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I've been brewing extract beers for the last couple of years and now I want to up my game. SWMBO completely supports my brewing and I think that AG equipment will be my Christmas present this year. That being said, I'd like to know a couple of things. 1) What equipment is "required" to make 5...

For my batch that I brewed this past weekend, I used Wyeast 3068 Weihenstephan Wiezen Smack Pack. I had bought the yeast 3 weeks prior and had to go out of town for work. I had put the pack in the refrigerator, but I think the pack may have been hit by my wife and "activated". The pack was...

My wife wants to buy me a wort chiller for my birthday. I have no clue about wort chillers. If I go to my local homebrew store they sell them for about $120. I've looked at them on various websites; ebay, northern brewer, amazon, etc. Some are in the low $40 while others that appear...

I just racked my first pumpkin ale into the secondary and swmbo wants a sweeter beer that taste like pumpkin pie. While I like the taste, she wants it a little sweeter. I was planning on adding some Splenda when I bottle but home much should I add?

So I moved down to Texas from Michigan and I'm craving some Bells Oberon. Does anyone have a home brew recipe that is as good or better?

I started my first beer three days ago and things seem to be going great :) I've definitely have dove into this way more than my wife thought I would and thanks everyone for the excellent advise. I do have a couple general questions though. What are hot and cold breaks? Why are they so...

I was reading some of the threads on here and I ran into a couple of mistakes that I made. My stove isn't the strongest out there by any means so I ended up using a lid for the boil. I used a kit and it didn't say I couldn't use a lid. Why is this a bad thing? Second. I didn't even think about...

So I started my first home brew last night. Everything went well. This morning when I woke up the krausen was rising and I was extremely happy. So about an hour ago krausen got into the airlock and I immediately got on here to see what I should do, mainly because my wife would kill me if I...