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is there a chemist in the house? maybe he or she can explain the best way to deal with this fatty substance in beer

Hey guys, I have a Brewers Best Baltic Kit, I was planning to add a little molasses, chocolate and cardamom to the process. Just to add to the complexities. I read around and decided not to add more than a half cup of blackstrap to the boil. Obviously this Porter has some Chocolate malts with...

hey guys, noob here, i just bottled my first batch ever and moving on to a brewers best baltic porter, i was planning to add about 4 oz's of molasses and not sure how much cacao nibs at the end of the boil, and touch of cardamom, somewhere, i haven't read enough on the cardamom yet. I want to...

Thanks frazier, I did a Mr Beer for the first time to get a feel, but now Im on to a Brewers Best Baltic Porter. Thanks again

hey, i just went off the mr beer directions "3.2. Add white granulated sugar to bottles in the amounts shown below: BOTTLE SIZE SUGAR AMOUNT 12 OUNCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3/4 TSP. 16 OUNCES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 TSP. 20 OUNCES . . . . . . . . ...

my batch is a screw up, so its my own experiment, but it started out a mr beer kit, now I followed the mr beer kit instructions to add 1 tsp of sugar per 16 oz bottle, now i put the sugar in without dilution, is just having granulated sugar in the bottles now going to work as a primer? I know...

I am the guy who did a mr beer american hop devil, (2 gallons) and when i was suppose to add three quarts, i added 3 gallons..., so 2 days later to the fermentator I added 3 pounds of dry dme, and a packet of cascade hops, obviously after boiling..., now I tasted it as I bottled, it tastes like...

thanks for the info!,

I'm about to bottle my first batch. Now, that was to get a feel for it. I just bought a Brewer's Best Baltic Porter kit. The alcohol content is suppose to be between 7 to 7.5. The several questions I had: 1. I don't have any capacity to bottle when the porter is ready to bottle. Now...

Thank you Deuce, you have eased my pain. One additional general question. How long is too long to let it sit in the first fermentation? As a noob reading around, I've come across if it sits in all the dead yeast and such for too long it will start to ruin the taste of the beer? I was not...

yeah... i dont have a hydrometer yet, i figured if it tasted sweet to let it keep going, not very scientific i know, but I just have not bought one yet. I followed the recipe for the american hopdevil ipa, http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0013M4KGO/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 and my ******* self...

I just started brewing and didn't think I would screw up on the first attempt but I did! I had a MR. Beer Kit (2 gallons) and did the kit in my carboy. 36 hours later I noticed bubbles were very very slow at this point. Then I realized I actually had calculated that i needed to add 3 quarts...