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I am making a double ipa extract kit that uses light candi sugar. One pound of it. I have never used it before and the instructions do not say when to add it. I was thinking of adding it right before adding the malt extract? Anyone know if this is a good time or bad time. Any help would be...

I have brewed 3 extract brews from Northern Brewer... Caribou slobber, St Paul porter and Innkeeper. all have tasted fantastic, but all seem a bit low on carbonation. I am using bottles and corn sugar and have not strayed from the directions. Any ideas what I am doing wrong.....or should I...

last time I bottled beer the tip of the bottle filler was clogged pretty good with sediment when I was done. It took forever to clean it as the tip does not remove. In fact I am some what skeptical that I cleaned out all the sediment. The tip is black so you cant see if there is anything in...

Newbie question. when sanitizing a 5 gallon carboy do you need to fill it with five gallons of sanitizing solution or is a couple gallons swirled around enough ?

Well I love my first brew, I noticed however in my 12oz bottles there is virtually no sediment. I cracked open my first 22 oz bottle today and noticed quite a bit more sediment. Same great flavor, just more sediment. Is this normal? Or just a random thing?

First off I am new to brewing, on my second extract brew now. My question is, is there a such thing as too long of a time in either primary or secondary fermentation. My instructions that have come with mine have said that the time in secondary is somewhat flexable. The next one I am looking...

I used Irish moss in my first ever brew per the suggestion of an experienced brewer. The recipe didn't call for it and being new I'm wondering if there are any styles of beer where I would not want to use Irish Moss?

I just finished bottling my first brew ever. NB Caribou slobber. Fermented 10 days in primary, and 4 weeks in secondary. I had to try the little bit that was left over. Freaking amazing. Despite all my worries and concerns over how I could have maybe messed things up, I am super happy. If...