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Ok - getting ready to brew my first beer (a honey ale) that is requiring me to rack off to a secondary after fermentation in the primary. My instructions are clear about the temperature my yeast is looking for in primary, but I’m not sure (instructions aren’t clear) that I need to maintain that...

Only my second "extract" batch, so I'm not sure if anything's wrong (see attached pics). My beer has been fermenting for 16 days, and my gravity reading is 1.013, so it's pretty much done. I sampled it the other day and it didn't taste bad, just a little green (or unfinished). The issue is...

Very drinkable, light on the hops, to me very close to the taste of a Blue Moon without the citrus. It's Northern Brewer's American Wheat extract kit, 1 gallon size. After this was bottled (2 weeks ago), I have another wheat fermenting, a Palmer's premium beer kit called "Kent's Hollow Leg"...

My inaugural homebrew -American Wheat. Might be proud papa, but it tastes gooood!

All - purchased a Ported fermonster from More Beer. The plastic spigot provided comes with one “beveled” washer. Trying to install spigot on Fermonster and can’t figure out whether washer goes on outside of vessel or inside. Does anyone have experience with this? Getting a little leakage...

Hi all, I recently purchased a blonde ale kit, specifying SafaleUS-05 dry yeast as the yeast adder to the kit. When the kit arrived (today), they provided the Safale yeast, but also provided the White Labs liquid yeast packet as well. Is anyone familiar with these two yeasts and provide a...

Hi all - sorry if this is a odd or silly question. I've brewed a couple 1 gal batches of beer using kits from Northern Brewer, and just been following the directions that come with the kit, making some notes as I went along. I'm getting ready to move up to "split" 5 gallon batches (2.5 gallon...

As a new brewer (2 small batches of experience), I’m scaling up to half batches (2.5 gal). Today I received a new fast ferment conical (3 gal), a 5 gal brew pot, a fermenter cooling jacket, and some fast ferment accessories like a sampling spigot, thermowell, and probe. Couple more items...

All - Have been brewing 1 gal batches in my 1 gal BMB, and I'm ready to move up on batch size to 2.5 gallon (5 gallon recipe kits split in half. Was looking at picking up the 3 gallon fermonster and was wondering if anyone knows what the total volume a 3 gal holds. (Is it 3 gal or a little...

Yea, planning on using the Little Big Mouth Bubbler. The 1 gal jug basically has the neck as free space, and even though this is my first batch, it doesn't feel like that is enough.

Just checking to see if anyone had run into this problem. Started prepping for my first 1 gallon batch of American Wheat using my small batch starter kit, and though I would take the time to mark the 1 gallon mark on my fermentation jug before I got started. As it turns out, the 1 gallon jug...

Hi all! First of all, thanks again for all the opinions and advice. It takes time to respond and provide advice, and I appreciate it. Well.... I finally took the plunge. I bought a 1 gal American Wheat starter kit (1 gal Glass Carboy) from Northern Brewer, and also bought a one gallon recipe...

Thanks everybody for your welcomes, inputs and recommendations. They have been very helpful. I have one two more questions. First, it looks like I'm going to buy a 5 gallon starter kit - that seems to be everyone's (including the brew supplier houses). I don't see much in the 2.5 gallon size...

Good morning all! I want to fulfill one of my promises I made to my friends and try my hand at Home Brew when I retired, which I just did earlier this month. I have so many questions, so I'll just start here: Is making beer an "indoor" hobby, or is it best done outdoors? Why wife won't be...

Hello all! This is Gary from League City, TX, a city halfway between Houston and Galveston. I always told my friends that I was going to try my hand at home brewing when I retire, and since I retired this past July 13, it's time to make due on the many promises I made (I have many folks that I...