one know of a program to check one gallon recipes? I'm trying to put together my first recipe and would like to get a rough idea of the final product before I spend the money. Any help would be appreciated.

I made a cherry wheat about 8 - 10 weeks ago. Life got hectic and i forgot about it. I used real cherries and just wanted to make sure i can still bottle it?

Woodland- Do you add the fruit mixture into a secondary or right on in the primary?

I will be brewing an american wheat tomorrow which i will turn into a cherry wheat. My question is how much cherries do i put in the secondary for a one gallon batch?

Yesterday i decided to harvest the yeast from my caribou slobber to make my first starter on my next brew. While reading some posts about harvesting yeast today i think i may have messed up. When i harvested the yeast i just left a little wort in my one gallon jug, swirled it to get the yeast up...