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I just brewed a honey wheat and am aiming to keep my fermentation temperature as close to 68 as possible. This is the first time I have tried using a swamp cooler, and it seems to drop my temperature by 5 degrees. I have been swapping out ice packs each day. My question is if I need to use...

I have brewed a few batches and noticed the infamous "homebrew twang." I am hoping that adding half the extract at the beginning of the boil and half at the 15 minute mark will help with this. I have always heard to never add extract with the burner on. Should I just interrupt my hop schedule...

I plan on brewing this kit later this week as well. Have people been boiling the magnum hops for 30 minutes, then turning off the burner and adding all of the extract, then resuming the boil? I have always been told to never add extract with a flame on the pot, but I am afraid this will mess...

So I have a few brews under my belt and have just discovered Fermlock-S. It looks like a life saver! Anyways, I typically brew AHS kits and follow the directions: steep grains in 2 gallons, then add 1 more gallon (total of 3) and add the extract and proceed with the boil. Now I am hoping to...

Will the bag of hops eventually sink without marbles?

In the past I have just thrown in the hop pellets when dry hopping, but with the double ipa I am doing right now I have decided to use a hop bag with marbles. Is it alright to let it just sink to the bottom and sit in the dead yeast or should I attach a string of floss and suspend the bag in the...

I shouldn't worry since it hasn't yet cleared?

It smelled normal. I just took a whiff again and it smells like beer

I transferred my IPA to secondary 3 days ago and everything looked normal. I went down there to look at it today and see white spots scattered on the top. Am I overreacting or is this a sign of infection?

SavoryChef what DIY specifically did you use?

I am looking to build a stir plate that can handle my 5L flask for bigger beers. I have found tons of DIY walkthroughs, but have not been able to talk with anyone firsthand about it handling a 5L flask. Has anyone built one and used it with this large of a flask? Any feedback/links are greatly...

I am about to dry hop my first beer and was planning on storing opened hops in a plastic bag for 2-3 weeks in the freezer until I'm ready to throw them in. Is this storage technique alright or should I invest in a food vacuum sealer?

I recently bought an IIPA kit from AHS. The instructions say to dry hop for 7-10 days. I was going to let it sit a week in primary and then at least 1 1/2 months in secondary since its a bigger beer. My question is should I dry hop for this entire time in secondary? Will it hurt anything or give...

Thanks for helping out Yooper. I'll make sure to post how it turns out!

Thank you, I'm still getting use to beersmith and working out all the kinks. I converted this recipe to extract and it only gave me liquid extract and honey, no steeping grains? 1# 13.2 oz wheat liquid extract 6# 2.3 oz honey 0.22 oz Mt Hood - 60 mins. 0.13 oz Cascade - 5 mins. 0.26 oz Sterling...

I reached out to the brewmaster at my favorite local pub asking about their Honey Wheat recipe. He responded with their 265 gallon recipe (seen below). I'm having trouble scaling this down to a 5 gallon batch size since beersmith doesn't have an equipment option for this size. Any help would be...

Ohhh so the chart is what dictates serving psi?

So I should set the psi according to the carbonation chart for 3 weeks and then change it to serving psi? Should I be burping the keg at any point throughout this process? What's a good serving psi?

I received my first keg set up and a blichmann beer gun for christmas and was planning on force carbonating my next brew using the set it and forget it technique. I've read that when the force carbonation chart is used properly, the beer should be perfectly carbonated after a week. I was...

What method is everyone finding the best to clean and sanitize the beer gun and lines? I don't have a spare keg to push sanitizer through. Just disassemble and soak?