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It's pre-hopped, I may consider adding some hop extract alongside the new and hopefully better yeast. I've been told that the yeast that some of these kit manufacturers use is already past its optimal usage date before it's ever bundled together with the rest of the ingredients, then of course...

Okay, this particular kit is for 6-gallons, but that should still be close enough. I'm planning on replacing the unknown yeast that came with the kit with a better yeast strain, which I've yet to decide upon and purchase. Most likely the yeast packet that came with it is already pretty old, or...

I have a golden ale beer kit that I plan on brewing during the next couple of weeks or so. The instructions call for adding 2.2 pounds of table sugar along with the included ingredients to reach a final ABV of 4.6%. I have 6.6 pounds of golden light liquid malt extract already on hand, so I'd...

It's a six gallon extract brew kit. I've brewed two different wheat beer kits before, one I added table sugar to. I think somewhere between maybe a pound and a pound and a half, judging by memory. The other wheat beer kit I simply brewed as the instructions said to do without altering it in...

A friend gifted me a wheat beer kit last year, I put it away and forgot about it before rediscovering it again last week. It's already a couple of months past it's best use by date. I'm uncertain whether the yeast it still viable or not, but judging by my past experience, it probably still is...

Thanks for your attempted help. The batch size would be six gallons. I don't have the exact recipe of specific ingredients because beer kit manufacturers typically don't release such information to the general public. I was simply wanting to replace the additional table sugar that they...

I very recently received a Muntons wheat beer kit as a gift. The instructions say to add 2.2 pounds of table sugar in order to reach 4.6% ABV. If I leave the 2.2 pounds of table sugar out and use LME or DME instead, how much of either one of those two much better ingredient would it take me to...

I recently did what I thought to be nearly impossible. I successfully brewed a six gallon batch of English pale ale from ingredients that were several years out of date. I found the unused ingredients in an old cardboard storage box that I had put away back in late 2015. The yeast had a best...

It was the WilliamsWarn cream ale kit from Amazon. I didn't record the OG or FG, nor do I remember the yeast strain that came with the kit. It was left fermenting for about six-weeks or so before being bottled, so the yeast should have had more than enough time prior to take care of that...

I added a single cup of sugar to a five gallon batch of cream ale in an attempt to ever so slightly raise the ABV. The included recipe did not call for this addition. However, the end result was not how I would have liked. I just poured the sugar on top of the fermenting wort, I didn't...

Brandy is one of the few alcoholic beverages that I've never gotten to sample. I've had whiskey, tequila, vodka, run and gin. I know that brandy is simply distilled wine, but I imagine that since it's aged in barrels for long periods of time similar to whiskey that the taste would be quite a...

The sugar is to be added during primary fermentation.

I got a new beer kit for Christmas: Summer Cream Ale. It's a 6-gallon kit that produces an estimated ABV of 4.4%. I would like to increase it to somewhere between 5 and 6%, I don't have any added malt available, but I do have some table sugar. How much can I safely add without drastically...

That's another valuable lesson learned from this unfortunate experience, no more secondary for beer.

After getting the beer out of the carboy and scrubbing it down really well with hot water, will Star San be able to kill this white mold off for good if I go out and buy some? Because I really don't wanna risk another $50 batch being ruined by an infection. Lesson learned, be careful about...