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Brewed an Oskar Blues Beerito (lager) clone which called for pitching a Wyeast 2352 Munich lager II yeast and to pitch it after yeast cooled to 50 degrees. Which I did but after 2 days there is no sign of fermentation. Actually pitched two packages. Should I worry or does this yeast take a...

Well I brewed a Coffee RIS. All went great but I completely forgot to add licorice the recipe called for. Could it be added after fermentation...say dissolved and cooled in boiling water and added when kegged? I will be adding cold brewed coffee when I keg it as well per recipe. Or is it best...

Brewed an IPA the other day. Recipe called for collecting 6.5 gals of wort which I did and boiled for 90 minutes. Only collected 3 gals when done and had to add 2 gals of water (5 gal batch). Questions: 1) adding so much water has to affect gravity right? 2) what can I do to collect more after...

I’m considering a new chiller. I brew 5 gallon batches. I’d love to hear some recommendations. Thanks.

Why does my beer not have a hoppy aroma after it’s been dry hopped for 4 days?

Is it necessary to somehow sanitize a muslin bag when dry hopping?

Recently brewed an IPA and want to harvest the yeast. Just moved beer to secondary yesterday and left yeast in carboy with airlock. Question, have I waited too long to harvest? The yeast sat in the carboy for about a day. I moved it to a fridge this morning at about 35 degrees. I've never...

Cleaned corny keg with PBW and rinsed a couple of times by filling keg half full of water and sloshing around. Would that be sufficient so as not to create off flavors from PBW?

In general, why is it that the beers, say an IPA, I brew don't have the same mouthfeel that a store bought IPA has. Seems to be as thin as water. Thanks in advance for the good advice!

Mistakenly used 1 oz of Star San for about 2 gallons of water instead of 5 gallons. Rinsed bottles and caps with it and bottled the beer. Should I be concerned by not diluting it properly? Thanks.

I'm looking for recommendations on O2 and O2 cylinders to use with an oxygenation kit. I noticed that Home Depot has them, but is that O2 ok to use in wort? Thanks.

Brewed an 5 gallon all grain Oskar Blues Pinner IPA and pitched WLP001 California Ale Yeast from yeast starter. Placed fermenter in my fermentation chamber at a temperature of 68 degrees. After 2 days there appears to be very little fermentation going on. Perhaps it is a less than vigorous...

I bought an Imperial Sparge Arm for recirculating during the mash. Was wondering what fitting to use to connect the 3/8" tubing connected to the sparge arm tube to 1/2" tubing connected to my mash tun. Camlock quick disconnects are used to connect the 1/2" tubing to the mash tun. Just need to...

Bought the Inkbird 318 and want to add a heating element. Using a chest freezer and want to dial in the temperature with some type of heat source. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

I plan to buy a brew pump and am curious as to which one on the market now is best and best value. I've researched Chugger and Blinchmann and I understand there is good and not so good in each. I look forward to the feedback.

I just bought a chest freezer that I plan to convert to a fermentation chamber. I would appreciate recommendations on a temperature control device. Thanks.

Why would an IPA not have a hoppy aroma. I even dry hopped it, but very little hop smell and taste. What needs to be done to get the hop flavor and smell. I am all grain brewing by the way. Thanks for any help.

Brewed a Sierra Nevada Kellerweis clone all grain. Moved from secondary to a freshly cleaned (with PBW) keg. Gravity was spot on and a sample of the beer, taste and smell, was as well. Beer has been carbonating for 3 days and last night took another sample (not yet carbonated) that tasted and...

Ordered keg of Oskar Blues IPA from local beer store thinking the keg of IPA I now have in my kegerator would be empty in time to make room for this one. Question--is it ok for keg to sit unrefrigerated and if so, how long?

Brewed a Smoked Vanilla Whiskey Porter which is now being dry hopped in secondary. Today is day 7 of dry hopping. Recipe suggests moving it from secondary to keg after 7 days of dry hopping. Are there any issues or concerns with moving it to the keg, as it will need to age for 30 days at 65...