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Although I have been a part of this website for a few years, I have only been on one time since 2010 (I took a break) and am still fairly new to home brewing having only 11 beers created under my belt in total. I wanted to say hello from Arizona to all of you. My goal is not only to brew beer...

Wanting to brew an all grain but only have a standard stove. Is there any way to do an all grain batch from a stove top without the special stand alone kerosine burners often used? If not I will wait and do a partial mash Thanks

Partial Mash Question: Ok, for my first partial mash in total, I am going to use 5.5lbs of fermentable grains to partial mash. Question: How much water should I use for the mash water given the amount of grain I have and as far as the temperature I am getting conflicting answers from...

I often brew extract beer but started adding specialty grains to the mix. I have since decresed the amount of LME and DME to my brews and added more specialty grains. The beers have come out great. My question is can you use regular grains (the type used in all grain) as an added ingredient...

Typically, I never use fruit but my wife asked me to do so on this batch. I wanted to know how much of a 5oz bottle of raspberry extract should I use when adding to my bottling bucket when I mix it with the beer from my fermenter. The guy at the store said it’s all according to taste. I don’t...

I made a mistake when brewing my beer and I forgot to take a reading with my hydrometer. This is unlike me to forget this but none the less, I did. I didn’t take one when I bottled my beer either because without both readings I won’t get the proper Alcohol percentage. My question is, is it...

Thanks guys for your advice on sediment from my first post. To clarify my brewing technique which obviously I didn't before, I will say I use a rack and cane as suggested by some of you, I also use the little plastic piece to put on the bottom as some suggested as well. I also do not put the...

I have a question for you guys. I am on my 8th batch of beer and I wanted to try something that I never heard anyone mention nor have read about it. Ok, so I brewed an American Chocolate Ale a few weeks ago and I want to try and limit the amount of sediment in my beer when transferring from...

So far brewed 7 batches of extract brews but want to make the switch to all grain. Been to youtube, different sites and heard of different ways to brew all grain and different types of equipment you can by or make at your home to do the job. Does anyone have any reccomendations of where I can go...

Extract VS All Grain Question (Disclaimer I am trying to be somewhat funny here please relax before you read this UmKay?) Since I started brewing beer which was not long ago it SEEMS as if there is sort of a “You are not worthy unless you go grain” mentality but I could be wrong. As I...

I have heard many ways to cool your wort, a chiller, Ice, crash cooling etc. but it seems nobody has talked about adding ice cold water to the wort itself. What I mean is, the instructions say to get the temperature of your wort to about 72 degrees roughly and then add your wort to the...

I have a question for those who are experienced in brewing extracts. Right now I have been doing mostly extracts from Brewers Best Products as well as partial grain with these products. I have never used other manufacturers but I have seen other brands around. Does anyone have any suggestions as...

I posted a thread last week that was a slight concern. I am on my 6th batch of beer and in every case after I bottle, I drink one beer every week t document the changes in color, taste, etc. I need this information so I understand my beer from start to finish. Anyway, I complained about my...

Comment: I posted something a couple of weeks ago about a (home brew) type taste and how to get rid of that taste. Many have told me to leave my beer in the fermentation bucket longer than 1 week. I took that advice and to my surprise it actually tasted much much better. I left it in there for 2...

Some of you guys said to let my beer sit in the primary fermentation or switch to a secondary to help with flavor and quality. I am an impatient man but this time, I listened to your advice. I let it ferment for 2 weeks. As I was botteling my beer tonight, I tasted it. DAMN! what a...

I am about ready to brew my first ALL Grain Beer this weekend and man I am excited. I do have a question for all who read this and I hope to get some useful insight. 1. For the most part, which is better All Grain or Extract or should I say which do you prefer to brew and why? I will take...

Hey guys I have 2 questions actually: I live in Arizona and this is a very important statement because my fermenter is inside of a bucket filled with water along with a towel around it to help keep my fermenter cool in our lovely 115 degree Arizona heat. The problem is is my temperature for...

I appreciate everyones help in answering some of my questions over the past week. I really like this website / blog / chat area. You all have been a big help in hopefully guiding me in a direction that only experienced brewers can do. I am sure I will have more questions :mug: Dave

A post from my blog...please someone enlighten me: 7-7-10 Most of us have had some sort of game meat in our lifetime. It doesn’t matter if it’s venison or rabbit but it all seems to have that particular flavor that makes everyone say,” Tastes a little gamey.” Brewing beer so far for me has...

Cooling the wort for me has been a pain in my you know what so far. I basically crash cool it the best I can with Ice, constant sturring and time, lots of time. Normally about a half hour or more to cool. Can I let time cool it or is that too long for the wort? Is there a better faster...