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I am doing a batch of Stout and I used a Wyeast yeast pack. I smacked the pack and broke the inside pouch but the yeast pack didn't swell. However since the pack says you don't really need to wait for it to swell (you can pitch it as long as the inner pouch broke) I pitched the yeast to the...

I am going to do a Pumpkin Ale for Thanksgiving. I plan to add the pumpkin during secondary. Is it ok if I put the pumpkin inside a cheese cloth bag in secondary? Would the cloth affect the beer taste? I am just trying to make it easier to remove the residue before bottling. Thanks for the...

I've done a few brews already mostly with dark beers (they are my favorite!) and decided to try to brew a Blonde Ale. I stepped the grains in 4 liters or water (going for 10 liter at the fermentor) and the color was looking fine. Then I added the 2 kgs of Light DME shortly before the water...

I've done two brews so far. One a kit and the second one an extract w/ specialty grains. In both brews I followed the instructions and recipes. However both times I came up with a lower OG than what the recipe called for. Am I doing something wrong? Or perhaps I must compensate for something? Or...

I noticed that many extract w/ specialty grain recipes call for Belgian Candi Sugar. Do you place that in the steeping bag with the grains? Dissolve it in the steeping water? Or add it to the wort?

I am ready to start experimenting with some recipes. I noticed that most of the recipes are for 5 gallons. I wanted to try to do 2.5 gallon batches because it will give me more flexibility to experiment given the space I have and the equipment I have. Does anyone have experience running...

I am a total newbie. I brewed a kit for the first time last month and now I am ready to take a step forward by brewing an extract w/ specialty grain batch. I've been searching for a recipe and I noticed that all recipes are usually for 5 gallons. They specify the amount of malt extract, grain...