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So a little background: I started brewing two years ago, and probably got 12 batches. Mostly extract, a couple BIAB mini mash that didn’t turn out great. I don’t have a lot of time and money to dedicate to perfecting my technique, which I’ve come to terms with. Last year, my wife gave birth to...

So I ordered one of the keg shaped Mr. Beer fermenters from Amazon so I could do some easy small batches that I can bottle right from the spigot. Turns out it's the actual kit which includes ingredients for the American Light beer which I think is just hopped extract and a packet of yeast. I...

I brewed a Wee Heavy (extract) in June 2015. Fermented for about a month, and then secondary for 2-3 months. It's been in the bottles ever since. I used two packets of Nottingham, but fermented it too hot. I didn't cool it enough before pitching (I know, rookie mistake) and I was trying to chase...

I'm making a St. Paul porter, but I make 2.5 gallon batches so I bought the ingredients separate and just divide them up. It calls for .5 oz of cascade at 1 minute, but I have a .5 oz of cluster already. Can I just use that and not waste opening a new cascade? I mean I know I CAN, but just will...

I've been brewing for just about a year now, and have about 8 batches under my belt. Some have been ok, some have been eh, and a couple have been real stickers. It's always been one reason or another for why they didn't turn out good. I don't have the capability or desire to invest a ton of...

So I'm planning on making and IPA with a hop schedule that I found on this forum from someone else. It goes as follows: This is for a 2.5 gallon batch. .5 lbs Caramel 40 steeped 4 lbs extra light DME 0.5 oz simcoe Pellet 12.3 Boil 60 min 41.31 0.25 oz amarillo Pellet 7.7 Boil 30...

So I brewed a 2.5 gallon batch of dunkelweizen, and pitched a smack pack of 3942. This was on Wednesday. I have only really used dry yeast up to this point. I know that it's better to make a starter with liquid yeast, but I figured that since it was a smaller batch it would be ok. Add to that...

I'm doing the NB brunch stout kit, and was thinking of adding oatmeal to the grains and doing a mini mash. I know normally I would need to add a lb of base grains for a lb of oatmeal to convert the starches, but with these grains is that still necessary? 1.25 lb English Roasted Barley 1 lb...

I have batch number 5 in a brand new bucket fermentor right now, a brown ale, brewed on Wednesday night (today is Tuesday of the next week). I used US-05, sprinkled on top of the wort. The bucket had previously been used once to soak a blowoff tube in oxyclean free, but was rinsed well after...

So I made my first yeast starter last night in anticipation of brewing tonight. I'm making a witbier and had a packet of wyeast 3944. When I ordered the kit, the yeast pack was warm from the box being outside despite the ice pack. I refrigerated it as soon as it came. So it's been over 24...

So yesterday I brewed the Northern Brewer Scottish Wee Heavy, and pitched two packets of rehydrated Nottingham. Set up a blowoff tube into star san because I knew it was going to be violent (12 lbs of LME). Less than 24 hours later and it's pushing so much krausen that the star san is brown and...

Hi, first post here, as a mostly inexperienced brewer. I put together a recipe for a clean brown ale, with some help from another forum. I have some hops on hand that I'd like to use for the bittering (I'd like it to be low IBU), if possible, just to save money. Here's what I have on hand...