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I am moving my honey ipa to a secondary to dry hop and want to add a couple ounces of crystallized ginger to add a little spice to the beer. Do I need to worry about sanitizing the crystallized ginger or can I just throw it in? In its current form it is in chunks about the size of sugar cubes...

This is a pretty specific question that I'd love some feedback on. I brewed a brown ale about 2 weeks ago. I need this beer to be ready by the first weekend in October for an event. This beer requires 2oz of cascade to be dry hopped. What complicates my situation is that I am leaving on...

Hi there, I wanted to start experimenting with a 90 minute boil but had a question about my hop additions. If I am following a recipe that calls for a standard 60 minute boil. The first addition is at 60 minutes. If I convert that to a 90 minute boil, am I adding my first hops as soon as I start...

After about a year of extract brewing, tomorrow I am making the leap into all grain brewing. However, after reading the HBT forums, blog posts, online calculators, youtube videos, downloading beersmith, etc, I seem to be on information overload and have managed to overcomplicate the process and...

Yes, adding it to the boil. I just used the .5oz I had. Could I have substituted it with regular sugar? I'm hoping the different in using .5oz of corn sugar vs. 1lb won't affect the final product in a negative way too much...

In middle of my brew I just realized I only have .5oz of corn sugar to be added w. my malt extract (recipe calls for 1 lb of corn sugar). What should I do to make up the remaining .7oz. Don't do anything, use regular sugar, use corn syrup...???

I joined a local homebrew club over the summer and plan on entering a competition they are hosting in October. I’m still a relatively new extract brewer and have no visions of placing well in this contest. That said, I am excited to participate and take part in my first contest. My biggest...

HAHA, OK, you guys lost me a little on the math. So the package of Cascade I purchased reads Alpha 6.4%. So when substituting the Cascade for 0.25 oz. Centennial (9.50%) I would calculate: 9.5/6.4 * .25 = .37 oz of Cascade And since my Cascade hops are 6.4 to compensate I'd calculate...

Wow, thanks as always for the responses. Yes, it is the Centennial Blonde recipe. I’ve been reading great things about it and it sounds like the perfect summer beer (actually making it for 4th of July weekend for people that aren’t such a fan of my “hoppier” home brews)...

I am attempting to venture away from the kits and make my first batch on a recipe I found on the site. I went to my local home brew store and was disappointed to learn they currently are out of Centennial Hops. What would be the closest hops to replace this? The recipe calls for .25 oz...

Question about my second brew (my first ended up contaminated): After 4 weeks in the fermentor and another two in the bottle, I finally got to take my first taste of my Sierra Nevada Pale Ale clone brewed from an extract kit. My first impression was that the taste was very good but it really...

Thanks for the information. I do have another dumb follow up question. In order to put enough beer in the clear plastic tube I needed to add about 4 oz of beer. So if I take a reading three times, aren't I essentially losing 1 beer? I hate to waste any beer but I guess it is necessary?

I just wanted to piggyback on this thread rather than start a new one since the subject matter is similar. I was looking for some further clarification on the hydrometer since all things regarding the tool seem to confuse me. Specifically, I currently have my second batch in the primary...

First, a thank you to all reading this post who contribute to this board. I have been lurking for the past month or so and it has been such a wonderful resource as I get introduce to this amazing hobby. Before you jump down my throat, I understand the question I am about to ask has been...