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I've had an issue with my las test batch and I'm worried it may have scrapped the batch... The mesh on my muslin bag seems to have been to large and most of the hops winded up in my worth. I left it there and put it in my primary fermenter for 3-4 days before racking it. Most of it seemed to...

Why is it that we need to pitch at 77f? What major impact other than a beer that won't clear is there is you pitch at a higher temp?

I would consider myself an intermediate extract brewer, I've done about 10 batches so far, but every time I brew I ask myself the same question. When we talk about 60min boil time, were talking about after adding the malt extract of course. But do I need to let the water come back to boil then...

I'll be brewing a simple recipe with 4 different types of yeast to see the exact impact that yeast has on beer. It a batch of carslberg clone that I've done before with wyeast 2042 Danish lager. I want to have 4 varieties of yeast as different from each other as possible. Can anyone help me...

I'll be brewing a simple recipe with 4 different types of yeast to see the exact impact that yeast has on beer. It a batch of carslberg clone that I've done before with wyeast 2042 Danish lager. I want to have 4 varieties of yeast as different from each other as possible. Can anyone help me...

What the difference in adding dextrose or maltodextrin in a batch of home brew? What impact would using one vs the other in the bottling process?

Im fairly new at brewing, I'll be doing my third batch this weekend. I've been reading a lot from Papazian and on this forum and I'm starting to have an information overload of information. Now I wanna be able to isolate variables. I'll be making the same recipe several times in a row changing...

Good day, I'm a new brewer now on my second brew and have one major question. How do you know that your brew is ready to bottle. My first batch was probably bottled too soon because of the temperature at which I made my beer using ale yeast. For my second brew, I'm using a lagger yeast and...