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Hey guys, Came to our attention that we had 5 gallons of a an extract belgian wit we brewed 4 months ago, but completely forgot about... Still in the bucket. Our house is generally on the cooler side living in NH, so I want to say temperature wise, it's been at a consitant 65-70 degree...

I see often that new brewers transition from extract kits, to all grain or BIAB. What's the reasoning for this, using LME isn't best practice? I'm just curious. I plan on really getting into home brewing and hopefully following online recipes instead of just kits. Honestly, one day I'd love...

Hey guys So couple of things here. I let my RIS ferment for 8 weeks. Mostly because initially it had a lot of krausen, and I just couldn't get time between work to have a bottling day. Is that too long to let it ferment? The gravities both OG and FG lined up nicely. My other two...

Hey guys. You've already helped me so much with my home brewing endeavors. Well, now I need more help! It's finally bottling day after 4 weeks in the fermenter for my imperial Russian stout, what's the best way to sanitize 48 bottles? Anything I should watch out for? How long should I keep...

Wife and I wanted to look at our RIS 2 weeks fermenting. Took the lid off and looked fine. Though a couple of drops less than half a teaspoon of water dropper from the airlock into the primary. Should I be nervous the batch will get infected? :(

Hey guys, I bought and brewed a batch of Russian Imperial Stout from Brewers Best last monday, it went into the fermenter. Now the instructions say to let it ferment for 4-6 days and when there's been no bubbling in the air lock for 48 hours, bottle it. I've heard from people here, that...

Hey all, I am currently brewing a Russian Imperial Stout. I used a liquid belgian yeast made by WYEAST. After about 36 hours, I looked at the primary and the airlock that was filled with water, is now filled with what looks like the wort. Is this okay? I have everything sanitized and am...

Hey guys, First time poster, new brewer here! This is my second ever batch I've brewed, I brewed this last night. During the boiling step, when adding hops my wife wanted to add them. She kinda just dumped them in, and it caused the wort to slightly boil over. It wasn't too much, but it...