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I live in the Phoenix area an obviously our summers make fermenting a bit tough. I am still a newbie. Only 3 batches under my belt. The coolest place in my home seems to be my sons closet. My fermenting temp in there is ranging from 76-78. From what I read it's a bit high. What sorts of...

So I have successfully brewed and bottled my first batch. I went with an American pale ale. Everything seemed to how it was supposed to. 7 days in the primary, 14 in the secondary and 3 weeks in the bottles. My final gravity was dead on. I tried my first bottle sand it was a dead on Heineken...

A question to the home brewers in the Phoenix area. Where is your preferred place to conduct fermenting. With the 100 plus temps around the corner, what's your ideal place?

Hey guys. I'm a newbie brewer. I brewed my first batch this past Wednesday night. It was a pale ale from a kit from the local brew store. Everything was fine until I added the wort to the primary fermenter. I added 3 gallons of the hot wort to two gallons of cold water. At this time I had no...

Hello everyone. I'm a newbie brewer and I've been lurking the forums for a few days. I've already learned a lot. My fiancé just recently got me a kit for my birthday (I know, she's amazing and I'm a lucky man) and I brewed my first batch on Wednesday. We got a kit from our local brew store...