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Over night I cold brewed an organic medium-roast coffee and it is currently in the fridge waiting to be added at bottling time this weekend. I plan to add this dark, rich, low acidity, cold-brewed coffee to my Oatmeal Stout tomorrow! I will be gauging the amount added by sampling at a smaller...

I was thinking about starting to use a spray bottle of star san as I've seen many people use online. My question is, if I prepare the solution, how long can I keep it in the bottle?..without having to constantly make it every time I need to sanitize something whether it be for gravity testing, etc

I'm planning on adding cold brewed coffee to an oatmeal stout I typically brew. This will be my first attempt at using coffee with brewing. I've read through many threads and articles and I've come to the conclusion that I will use "2 - 6 oz. of cold brewed coffee" to my bottling bucket prior...

I brewed an oatmeal stout on Saturday that used 1 oz. of Fuggle hops. Being a bit over-zealous because I used my new immersion wort chiller, I dumped my chilled wort straight into the fermenter and forgot to filter out the hops. Any thoughts on whether the stout will be too bitter and therefore...

I recently purchased the Hopstache Black IPA kit from Midwest Brew Supplies and it came with a mystery ingredient. This will be my 3rd extract brew and I have yet to come across this before. The glass bottle is about the size of a Tylenol pill bottle. I opened it up to have a look and take a...

Hi all, I'm planning to do the Black IPA recipe posted from BrewHut. It calls for 7 lbs of extract but of course Maillard Malts and other company's produce 6 lb. cans or 3.3 lb cans. Can I either reduce the amount I use by a pound and still expect a similar result? Or, should I buy more than I...

On the 14th day I plan to take a final gravity reading...if it is ready for bottling, does it hurt to extend the fermentation by another couple of days if I do not have time to bottle that day?