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As some of you may have read in a previous post of mine, last week I had a mishap with one of my fermenters and had to use a bottling bucket for one of my batches. No big deal, I have read about using a wedge to keep the trub away from the spigot when I bottle. My concern and request for...

I was brewing Saturday, two 5 gallon batches. Got my first one sealed and set aside and began wrapping up my second in record time. I went to get my second fermenter which is a 6.5 plastic bucket from Midwest, and realized that it had water in it. My previous brew day was a week before and...

Saturday was my brew day and I completed 2 five gallon batches. My brew day went like this; Proper sanitation of everything to start the day Brewed the Midwest Watney's Cream stout Re-sanitized everything Took aluminum kettle that I had just used, cleaned with a sponge, very little...

So I'm bottling my Autumn Amber Ale right now, however I have ran out of bottles, caps, and growlers to fill. I have 6 of the larger Mr. Beer plastic bottles w/ twist on caps available however they previously housed a Lacto-infected Coconut Stout. I tried it one last time today and it was...

Sorry for the double post if you read one of my other questions today. Thought it was worthy of it's own thread since there isn't a ton of information on brewing with Chile's that I saw on the site. I have only sampled at this point and won't have the final judgement for another 6 days or so...

I have a question about Gravity readings first, then hoping you could check my math and/or correct me where I may have some bad assumptions. My question is this; I often read on here that people were "right on target" in ref to their SG/FG, where do these "target" numbers come from? I...

I am currently on day 8 of primary fermentation of a Green Chile beer I am brewing in a Mr. Beer 8.5qt container. I added 3 large roasted Chile's to the brew just before pitching the yeast. I see a lot of seeds and food particles floating around and decided I want to rack to a secondary to...

So below is a run-down of some mis-steps I had while brewing last weekend. Tell me if I'm doomed. Probably just paranoid, although there were a lot. It was just one of those days where I wasn't thinking straight and couldn't do anything right, lol. Amber Autumn ale LME kit from Midwest...

So here's my story, as best I can remember it. I tried to brew a Coconut flavored Stout after trying a delicious Coconut flavored Porter at a California micro-brewery. I know most of you are far beyond the Mr. Beer kit days, but was hoping your general knowledge of brewing may help me out...

Hello all, excited to get started in the forums. I am getting ready to make a couple other posts, newbie questions, and the dreaded is my batch spoiled, but wanted to introduce myself first. First and foremost I love beer, suppose that's why I'm here. I consider myself to have an advanced...