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Hi Everyone, Just wondering if anyone would recommend a good calculator to figure out how much table sugar I should add to my 5 Gal batch of Ale???

Hi Everyone, I am curious if most people are using corn sugar for their bottle conditioning?

Hi Everyone, I am pretty sure the fermentation has stopped, however, I do have a very small krauston layer left. I am anxious to bottle especially since I was aggressive with my dry hopping.

Hi Everyone, I have a strange issue. I brewed an Ale from an Extract Kit and everything went really well *at-least it seemed to*. Temperatures both in the making of the wort and fermentation where spot on. I left the wort to ferment 1 week longer than the instructions and the result of this...

Hi Everyone, I have not really spent any effort in the "yeast starter" area but I feel I should. I guess I will get myself a large flask and get to work lol.

Hi Everyone, So, I am the only one I know who cleans their carboy through manual scrubbing with dish soap. I use the wide mouth carboys and I scrub / wash it, soak it in star-san and fill it on brew day. Any harm with this cleaning process?

Hi Everyone, Ok, this is a wide open topic. Right now I am actually shopping around on HomeBrewTalk for my recipes and I just follow along and I have not had much trouble from this process. I have come across many people using a program call BeerSmith, which on the outlook - seems decent...

Hi, So I started my mash and it just jumped from 140F to 180F. The brew is suggesting 156F and I am having trouble bringing it down. What will be the result of this?

Hi, A little bit of a drunk post but I was bottling beer and my friends like the taste right out of the fermenter, they grabbed a pitcher and away they went lol.

Hi Everyone, This is a question spawn from another thread I was ready about bringing wort to boil uncovered. First, I want to explain that my stove cannot bring my volumes to boil and thus I use a propane burner. Since my garage has a car in it and storage, it is not practical to brew in my...

Hi, I just got a grain mill and I am modifying a lid to a rubber-maid for the grain mill to sit on top. I have a second version of the lid that is unmodified. Can anyone see a reason why I cannot use a non-food specific *cleaned* rubber-maid for the storage of milled grain for 3-4 hours -...

Hi, So my chest freezer died and it is out of warranty, I could buy a new one but I just upgraded my beer setup and my wife is already kicking my ass. I also have a working air-conditioner that we have not used in our new house. Here is my challenges, I only have 2 locations available to me -...

Hi Everyone, I just bought my first grain mill and curious on how I clean it for my first batch.

Hi Everyone, Quick question - I have a English Pale Ale using Danstar Ale Yeast Sacccharomyces cerevisiae, which has been on its 3rd day of fermenting. The C02 was bubbling like crazy around the 24hour mark and it has slowed down with the krausen layer pretty much gone. My house unfortunately...

Hi Everyone, Tomorrow is the big day and I am going to try my first brew. I have the Brewers Best English Red Ale and I was curious if I should make a yeast starter or not?

Hi Everyone, Hope all is well? Short Story: Ordered my first home brew kit and the day it arrived my Brother-In-Law decided to go on an impromptu vacation to Prince Edward Island ("P.E.I") - great beer by the way. I checked everything on my home brew order and the only item(s) I was...

Hi, I live in Ottawa, Canada and our water contains Chloramine and I wanted to discussion how to remove the Chloramine without adding lasting chemicals to the brew. 1. Does Campden tablets dissipate or is a residue present in the brew? 2. Is Campden the way to go? Do people use other methods?

Hi Home Brewers, How are you? I am not going to lie -- I am going the route of "most resistance" and starting off with "all-grain". Yes - I am sure my first beer will taste like Yak piss but the truth is - I like a good challenge. To be frank - if anyone could do it, I would be back to...

Hi Everyone, I hope all is well and everyone is enjoying their beer brewing. Today I went to a local “microbrewery” specific beer store to investigate new local flavours and while talking to the owner, who was bragging about home brewing, I felt as a beer lover it is worth trying out. I...