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New at homebrewing. I have a Nut Brown Ale in the primary fermenter. It's been in for 19 days. Took a gravity reading today and it looks like it's around 1.018. My OG was right on at 1.050. I rehydrated the yeast on brew day following the direction from Joys of Homebrewing book. This was an...

I'm a newbie at homebrewing. I've done 2 recipes so far. First was a Cooper's Dark Ale- all extract kit. This batch was fermented in the 76-80 degree range for the first few days, then finished up in the 70-72 range. Bottled and sat for about 3-4 weeks. I felt that there were some off...

I'm thinking of doing a replicate of a beer from a local brewery. It's a belgian white with the addition of lemongrass, ginger root, and sorachi ace hops. I am a novice homebrewer, so my question is how do I use the lemongrass and ginger root? Does it sit in the fermenter much like you do...

New to homebrewing. Bought the Complete Joy of Home Brewing book by Charlie Papazian, so I'm trying to follow that. Did an all malt extract brew kit- Coopers Dark Ale. It was really difficult to get the temp down to room temp after mixing and a brief boil of the wort. I had to let it sit...