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I am now on the 2nd fermentation stage of my first brew, and the only thing that I consider a negative in the whole thing is sanitizing. For my first brew I soaked everything in a bleach solution. Trying to get the bleach smell out of a 5 and 7 gallon carboy is not fun :mad: I was...

I understand the part about with a pm that some of your fermentables come from an extract. The part I dont understand, is when you do an ag batch, why can't you use the same steps as with a pm, but with more grain? What exactly are the modifications you have to do to a cooler (false bottom...

Can someone explain the difference between all grain and doing a mini mash. I have read and (think) I understand the principle and steps involved in doing a mini mash. I have a 3 gallon water cooler, that I am going to use for a mini mash my next brew. However I have read several websites...

The brew seemed to go well. The brew supply shop told me that I didn't need a hop sock so I had trouble getting the wort into the fermenter without all the additional stuff. Next time I think I wil use a sock. One other question... Is the smell while boiling anything close to what the...

I feel stupid for asking this but when I put the airlock on my fermenter, do I put the lid on the airlock, or just put water (or vodka) in it,and leave the lid off. Tim

I am doing my first brew tonight. I am doing a German alt ale recipe. (I know I probably should have started with something simpler) Anyway after steeping the grains, and bringing back to a boil then adding 6 lbs of extract, the wort is just doing a gentle boil. There is no sign of even...

I have done kits in the past (several years ago) and I believe the end results is what turned me off of homebrewing. The kits were drinkable, just not what I would call a premium beer. So now that I am getting back into brewing, I thought about starting out with the extract-steep method, but...

I am about to brew my first batch using the extract steep method. (I eventually plan to go AG) My question is when looking at the 1000's of recipes, how can I tell if it is a recipe for steep or for all grain method? Or how can I tell which malts are able to be steeped and which ones must be...