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I had bought a kit recipe over a year ago and never brewed it. So since then my wyeast slap pack has been in the fridge. Finally decided to give the recipe a go to see what happens. As usual...most of the slap packs I get don't really swell, so nothing new on that front. Almost 3 weeks...

I'm adding 4 pounds of fresh pineapple to my pale ale in secondary. My question is should I wait for the pineapples to become ripe before adding? Similar to waiting for them to be ripe before eating. Secondly I will be cutting the pineapple into chunks and steeping to pasteurize. I'm...

I'm fermenting an ale at about 70 F and my yeast was up and running the next morning after brewing. My yeast slap pack was only a month old so it was very active the next morning. I know you can't always determine the completion of the fermentation based on the bubbles in the airlock...but I...

Ok so I'm not totallly new to homebrewing, so when I miss my OG by I lot I'm a little concerned. I have been doing extract w/ steeping grains for several years and never had such a nasty tasting wort. It usually tastes sweet. My current brew hit an OG of 1.050 and the recipe gave a value of...

Hi everyone. I'm just getting back into brewing after a few years. My next recipe (Pineapple Pale Ale extract) has a little different directions than I'm normally used to. The directions say to steep grains at 155 degrees for 30 minutes. Does this mean get the temp up to 155 first before...