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So I decided to do some experimenting and use two growlers I had lying around so I wouldn't tie up a full carboy. It looks like it's about ready but now I'm wondering how to actually get the liquid out of the growler so I figured I'd bring the question to HBT. So do you just use an autosiphon...

I've seen it mentioned in the forums a number of times and you guys are right, the last few bottles of your homebrew are sadly the best. I just had the second-to-last bottle of my very first batch (partial grain altbier kit) and it wasn't until that bottle that I really identified what "green"...

When you bring a six pack of your first home brew to work for people to take home and try and get an email later in the evening from a coworker (who also brews): "Dude! That's *&$#ing awesome beer!" :D :D :D

Okay so I have one batch under my belt and some apfelwein in a secondary so I'm about ready to start up a new batch. It's starting to get hot here in Northern California and a lot of the houses here (mine included) don't have AC. Today it's 80F inside the house and while I have a cool corner in...

From what I've been reading in the forums here I expect most people have their initial boil down so that they have more or less the amount of wort they want by the end, but a lot of kit instructions and even instructions in books recommend adding sanitized water after you rack to the secondary...

Okay so I'm yet another newbie to home brewing. Between helping more experienced friends brew, books and instruction from my LHBS, and all of the tips in this forum I feel like I have a decent handle on brewing at the beginner level, at least. It seems that most people either fall into the...