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Hi i ordered a breakfast stout kit from northerbrewer.com (all grain). I don't know when to add the 1lbs of lactose. The kit doesn't really come with directions like they do from midwestsupply and this is only my 2nd all grain. Also it has a mash schedule of 152f for 60 min then 170 for 10...

So i learned a couple of things. First ice cubes are evil. I threw some in to lower my mash temp, that went great except i didn't have enough hot water to counter balance my new way to low temp so i had to heat some more (longest 13 min of my life). 2nd thing i learned was my dog likes...

So there are lots of recipe's but how do i know if i should buy more grain then the recipe says because i don't know what my efficency will be roughly because i have never done one? Sorry if this is a stupid question, i have got so much information on all grain my head is starting to hurt and i...

Is a stainless immersion chiller better then copper? Is it harder to clean? Do you just put it in early to sterilize like copper?

Hi all i just can't seem to find what the temp differential means? I have a full fridge with a heater in it and a 2 stage controller, for fermenting ale's what should i set the heat and cool to and their differentials? thanks for any help i am so confused

Can i buy a $7.00 upright 5gallon watter bottler from walmart drill a hole add the rubber gasket and make it my secondary fermentor? It has a screw on top. Thanks

So this is my third kit (second was good no comment on first) and i was wondering if there was any minor tinkering i could do to the beer to increase flavor or something. Thanks for any suggestions. Also doing my first lager next week brewers best black lager.

I was asked to join a brew demo but this is only my 3rd batch. Do i have to run my beer home once in fermentor to get to the proper temp or is it ok if it is a little cool for about 6 hours? (brewing outside about 40min from my house) Going to be drinking so i don't want to worry about getting...

Hi all, i have a full size fridge bottom frezzer i plan on buying a two stage thermostat (not sure how to wire them yet if anyone has sugestions on an easy one i would be open thanks) I have a mini heater that will be in the fridge, i am going to age and ferment. My question is will the fridge...

Hi all, can i age my beer in a secondary fermentor for like 4 weeks then transfer to my bottleing bucked with canning sugar bottle then wait 2 weeks then beer is good to go? I have a better spot for keeping my fermentor warm then i do 50 bottles for ageing. thanks

I searched forums and can't seem to find it, i hope this isn't to repetative a question. How does beer age in a keg system? I know you force the carbanation but then doesn't the beer have to age? Can it do that in a fridge which is where you keep the keg right? Nothing i have read talks about...

Hi i have a glass carboy a friend gave me it is either 6 or 6.5 gallon (he bought it for wine) Can i use this for primary or secondary fermentation? or will it be to big. I will be doing 5 gallon batches.

Hi i am new obviously and on my second batch i come down stairs about 10:00am Friday to see my bucket open and beer splatered everywhere. It was wensday about 4:00 pm when i started fermenting. What did i do wrong this time? Thanks in advance