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So I have a 'not so pale ale' sitting in the secondary. It has been 39 days since we pitched the yeast. My question is should I throw in more yeast before bottling? Or is the yeast still kicking? I racked it to a secondary three weeks ago too.

Hey guys and gals. So I finished the cherry wheat mrbeer kit and have become a sad panda. It seems to have an off flavor, that flavor being a cider taste. I have heard that this flavor can be due to overaged LME. Has anyone else ever come across this or something similar? I always sanitize like...

It looks like you have the basic ingrediants. The two plastic canisters there, is that lme? Just make sure to watch out for a boil over! Also, do some research on recipes to see how it might turn out. There are also recipe builders out there that can tell you what that beer will be like in...

I actually just bottled a kit that said the same thing about leaf particles (hops). I didn't use the sack and let the hops settle into the yeast cake, it was fine. However, I talked to them on the chat and they advised using the sack and actually leaving the hop sack in the fermented. Hope this...

So a follow up question, thanks a bunch for answering previous question btw. I used a tab of the whirfloc in my first 5gal batch, a red, and I was told it was okay to not filter while putting the wort into the primary, justification being in that it will settle into the yeast cake. I'll be...

So I have a question. What does Irish moss/whirflok do? I actually gotta ask my local brew supply guy a question because this second kit he put together for me when he was drenking and put 3 tabs in the kit for a 5gal setup, Haha. Pretty sure the other two are extra but I don't know. But yea...

For the question about sugar, look for priming sugar calculator. It basically goes by gallons so you will be set there. And as for boosting abv, go to your local brew store and buy a pound of dry malt extract. I did that and it brought up my abv by about 1.2%. Hope this helps!

No problem. Lemme know how it goes!

I have a stick on thermometor on both of my mrbeer kegs. Easy to read. Also, my first beer is complete! Definetly got better with age. Now I have the cherry wheat and brew ha ha bock. Also, with my five gallon setup, I have an Irish Red going. Making the plunge into the 5gal setup is...

Basement Brewhause is in Providence. The address is: 116 Calverley St. Providence, RI 02908-4903 (401) 272-9449 It's in the backroads behind the coca-cola factory off of the dean st exit from route 10. It's an awesome little place man and the people are wicked helpful. Helped me piece...

Warwick huh? What part? I'm from warwick too. Near Pilgrim HS area. I go to Basement Brewhause for all my stuff, awesome people. So my first bath was pretty good (honestly, it was a West Coast Pale Ale so it tasted like a Bud Lite, hahah). I currently have three things fermenting. A Bock...

So I have been looking around for some good brewing apps. I haven't really found any yet. My question is, does anyone really know of any? Thanks guys! PS- drinking my first homebrew!!! Came out awesome! Thanks everyone for everyone's help thus far.

Yooper, I was just wondering about this. I would like to do this recipe and feel comfortable about this partial mash (since you said it's like steeping [yea, im a noob]), but you said the sub DME for the 2-row. What do you mean? Any bit of knowledge helps. Thanks Yooper!:mug:

Agreed. Everything in the kits do generally get used. My buddy bought a kit and uses all the hardware, he ended up buying more but that always comes with the hobby. Also, starting with extract is not a bad idea because it's always good to ease into beer brewing. A few guys I know that have...

Awesome! Thanks for the post. I am getting ready to brew my first 5gal setup come around chirstmas time (first two brews done with MrBeer, I know I know...) and i have only had experience in watching/participating with a friend with one batch of beer some two months ago. So I have a couple of...