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I just ordered a cream stout kit from midwest and want to add a few things. If anyone has suggestions, thoughts or experience with any of these please let me know. My thoughts: Adding some chocolate (cocoa powder? real chocolate?) to the boil. Adding raspberries (real fruit?, extract?) to...

New brewer just finished my second batch and would like to hear from some experienced brewers here about what I have attempted to make. I started with a True Brew Amber Ale kit Hopped Amber Malt Extract – 1 can Light Dried Malt Extract – 2 lbs Hop Pellets – 1 oz - alpha 7.3% Ale Yeast –...

New brewer just finished my second batch and would like to hear from some experienced brewers here about what I have attempted to make. I started with a True Brew Amber Ale kit Hopped Amber Malt Extract – 1 can Light Dried Malt Extract – 2 lbs Hop Pellets – 1 oz - alpha...

I have a True Brew Amber Ale kit I am thinking about experminting with. My idea is to do a regular batch like you would any other kit only instead of topping off my 3 gallons of wort with water I would like to use 2 gallons of apple cider to make 5 gallons. Anyone ever tried this or heard of it...

I have a True Brew Amber Ale kit I am thinking about experminting with. My idea is to do a regular batch like you would any other kit only instead of topping off my 3 gallons of wort with water I would like to use 2 gallons of apple cider to make 5 gallons. Anyone ever tried this or heard of...

Hello everyone. Sunday I brewed my first batch of beer! Everything seemed to go fine except one crucial detail. I could never get my wort up to 212 degrees (5 gallon SS pot - 3.5 gallons of water). I used two thermometers, one digital and one floating. The digital read 210.5 and the...