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Hi All, I first wanted to mention that this is my first summer season of brewing. I usually do all of my brewing/fermenting in my basement. I just recently noticed that there are small white bugs all over my equipment. These are attracted to not only my brew equipment, but also my sanitizers...

Hi All, I am waiting for my second kit to come in the mail and wanted to be proactive. I looking for comments/suggestions to my additions to the pumpkin extract brew from midwest. Original per Midwest: ingredients include: 6 lb. Gold liquid malt extract , 8 oz. Carapils, 8 oz. caramel...

Hi All, I just finished bottling my first batch of beer today. I had two consecutive readings of 1.010 on Wednesday and Thursday. I didn't take another reading today I just bottled. Is this a normal reading? I brewed an extract American Honey Pale Ale. I thought I read some where that low...

Hi All, So I am currently in the fermentation stage of my first brew. I just realized that I never took an orginal reading. From what I read missing the orginal isn't that big of a deal, but helpful to guide to see where you stand. I believe from the look of it my reading would be lower than...

Hi All, Today is my first day of brewing! I just finished the boil and now its currently in the bath tub cooling down. I have a few questions that I have read through out the forum that wasn't very clear in my brewing instructions. 1) What is the temperature that the wort have to be...

Hi All, I just wanted to let you know upfront this is a fairly long response and your comments are greatly appreciated. New to home brewing and the forum as of today. I have a few questions that I would like to ask in hopes to make my first home brew a successful one. After doing...