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I have been reading all the posts on here about the places to buy kits - Northern Brewer, Austin Homebrew, etc. and I am wondering how long are these kits usually good for? I want to order some, but I really only have time to brew about once a month. So if I order a few of them will they still...

by no means am i an expert, i have only brewed a few batches myself, but as far as water goes as long as you drink your tap water it is fine to brew with! I have made a few batches with tap water and they have all tasted fine. I asked my local homebrew store this same question a few weeks ago...

I have received all kinds of advice regarding the beer I have been brewing these past few weeks. I just found out the hardest part about home brewing tonight though. I cant wait to try my beer!!! I don't know how everyone waits for weeks after bottling, for me this is the hardest part! It...

Ah. Thanks for the advice about getting all the LME out minnowcaptain. Good point about the hydrometer as well, I did forget to adjust my FG reading for temperature (my reading was at 70 degrees F), so I guess this would make my final reading roughly 1.021. That is interesting Homer, that...

A couple weeks ago a brewed a Brewers Best Holiday Ale. I have a few questions about my hydrometer readings. First off, according to the instructions with the kit the OG was supposed to be 1.068 - 1.072. When I took my reading mine was only about 1.064. Now I was thinking of a couple of...

Thanks for the advice everyone, glad i discovered this site, it is great!

Hi everyone, relatively new to the whole homebrewing thing, so sorry if this is a dumb question! I have my beer in my primary fermenter and have read all about taking hydrometer readings to know when to bottle. However, I have also read that if you are not using a secondary fermenter you...