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I was wondering if anyone has tested the difference between brewing a lager (cold fermentation) and lagering a brew (storing at cold temperatures after fermentation is complete). Both are supposed to help create a crisp, clean tasting beer, but I would think cold fermentation would be better...

I'm getting ready to stabilize and backsweeten my mead. I'm using a Camden tablet and K-sorbate to stabilize. My question is, do I have to wait 24 hours between adding the Camden tablet and the K-sorbate? Most people online say to wait, but some say the 24-hour period between the two chemicals...

In the future, I'm planning to do a Weissbier, which will contain 50+ % wheat malt. I've heard that when you use a significant amount of wheat malt in a brew, you should add rice hulls to aid drainage during sparging because wheat malt generally doesn't have husks like barley typically does...

I started All-Grain brewing recently. On my first two all-grain recipes, I only achieved a mash efficiency of 60%. Both were 60-minute mashes with 1.25 qt/lb Water-to-Grain ratio. On one, I just rinsed the grains with sparge water, and on the other, I did a 15 minute batch sparge, but they were...