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I'm about 5 batches into all grain brewing and still working out the kinks. I'm finally remembering to pull samples to measure gravity pre- and post-boil. In my batch today, I pulled my pre-boil sample off the top of my kettle when I was done lautering. Cooled it down, measured and it was...

Anybody in the NW burbs of Chicago have any advice on where the best LHBS (cheapest) to buy grain is? I'm in Lake Zurich, just making the switch to bulk; I've bought individual batch quantities at Perfect Brewing, Brew and Grow & Crystal Lake Health Foods - none have been exactly cheap... I...

I brewed the Raspberry Wheat extract recipe kit from Midwest; it's been in the bottle for 3 weeks. The kit comes with 4 oz of raspberry extract, which I added to the bottling bucket. I also added about 2.5-lbs of raspberries from my garden to secondary, which I froze & thawed before adding...

I've checked through past threads on dangers of oxygenating when racking, and found many helpful posts about rdw on minor oxygenation during transfer, and it taking several months to cause damage, but I'm pretty sure I crossed the line... with my 3rd batch (hophead double ipa kit), I did my...

I just bottled my first batch this weekend and my unbridled enthusiasm is now quite tempered after connecting some dots. I brewed a True Brew IPA recipe kit. It came with Muntons Ale Yeast (dry). All went well at first, I cooked it up and got it into my fermenter bucket, and brought it down...

I've already found a ton of useful information here. I wish I would've read it before my first batch though! I've got my inaugural batch in my primary now - a recipe Kit from True Brew - an IPA. I've been on a complete IPA jones for about the last 6 months and have a taste for nothing...