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I know I let my fermenter get up to 26C/78F a couple of times but held it at 22C/72F for the majority of the time, do you think thats what it was? also, how do you know if you pitch enough yeast? I used the packet that came with my brew kit, seemed to bubble(the airlock that is) and ferment...

Hey so Im fairly new to brewing but definitely not new to drinking beer. I am a master of drinking, and its not something to necessarily brag about but I do drink just about every night of the week. I rarely EVER get hungover especially from beer but this new batch that I just made, I tried...

Ok so i decided to do my first batch of cider and im using the mangrove jacks pear cider. When i initially started my batch i took a gravity reading of 1.010, about 5 days later after it had seemed the bubbling in the airlock had come to an end i took another gravity reading of 1.020, THEN we...

Its weird because I thought the temp might be too high as well but the directions clearly say to keep it within 18-30C so thats 64-86F! now that I think about this is pretty crazy that the directions itself says that it would be "ok" to keep it around 80F for that long, does this seem strange...

I Read the link, its actually the same book I have been referring back to as I brew, great book, however I hadnt read this part, it says: "Acetaldehyde A flavor of green apples or freshly cut pumpkin; it is an intermediate compound in the formation of alcohol. Some yeast strains produce more...

So I'm on my third batch of Coopers DIY kit, using their malt extract, the yeast that comes with it, etc... just as it comes and following the directions exactly, I have used a different style malt extract each time and every time now it comes out with STRONG notes of apples, almost so much that...

How much difference will the DME effect the ABV compared to the dextrose? and also what is the price difference?

Ok, im sure alot of you might be annoyed by this question since it has probably been asked many times before, however I am new here and have just recently started brewing my own beer using malt extracts however I hope to move on to all grains someday hopefully soon. Anyways my question is, Since...

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