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Hey all, I am about to bottle my first fruit beer. A raspberry wheat. I know I should use real fruit instead of extract but I am on a very strict budget at the moment. I am looking for a subtle raspberry flavor..I want it to taste like BEER with fruit in the background. The guys at the LHBS told...

I just got a new plastic bucket and am brewing a batch right now. Well I just went to mix star san and noticed there is a deep scratch on this brand new bucket. Since it hasnt been used yet, do you guys think I would be ok using it this one time then tossing it after? Should I RDWHAHB or could...

The topic says it all. I'm working on a recipe that is dominated by citrus hop flavor/aroma with the IBUs around 25 so it will still be very smooth and drinkable. To achieve this I want to use a lot of hop bursting. This is my first hoppy beer so I'm not going to dry hop yet. I want to brew it...

Just got back from my first competition. The main reason I entered is for feedback and advice on how I can improve my beer. My american amber ale scored a 37. It says that aromatics are low, slight alcohol taste(I use a temp controlled fridge so I'm trying to figure out what caused that) It also...

Got back from the LHBS earlier and immediately kegged my northern english brown. This is my first time kegging and the guy at the LHBS told me to set the psi to 25 the first day, 15 the second day, then 10 on the third day. Do you all recommend I follow his advice? If so, what should I set the...

Hey everyone, I'll be getting my first keg set up soon. Problem is, my chest freezer is only 26 inches tall. I did some research and found out I can still fit kegs if I use the low profile couplers. Has anyone used them and are there any disadvantages? Thanks

It's tax season and I can finally afford to get a kegging set up, so where do I start and where can I find some good deals? Thanks

Hey everyone. I will be entering 2 of my beers in my first competition in a couple of weeks, a brown porter and american amber ale. Does anyone have some tips on filling out the forms? I rememer hearing that it can determine how your beer is judged. My brown porter's FG is actually 2 points...

Hey guys, just made a starter wort and the gravity was a little high, so I added a little water out of a gallon jug..that I took a sip out of earlier. So there are obviously germs in the wort now.(I know, I should have boiled the water regardless)But the thing is, I am pitching 2 smack packs...

Hey everyone, just bottled my first ever all grain batch (biab of course), a brown porter. My gravity sample tasted great already. There was some beer left at the bottom of the bottling bucket where some trub had settled, so we drank it of course, haha. We noticed an alcohol taste that wasnt...

I just made some starter wort and see quite a bit of particles floating in it and on the bottom of the flask. I boiled it for 15 mins and stirred the crap out of it. I didnt have this problem my first two times but it is a lighter DME this time. Is this normal? The gravity is 1.038 by the way...

I'm still very much a noob. But I want to start designing my own beers eventually and I have to start somewhere. I really love malty beers with biscuit flavor, like fat tire. I also love beers with cascade or amarillo hops, that citrus hop character. I was wondering if those two flavors would...

I put my brown porter, my first all grain batch in the fermenter only 48 hours ago. Fermentation started fast and vigorous but tonight just came to a stop, and the krausen fell completely. So I took a hydrometer sample and it was 1.018, I am aiming for 1.013. I used wlp013 London ale yeast and...

Just put this in my fermenter last night, and the air lock is bubbling away. This is my first all grain batch(biab) and I think it went pretty well. I was wondering, for those who have brewed this recipe how did you like it and how would you describe the finished beer? For 6 gallons at the end...

Well I have my first ever all grain batch boiling as I type this. Everything seemed to be going good until I tasted my starter wort. It is wlp013 london ale strain. It doesnt taste horrible, but it is very tart..I still feel it on my tongue a little bit. I am wondering if it is infected or if it...

So I'll be making my first all grain batch in about a week, so I'll be soaking up all the info I can until then. Water adjustment is the only thing thats been giving me a headache, even after a lot of research. I will be brewing the brown porter recipe from brewing classic styles, and use bru'n...

Im gathering equipment for my first all grain batch. Last on my list, a chiller. The only problem is my kettle is 19 inches high and I cant find a chiller for 5 gallon batches taller than 16 inches. Do I absolutely have to have a chiller that is taller than my pot?(so the connections are on the...

For my second batch I brewed the caribou slobber extract kit, but I used wlp002 for the yeast. My first batch came out good despite the fact that the water I used made the bitterness a little harsh. This batch has a kind of tart taste that takes away from the malty goodness you'd expect from a...

Hey everyone. I will be bottling a batch in a few days and was wondering if using PBW to clean the bottles from my last batch is absolutely necessary. Immediately after drinking each beer, I rinsed the bottles thoroughly with hot water. There is nothing visible left in the bottles and there is...

Hey everyone, got an extract batch boiling right now. Ive been reading that you should rehydrate dry yeast between 100-105 F but on my packet of nottingham it says 86-92 F.. Should I follow danstars instructions?