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Making my first IPA. It has been fermenting for a week, and the directions call for dry hopping after 5-7 days in a secondary fermenter. Any reason I can't just add the hops to the primary and then bottle in 5 days or so? I figure by cutting out the transfer to the secondary fermenter I am...

I am now brewing my 5th batch since I started back homebrewing (after a 26 year hiatus). First brewed a cream ale, turned out great! Second batch was an amber ale, bottled about 2 weeks ago, and it is much more flavorful, and is getting better and better with age. Third batch bottled 5 days...

How much corn sugar did you add before bottling? I think the rule of thumb is 1 oz. per gallon of wort, but I am no expert. Maybe someone else will come along with better advice.

I bottled my first batch in 26 years about 2 weeks ago, a summer ale. Bottled my second batch (amber ale) yesterday, and have my third batch going into 2nd day of fermentation (an English porter). I planned to make a coffee porter. I added 6 cups of strong dark roast coffee (brewed and...

Adaman, did you sterilize the coffee beans? I have a porter going right now (2nd day of fermentation) I added about 6 cups of strong dark roast coffee (brewed and cooled) at flameout. After reading your post I was thinking about adding a few ounces of ground coffee as well. But concerned...

Hello all, new to this forum, but not to homebrewing. I dabbled a bit about 28 years ago, and decided I needed to try again. I have two batches fermenting now, one a cream ale and the other an amber. Anyway, I still have my old equipment, most of which I can salvage. But I ran across 3...