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Hey everyone!!!! Just purchased a Nut Brown through Northern Brewer and decided I want to make it a Honey Nut Brown... Any advice on when to add the honey to the brew? ...also...it what quantity should I add to get a subtle honey flavor? This will be more first time adding my own...

Thanks for the advice.....i'm less worried now....haha...but never not worried

Hi Everyone: I just started a fermentation on a Brewers Best Porter and had a discrepancy with the OG that I measured and what the kit instructions said it should be. Instructions said to top off to 5 gallons, however, I topped off at 5 1/4, my mistake. Also, when I took the OG, I forgot...

With adding 3/4 lb DME I was able to get the ABV to 3.7 % for the Oatmeal Stout. Im bottling it this weekend. Tastes great. Thanks for all your help

Aright, here's the update...two days in to adding the DME and yeast nutrient, the yeast is back in action and the airlock has been bubbling...actually started bubbling within20 minutes of adding the ingredients. Im waiting until 48 hours with no bubbling, gonna take a FG and see where I am at...

Hi everyone, I recently went to a craft microbrewery and noticed on the beer chalkboards that gave descriptions for all their beer, OG was stated in this form: OG: 14.1 OG: 11.3 I am used to OG being stated like this: OG: 1.062 OG: 1.052 Can anyone give me an explanation...

So instead I purchased some DME from my local brew store and also some yeast nutrient. Hopefully this will take care of raising the ABV on the Oatmeal Stout, I will keep everyone posted. Thanks

Thank for the help starfish, I'll post again with the results. Im going to be doing a Robust Porter Brewers Best Kit next, but I'm thinking of adding some Orange flavor to it. What is everyones recommendations in regards to using packaged bittered orange peel or just using orange zest? When to...

Will adding corn sugar jack up th sweetness of the stout? How do I get yeast nutrient to take it's effect, just toss it in the bath and stir it in?

So if i add yeast nutrient, and that does not do he trick, what would be my next best bet to get the ABV up....do I add some corn sugar? what are my options at this point? Thanks

Im having the same problem with a brewers best Oatmeal Stout kit. OG was 1.052, waited 10 days and im stuck at 1.030. I transferred to secondary and added a package of coopers dry yeast, got no change in gravity. Then just for the hell of it, I added some dissolved granulated sugar to see if...

So let's do a for instance and say that after re-pitching the hydrometer reading did drop and I just mis-read the hydrometer. At this point I am still not seeing bubbling from the airlock. Would your advice be the same in regards to using yeast nutrient? I order a liquid white labs yeast...

Honestly, thats what I can't understand in regards to re-pitching and seeing no gravity change after vigorous bubbling. The brew store I bought the kit from, I do not know how long this kit was sitting on the shelf, so I am contemplating the yeast package from the kit I was bad....it was a...

My local brew store recommended checking the hydrometer to see if it was calibrated correctly and it definately is spot on....1.0.... I like the advice...I will re-visit in one week and check the FG, do you recommend every few days giving the batch a quick stir...I was told that by a friend...

So I did exactly what you said Kanzimonson, quarter pound granulated sugar with a pint of water, pitched and within 30 min, the airlock started bubbling. So the yeast is still active...at this point do I assume that it's a slow fermentation and just continue to wait while monitoring the gravity...

You know better then I do, I'll give it a shot.....if the yeast ferments it, I would think that means that I just need to play the waiting game on any sugar that remains in the batch to get it to the correct FG right? sorry if what I am saying sounds irrelevant, I just do not have enough...

Nothing extra added. Spke to my local brew store and they said to repitch yeast again using a stronger strain. If that doesnt do the trick, to just bottle. You agree

I am having pretty close to the same problem with a Brewers Best Oatmeal Stout. Being new to the brewing world and this being my third kit so far, I decided to go with a more intermediate kit. Followed directions exactly and transferred to primary with a OG of 1.052, saw vigorous bubbling from...

I am having pretty close to the same problem with a Brewers Best Oatmeal Stout. Being new to the brewing world and this being my third kit so far, I decided to go with a more intermediate kit. Followed directions exactly and transferred to primary with a OG of 1.052, saw vigorous bubbling from...