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So I just bottled my first batch and used 26 22 oz bottles that I had saved. I soaked them in water for 24 hours and it was still way hard to remove all the labels. What's the best way you guys have found to remove labels?

I need to make a 2L 1.055 gravity yeast starter. How much water and dme do I need?

What is the benefit of adding a portion of your malt extract later in the boil?

I did a 5 day dry hop. I don't want to get any grassy flavors

Ok so first batch has been fermenting for 3 weeks and on Saturday I dry hop it and I was wondering if I should transfer it to the secondary for one more week or just bottle it now my gravity has been stable at 1.018 for over a week now

Would it be ok to dry hop now?

So my first batch has been fermenting for 5 days and it has slowed down to about 1 bubble per min. When should I start checking my gravity reading?

What is the best temp and time line to dry hop?

I'm going to be dry hoping my first batch soon. I wanted to know is it ok to use a muslin bag with my hop pellets so I can remove them after 5 days.

I'm using wyeast 1056

so I just brewed my first batch ever on Sunday. all Is going well I have noticed my frementer stays at between 68-70*f at night and 70-72* during the day. Should I be worried about off flavors from the temp swing and getting to 72* during the day?

When does an ipa become a double or triple ipa? Is it just the higher abv or is there other factors?

Yesterday was my first brew day and all went well with no real problems just a small boil over. I used a ipa kit from my local brew store then I added 2.5 lbs of rye lme. I made a 1.5l starter and used 2 packs of 1056 wyeast. My starting gravity is 1.080. My primary fermenter is staying around...

So I'm going to be brewing my first batch today. It's going to be a rye ipa around 1.070. I was wondering what is the best temp for fermentation?

So I ended up using a 64 oz growler and made about 1.75l starter. Thanks for all you help guys

So what would happen if I made only like a 800ml starter. That would still be better then no starter right

I'm using a hoppy ipa kit from a local home brew shop and I'm adding 3.3 lbs of rye lme. I also only have a 1000ml flask.

Hi I'm a new first time brewer and I want to make a yeast starter for my first brew. I have watched and read a lot of articles about making a yeast starter but they all use dme. I'm plan on using lme in my starter and I wanted to know do I do the same 2 cups water to 1/2 lme?