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I asked my home brew shop for a cork for the top of a 5 gallon water cooler bottle. He said he would sell it to me but did not recomend it because they deteriorate, crack, and eventually leak. He also mentioned the plastics breaking down and blending with the beer. I trust him and passed on the...

I have a regular American Pale Ale fermenting now and want to add jalapeno peppers to it but don't want to add them to entire batch. Not everyone that I will share it with likes peppers and I think a half batch of pepper beer is enough to start with. I was thinking about putting some peppers...

I am going to be brewing a nut brown in the near future and would like to experiment a little. I am open to any suggestions on what to add or any good recipe sources. Thanks.

Have you thought of adding amylace to get fermentation going again?

There has been a similar problem with the oatmeal stout kit put together by better brewing. Mine has been in primary for a week now and after 3 days is stuck at 1.030 and the final is supposed to be around 1.021. There is a older thread on here about it. Search oatmeal stout if u are interested...

I started this beer 2 nights ago and started reading this today. It is in the fermentor and fermenting. My OG was 1056. I have an electric range and a small thermometer and had a hard time keeping the temp consistent. It did go to 170 on a few occasions and I didn't regulate the temp on final...

Thanks for the replies. That will be helpful!

I am wondering how to accurately calculate the alcohol content of my batch. Thanks for the insight

I have a quick question regarding secondary fermentation. Is it always necessary to put beer in a secondary fermentor and what is it's main purpose. Is it dependent on what type of beer you are brewing? Thanks for the info.

Thanks for the quick replies and quick...wow! I know I should have been just letting it be but i was really curious about what was going on and what it looks like and smells like etc. Thanks again for the replies.

This is my first batch of homebrew and have been checking on it everyday. I am worried that I may be hurting more than helping. I know RDWHAHB but i want to know if lifting the top and taking a peek daily could possibly taint it. I did check the gravity a few nights ago by sterilizing a tube...