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I just bottled my second batch. It was a Caramel Cream Ale recipe that was to be primed with 4 oz vanilla and 1 cup lactose. I cut back on the vanilla to 2 oz to cut back on the sweetness. My question is being that lactose is unfermentable does that mean I might not have enough sugar to...

I just taste tested a couple of bottles of the Brewers Best kit American Amber Ale. It has only been bottled 2 weeks and it tasted good but a little flat. I used 5o/z of priming sugar. Is this normal? How many weeks before proper carbonation? Christmas party next week. Is that too much to ask...

Anyone have a good idea for cleaning 1" blowoff tubes. after brewing caramel cream ale the tube was pretty nasty. I let it soak overnight but that didn't seem to work.

I just wanna be sure. My caramel cream ale has been in the primary for 8 days. The first night it blew if the airlock and foamed over. I replaced it with a blowoff tube and it bubbled pretty good for 3 or 4 days. It's been down to 2 bubbles a minute for 3 days now. I was going to do the 1-2-3...

Yesterday I smacked a pack of Wyeast German Ale yeast. This morning it was swelled nicely to about 2". I boiled a mixture of 1 pint of water and 1/2 cup of DME for 10 minutes. I then chilled the pot in cold water in the sink until it was cool to the touch. I poured it into the bottle, added the...

Hi. I just racked my first brew to the secondary after 1 week. It is An American Amber Ale kit. Tho og was 1.042 and the fg was 1.015. if I'm right I think that calculates out to 3.4 abv. Will the alcohol content continue to increase in the secondary? hey it doesn't smell bad. I guess that's a...

After shaking and aerating the wort I added the rehydrated yeast about and hour ago. I forgot to stir the yeast in I just poured it on top. Is it to late to shake the carboy or stir. Thanks

Just checkin in to say hi from N.J.. Making my first batch tomorrow. It will be American Amber Ale kit from Brewers Best. Ive been gettin a lot of good info from this board. Hopefully it will all work out.

Since you are going to be handling all the sanitized tubes and syphons and all of that is liquid hand sanitizer good enough? Thanks

Hi. I am going to be brewing for the first time tommorow night, An American amber Ale Kit. I have a 10 gal pot with a turkey fryer burner and an immersion chiller. My question is even though the Brewers Best instructions say to boil 2 gal of water would it be better to boil all 5 or even more...