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I've seen a lot of threads like this, but not for four days without airlock activity. It's a continental pilsner lager. 1 pack brewferm lager yeast just rehydrated. Sat at 47-50 for three days and now I have it at 56. I didn't take an OG until the next morning after it all mixed well and got...

I brewed using my first liquid yeast (wyeast Leuven pale) without a starter. Bubbled moderately for about 9 days and left me with only an inch in trub, which is unusual for me. I'm sure that using a starter is much more effective, but could my batch suffer from not doing so? What are the proven...

I'm on my 5th brew and instead of bottling and drinking ASAP I'm going to calm down and let it sit. I got a Le petit orange kit and planned on doing a secondary, but there's only an inch or less of trub after two weeks. Since there's little trub should I rack it or leave it?

I brewed a pumpkin cream ale in October doing Primary 2 weeks then bottled 2 weeks. I hated it. It tasted burnt and I yeasty so I gave the entire batch to a friend. Last night I was at the said friends house and had one that's been sitting in the fridge for 2 months now. Wow. It was amazing

I bought a bag of corn sugar at my brew store assuming it was enough for a 5 gallon batch. I just bottled a 2.5 g batch and used half the bag stupidly without researching it. I put about 8oz in it where I guess I shoulda put 2ish. It's been 4 days and no explosion yet...

How many of you spend your workday daydreaming about having your own microbrew? I sit at work thinking up brewery names and business models, but I'm afraid I'm not that ambitious.

How much us it affected adding 1/2 gallon of water? Do you usually take it before or after?

My brew store is basically a liquor store with a few brewing supplies and whatnot. I grabbed a few things today to make what I think will be a porter: Dark malt extract-fuggles-willamette-Nottingham They had no grains for to soak so I bought some rolled oats too. Can I steep these for 20 min...

The last brew I made stayed around 60-65f during fermentation. This was a month ago. My house temp will only get lower in the next two months an I'm about to brew a milk stout. Should I use a lager yeast? Any warming methods besides using a heater?

I'm going to brew a Milk Stout soon. I'm going to split it in two batches, do the first batch plain, and add an adjunct to the 2nd. Any suggestions to the adjunct? Alsooooo.... Splitting spec. Grains is a beyotch. Anyone have advice? (That bag is hard to clean and reuse)

My ale has been bottled for nearly two weeks. By the third day it was completely carb'd which I thought was weird. Last night we drank half the batch and it was perfect, but today I opened a warm bottled and it shot fizz until there was no liquid... Do I have potential bottle bombs?

Hey folks! I brewed my third batch the other day and said screw buying jugs of distilled and spring water to level out the carboy and just used my sink. Seems like its going good, but I just wanted a quick census on how many of you do this.

I'm making an American ale and planned on only making half the batch, but accidentally added all of the bittering hops (cascade). Do I go ahead and do half with twice as much cascade or do I make the full 5 gal. When I only used half of the specialty grains? A quick answer will help a lot.

Anyone do this? It's my first time bottling a 5 gal batch and I'm thinking of using the tub for sani, and placing the carboy on the toilet. I'll also bleach the hell outta everything.

I work at a large food institution that uses Oasis brand sanitizer, an I'm wondering if a bit if this will work for my upcoming bottling day. It's my first time bottling a 5 gal batch and I only have a little "easy clean" left. The Oasis sani is also no rinse.

Bottled my first brew about 5 days ago. I know I shouldn't have, but impatience got the better of me and I cracked one open. The beer was great but the there was little carbonation. The "fizz drop" was dissolved so I was expecting more than this. I know it's too early, but does time make such a...

For my second batch of beer I chose NB's Cream Ale and decided to convert it into a pumpkin brew. After reading countless recipes and forums I was extremely confused by it all. I ended up chopping 5 pounds of raw pumpkin, baking for 40 min at 350f and adding with specialty grains. From what I...