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I started a Strong Belgian Ale kit (assuming it's a double/dubble, but not sure) yesterday and have had no action in the airlock. I'm pretty sure I killed the yeast, because I bought the kit a few weeks ago and it's been sitting in the cellar for about two weeks. When I opened it in the...

Alright, I was sitting in my night class, trying to stay awake drinking a "Rockstar: Juiced". If you don't know it's like Red Bull, but with something like 70% juice. It dawned on me that with a slight beer taste and some alcohol, this would be a lot better (chemistry makes me want to drink...

Alright, finally got around to bottling my first batch today. I screwed up SO many things, and the beer still tasted great (pale ale) even though it was piss-warm and flat. Things that went wrong: -Wort boiled over BADLY -Forgot to add aroma hops when I was supposed to, threw them in the...

My first brew isn't even bottled yet and I'm already thinking what I should do next. One of the reasons I started brewing was to try different beers. Are there any beers that are different, yet the ingredients are easy to find and the brewing process isn't too hard? I like lagers don't have...

A bottling nozzle/wand came with my kit that is supposed to be attached to the syphon. Why can't I just syphon directly into the bottles? It seems like it's just another thing I have to sanitize, and another thing that could get bad yeast in the beer. On the other hand if it was useless, they...

My first batch of beer is fermenting right now, in the primary fermenter. When I move it to the secondary fermenter should I strain it to get the junk out...or will that junk help the beer? Same goes for when it goes from secondary fermenter to bottles. Just trying to figure out what I should...

Hi all, Just started homebrewing, and have a few questions. I'll save those for later, as I am on a few other forums (mostly car stuff) and know how much members hate it when newbs don't introduce themselves. My name is Joe, I'm from western Massachusetts (Yankees suck!). I googled...