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I've had a brown ale fermenting for two weeks exactly. Yesterday I took a hydro sample and planned to do another tomorrow and bottle if the readings were the same. Before I took a sample my airlock was bubbling about once every 4 minutes. Now this morning it's bubbling once every 20 seconds. Not...

I have been thinking about investing in a wire probe thermometer to get a more accurate reading of my temperatures during fermentation. My thinking is I would put a small hole in my fermenter lid (I use 6 gal plastic buckets) with a small stopper/bung in it and thread the wire/probe through that...

I've been brewing using a Mr. Beer setup for about a year. I did my first 5-gallon batch yesterday using an extract kit with steeping grains and hop additions. The entire process went well. But when I took my OG sample it was off by 10 points. I measured 1.036 and my target was 1.046. Any ideas...

You would think a simple Google search for "hug a brewer sticker" would yield instant results but apparently that's not the case. Anyone know where I can find one of those black and white "hug a brewer" stickers?

Hey everyone. My name is Mike and I'm living in San Diego, home to tons of awesome microbreweries. I started brewing last year when a buddy of mine sent me a Mr. Beer kit for Christmas. Now I'm hooked and am moving out of the Mr. Beer to a 5 gallon system. Still a beginner but all of these...