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So last night I brewed a Brewers Best Orange Shandy and was under prepared. After topping off to 5 gallons in fermentation vessel (bucket) my temp was at 84 degrees. I covered with lid and had air lock on and covered with wet towel and had fan blowing on it all night for about 9 hours. Temp was...

Hi all. I went to to DHB in Chicago a while back and had the Bitchin Camaro. It was awesome and I want to clone it. They describe it as taking their "popular APA and making it into an IPA". They used Mosaic and Amarillo hops, but no other descriptors. Any idea how I could clone this? Thank you

Hi all, I am wanting to try a beer with peach in it and am wondering what beer style is the best to pair with peaches. I have never brewed with fruit before Any other suggestions are appreciated. Thanks

I am in the planning stages of making a Pumpkin Ale recipe kit from my LHBS. The recipe uses Liberty Hops at 60 min and Cascade at 10 minutes. From my research it looks better to avoid the late hop addition so I am taking that out, but which one would be the better choice for bittering. It is an...

I brewed up a Honeyweizen on Saturday 5/27 and have had it fermenting in a spare bathroom in the basement. There was some activity in the airlock the 2nd day and the stick on thermometer read 72 degrees, there has been little to no activity the past 2 days and the temp is down to 68. I'm...

1st time brewer going to be brewing this weekend.I have been told to put in a room at or around 70 degrees. I have put a plastic cup of water in 2 spots and have found in the basement bathroom off the floor the water is at 65-67 degrees. In the garage it's at 70. Does this small difference make...

I'm from northern Illinois, near WI border. Have bought the starter kit and have a Honeyweizen waiting to brew. I have seen people say to skip the secondary fermentation. My recipe kit says to put in secondary at day 3-4. Suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks