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So, i got a 6 gallon better bottle carboy recently and I fermented a batch of beer in it and it worked out pretty well. Now though, after cleaning it, I believe I see a few scratches on the inside of the bottle from the carboy brush. I was wondering if anyone knows if it is extremely easy to...

Something that would exemplify my image of ireland. I was thinking of adding cloves to a red ale. Also, would adding cloves to a red ale be a horrible, horrible idea?

I'd prefer something that would most likely taste good

Hey everyone, My friend has a birthday coming up in a few months and he is pretty Irish. I am looking to make the most Irish beer ever for his birthday. I was thinking about doing some sort of Irish Red Ale and adding in some flavorings that might make it a little more Irish. I'm doing a 5...

I AM mistaken, it was 1.050 before fermentation!

i used 4 oz. of corn sugar for a little less than 5 gallons. also, the hydrometer reading a took during bottling was just under what the expected reading was 1.050

Also, I used the recommended amount of priming sugar (came in a kit) and the beer fermented around 78 F. (Middle of the desert)

So, I let my Nut brown ale ferment for two weeks and then I went to bottling it. It's been a week since a i bottled it. I planned on letting it sit for two weeks before I chilled it, but today I just wanted to have a taste. I opened up my first bottle and basically all the beer shot out from the...

if you find a way to sanitize them first. Probably the best way it to soak them in a little vodka and just pour that into your secondary

So, I'm fairly new to home brewing. I am going for a cream stout with vanilla in it. Say I wanted to use vanilla extract: when would be the best time to add the extract? Should I add in during or right after the boil? before the whole thing? After or during fermentation? Or is it just a much...