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To answer a few Qs I expected: 1) $2.50 + shipping for the yeast to go in a gallon of beer is a pretty significant cost, probably a quarter of the cost of my ingredients or more. 2) ditto on the need to practice. So what's the deal with washing yeast? Is this something I should consider with...

Happy weekend homebrewers! Great news - I have my first batch fermenting after a few years away from the hobby. This has me planning out the next handful of brews - the goal is to brew a small batch every week or two to get some more recipes and techniques under my belt quickly. My question...

To keep things short: I'm going to be giving all-grain a try. Up until now, using water that was chlorine/chloramine free and tasted great yielded delicious results with extracts/partial grain batches. I've read "How to Brew" and understand that minerals can be an essential part of the...

The title asks it all: Why is clarity a "good thing", and why do people work so hard to make a clearer brew? Beverages I hate clarity in: 1) coffee 2) red wine 3) apple cider (not hard cider) I very much prefer apple cider to apple juice, which typically has been filtered and...

First of all - thank you for all the replies, it has been really helpful. The one thing I've made up my mind on is that I am definitely going to brew again in the next month or two. I think I am going to go ahead with the 1-gallon idea. The downsides are things that shouldn't upset me...

Howdy everybody. It's that time of year where I start thinking about brewing again and really miss having a basement. A few years ago I had some success making 5 gal recipe kits, as well as multiple 5 gal batches of wine. It was good enough to disappear quickly anyways. Space at the place...

I left it in the primary for.. 16 days? I think the kit said 2 weeks and I procrastinated getting it into the carboy. I have not taken gravity readings lately, I took one after getting everything into our fermenting bucket, and another after transferring. I honestly don't know what kind of...

Well I've been stalking these forums for a few weeks now and figured it's time to participate :) How I got started: My fiance and I are pretty close to her parents, they're practically parents 2.0 for me and we often spend a weekend or two a month on group projects. We have a garden that we...

*disclaimer - sorry for making my first post a question and not an introduction in the intro forum, I'll get to it soon!* Background: I'm attempting my first homebrew, and have been lurking here for a few weeks. I'm finally at a point that I'd love some feedback and wanted to ask a...