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Hey All Starting my 6th brew now. I decided to do the Pumpkin Ale thing for the Thanksgiving season. I have a few questions... I plan on adding real pumpkin to my beer. I did a search and read a few threads on this, and the consensus seems to be that adding pumpkin does add substantial...

I had my mead in the primary and secondary for approximately 4 months. I recently transferred it over to bottles about 2 weeks ago. I know it's supposed to bottle condition for about 2 months, but I jumped the gun and cracked one open to try it out. Very little carbonation came out of the...

I started a Red Lager about a month and a half ago. I made the mistake of keeping it in my garage where the primary froze, killing all of the lager yeast. A couple weeks ago I decided to add some ale yeast to see what would happen. I didn't notice any fermentation. I did a hydrometer...

This is my third brew and I haven't had issues yet, but this does not look right. It's a lager which I tried to brew using the natural cold temperatures. At first I had it in my garage but the temperatures outside were getting below 10 degrees F so I was afraid it may freeze and kill the yeast...

So I'm going on my third brew now and I wanted to get a mead started because I read it takes about 5 months or more to ferment. The recipe seems easy enough - simply boil the honey 'till it's all dissolved and then fill up to 5 gallons with cold water to get the temperature approximately 70-75...

I just carried my primary up from the basement. I noticed there is still a light layer of foam on top of the beer. Is this normal? Was it caused by me going up the steps? I was planning on bottling today... Thanks!

It is now day 10 since my Belgian Wit has been in the primary fermenter. Bubble are still steadily coming out of the airlock. I read that this should have ceased within the first week or so. The fermenter has been in a steady temperature of 72-74 degrees. Is this normal? I was planning on...

I put my first brew in the primary fermenter Saturday around 5 PM (over 48 hours ago). I read that my airlock should be at this point with about half water and c02 should be bubbling out of the airlock. This does not seem to be the case. My airlock has a tiny bit of water and some condensation...

Hey all! I just got my brewing and ingredient kit and I'm ready to go. I have a few questions: I'm worried about the viability of my White Labs liquid yeast. I had it shipped in an icepack, but the shipping took a few extra days and the vials arrived room temperature and cloudy. I read that...