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I made a stout last night. It called for the yeast to be hydrated with 4oz of water before adding to the wart. I wasn’t thinking (because I had been drinking) and put 4oz of water into a pan and set it on the stove, got the yeast opened the package sprinkled it in the 4oz of water and stirred...

I'm brewing a winter spiced ale, said to steep the grains at 152 to 158 F for 30 minutes. I stuck the thermometer in the gains thinking that would give me a good reading of the gains temp. I smelled something kind of funky and put the thermometer in the water and it was almost 200F. I took...

Made my beer last night took the og reading which is supposed to be 1.044 - 1.048 and it was 1.032. What gives? I made sure everything was clean, sanitized and followed the recipe instructions. I tell ya, if it not one thing it's another. Makes me want a beer.

Making a light golden ale and my stove just doesn’t seem to boil without the lid almost completely on. I accidentally left the lid completely on and the wart almost bubbled over. After taking the lid off the bubbles subsided but there was a bunch of hop like stuff on the side of the pot above...

I made an IPA a few weeks ago and went to keg it last night. The brew had a bunch of green gray almost like pepper on the top i siphoned a bit into a glass and there was quit a bit of the pepper like stuff in the beer. I found out after a few days of making the beer my air lock seal was torn...

I just brewed a IPA and according to the recipe the og should be between 1.068-1.073. My og was 1.040 or so. Should I be concerned? Thanks! Joe

I made a light golden pal ale 14 days ago and it was recommended to do a two stage fermentation. I never got around to putting into the second fermentation container. Should i put it the second fermentation container and let it sit another week or keg it, add co2 and drink it in a couple days...

I currently have a 5lb co2 tank split between a keg of Sam Adams and my homebrew Cornelius keg. Last night I racked my homebrew IPA at room temp into the Cornelius keg and the plan was to shut the valve off going to my keg of Sammy, which i did, add 30 psi of co2 to my homebrew, shut the valve...

I searched the posts here and have found many opinions on this but just wanted to try one more time. I've bought three batches from my LBS and kegged all of them. My LBS said to add the priming sugar to the boil and then after the fermentation period rack to the keg and set CO2 to 10 psi...

I made a batch of IPA last night. The recipe said to add various amounts of Cascade hops and boil for various times. My question is I never stirred the wort after adding the hops each time because the recipe didn’t state too, was it necessary? It seemed like there was a lot more sludge when i...

My beer has been fermenting for 7 days now and i checked the gravity which read 1.014 recommended FG is 1.012 - 1.015 so i think i'm good to put into second fermentation bucket. Question is after using a no rinse cleaner do i need to wait for it to dry or can put the beer in the bucket with a...

I tried the Cold Hop from the Boulder Beer Company over the weekend and like it a bunch and thought it would be great to try and make something similar. I have no clue how to start. Cold Hop British-Style Ale is a unique ale with a rich golden hue. Its pleasantly fruity, floral hop aroma and...

I must have had a couple beers when I first read the temp in my basement because I thought it was 68 degrees but when I checked today it was only 58 degrees. I started a brew last Thursday so it’s been at that temp for 4 days. What should I do?

Okay, I’m going to give this a second try. This will be my second try at brewign and of the same beer to see if it comes out any differently. The first time around I followed the directions below but couldn’t get the brew water to boil until 50 minutes after steeping the grains by putting...

He is the deal, I bought a homebrew kit, co2 keg kit and a German Altbier. After steeping the grains I was to bring the water to a boil before adding the malt extract and then boil for 60 minutes. I could not get the water to boil after about 50 minutes I put a lid on the pot and then it...

He is the deal, I bought a homebrew kit, co2 keg kit and a German Altbier. After steeping the grains I was to bring the water to a boil before adding the malt extract and then boil for 60 minutes. I could not get the water to boil after about 50 minutes I put a lid on the pot and then it...