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How long before I pour the pack into the 2L starter wort do I need to activate the pack? It is in the fridge right now. Can I pull it out, smack the pack, boil the starter wort, cool it then mix? I want to start tonight but I only have an hour. Can I start now to keep brew day on schedule for...

My third batch, a 5 gal American Wheat, is fermenting in a 6 gallon better bottle (brewed last night, it just started really going late this afternoon.) My lowest gravity beer yet and its filling up my airlock. I've got a spare airlock and I sanitized it and switched it out when I noticed it...

1: So I see that most people agree that it is best to decant and pour off as much of the wort as possible prior to pitching. Is this because: A) Off flavors are created in the "starting" process that you want to keep out of the beer? Or B) Adding the DME changes the overall composition of the...

It comes in a plastic pail from a bulk source.

If I buy ingredients online for a couple of different beers at once in order to save on shipping, is it ok keep the extract in my fridge for a few weeks?

I'm still new to brewing (second batch is conditioning in the bottle now) but I want to do something with chai I scored for free. So I want to try a chai tea concentrate hooch for buzz and giggles. It is water, cane sugar and honey based with black tea and all sorts of yummy spices. I don't...