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Hi, I'm pretty new to brewing and just have a general question about bottling. I have been using an auto-siphon and bottling wand for my bottling, and was wondering why this is done in this way. After fermenting in primary, I rack to a pot with priming sugar, then use the auto-siphon and wand to...

Hi, I recently purchased 2 1-gallon carboys and was wondering if anyone had any 1 gallon recipes, or would my best bet be to take an existing recipe and divide by 5? I am pretty new to brewing, just did my third batch this past weekend, and have only been doing 5 gallon batches so far.

I am pretty new to brewing (my second batch is still in primary), and so far I have only used all grain. Is there any benefit to using all grain as opposed to extract, or vice versa? A friend of mine who is just as new to brewing has been using extract, and I think she drinks her beer after only...

I have a few growlers laying around and I was wondering if I could use them for bottling some of my beer after primary?

So I recently brewed and bottled my first batch. I thought I had made some mistakes during the brewing process (temperature too high, etc), but decided to follow through with it. It's been sitting in bottles for about 10 days now,after primary fermenting of 2 1/2 weeks. I decided to crack one...

I am currently brewing my first batch of beer and had a somewhat difficult time keeping the temperature constant when boiling the wort. I am using a standard indoor gas stove. Does anyone have any tips on how I may bring something to a certain temperature and continue to keep it cooking at...