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I want to make a lager, but i don't have the temperature required. What kind of taste differences can I expect if I use ale yeast instead of lager yeast. Thanks, Steve

The temp is around 75 now. It did get cold and the temp in the room dropped to a little above 65. I want somehting carbonated like bud. They are getting slightly more carbonated, but not to the level i would like.

I have made three batches so far. Each with corn sugar. All were 6 gallon batches. The first batch we used 2/3 cup and it had hardly any carbonation. The second batch I screwed up and caramelized the sugar (3/4 cup), whoops, but that one has carbonated alright. The third batch I used over a...

I want to make a lager, but its about 75 where I live and I dont have access to an extra fridge. What temp do lager yeast ferment at? I have read that you can lager if you want to complete the brew. What benefits do you get from lagering the beer for a few weeks? Is there much of a taste...

I'm going to brew my first kit with hops. This may be a dumb question, but what do you do with the hop pellets after the boil? Do they break apart? Do you leave them or scoop them out? Thanks Steve

Last night we bottled our second batch. I boiled about a cup of water then added about 3/4 cups of corn sugar. I read you are supposed to boil the mixture a minimum of 10 minutes, so I did. The mixture caramelized slightly but we went ahead with bottling. We poured it in the bottling bucket...

This is my first time homebrewing with a few friends. Our first batch was Muton's Light Beer.We used a 3lb 5 oz liquid malt extract. We added 2.2lbs of corn sugar, and topped our bucket off for a total of 6 U.S. Gallons of water/wort. We transfered from the primary (after 5 days) to the...