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So my beer is a Midwest Autumn Ale Kit from Midwest Supply. I have had the beer in the Primary bucket for 2 weeks and 3 days. I have checked the FG and both times it has been 1.013 which is good. So my questions is why is my beer so cloudy and why is there so much sediment. What can I do to...

I was thinking about my last batch and I remember thinking to myself that I lost a lot of wort at the end to evaporation from the boil. I used a 5 gallon pot, boiled 4 gallons and at the end had to add about 1 3/4 gallons to top off primary. Is this normal or is my heat to high? I remember...

Anyone use a cotton muslin bag as there hop bag ?

So I completed my first batch on Saturday morning and everything is going really good. I just checked on the primary and my blowoff is bubbling like crazy. I am so proud to see all my hard work paying off, but now I was wondering when do you take a hydrometer reading ? Should I have done this...

I am going to be making my 1st batch on Saturday from a kit. The kit has only liquid malt extract, no powder malt extract. So I am thinking I will steep my grains and then bring my wort to a boil. So my questions is the kit says to add the liquid right after the steeping or should I wait...

I know the same questions are always asked but I just read how to brew and they say that once you are done cooling the wort and you have added it to the primary to make sure you have 5 gallons. He says if you dont have 5 gallons to add unboiled water to the primary to hit your 5 gallon line...

So I just received my beer kit from Midwest Supplies with dry yeast. I will not be making my first batch until Saturday morning. So I am just wondering where I should store my kit until Saturday morning when I am ready to brew.

So I am sitting here thinking that once I start my first batch and it is my primary do I need a blowoff tube. I am going to be storing my primary at my Uncle's wine room and will only be able to check on the primary once a day. So do you think it would be safer to go with a blowoff vs worrying...

So I was looking to see if anyone can shed some light on the straining process. I purschased a nylon bag for the hops while boiling, I also purchase a nylon bag to go over the primary buckets to filter out from the boil to the primary. I was also wonder should I filter from the primary to the...