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If pushing the lid makes your airlock bubble, then it seems your airlock is working properly. Don't open the fermenter. Co2 is your friend.

I'm brand new to brewing myself and have just brewed my second batch. Both batches so far have had their "issues" that at the time really frustrated me mostly because I was expecting perfection. Certainly, perfection is an unrealistic goal at this point in the hobby. I'm learning quickly that...

Wow. I didn't know that! The instructions say that the probe is dishwasher safe, so I figured it would be fine. Thanks for the tip. I guess instead of punishing it with a hammer, I'll bake it in the oven <evil laugh>...

I went with the dump in the "hops and strain the wort going in" method. My reasoning is that I didn't want to confine the hops inside a bag and wanted them to have a lot of contact area in the boil. I like the "don't fear the trub" theory, but I think that a thick layer on the bottom of the...

My brand new digital thermometer crapped out. I was brewing up my second batch today (a Kolsch extract kit) and everything was going perfectly. Steeping grains at a constant 160-162 degrees, according to my new digital thermometer. It is a Mainstays with probe bought at Wally World. When it...

are a hop bag and a grain bag the same thing? the kit comes with steeping grains and a big grain bag. can I cut off and use some of that?

Getting ready to brew my second extract kit and got thinking about what issues I had with the first batch and how I could improve my technique. Both kit instructions for the hop additions say to just dump the hops (pellets) right in. Then they say that when the wort is transferred to the...

To sidetrack a bit, let me ask this, For the people that advocate the dry, do you pitch it dry or rehydrate?

If I was an ass, I would resurrect dead lame threads...Oh wait... J/k:)

I posted a thread a while ago regarding my second attemp ever at doing an extract batch (my first was a very successful American Amber). It is a "Brewer's Best Kolsch" kit. I thought that I would change up the included Nottingham yeast with a WLP029 Kolsch yeast. I still think that I might, but...

I recently made my first extract batch of "Brewer's Best American Amber". I was happy with the kit so I just picked up a Kolsch kit. The kit comes with a packet of Nottingham, but I thought I might try using an actual Kolsch yeast (WLp209). Is it ok to just shake up the tube and pitch it, or...

Hi everyone. My name is Scott and I'm quickly becoming interested in this hobby. I've just bottled my first batch (an extract kit) and looking forward to many more. Great forum here, and I'm sure I'll be tapping into its resources often.

Excellent. I'm glad I let it be then...Just read a lot of posts about oxidation and was a little nervous.

I just finished making my first batch of homeBrew. I made an American Amber from Brewer's Best. I decided to rack to a 5 gallon carboy after the primary completed to clarify. I filled the primary to the 5 gallon mark, but when I racked it to the secondary, there was a considerable amount of...