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I"m getting ready to brew smashing pumpkin extract from northern brewer. After I watched the video I need 2lbs of six row malt. The original recipe did not have pumpkin added to it. They gave me briess caramel 40 grains only. Well I want to add real pumpkin. I'm going to go off the cuff...

after the wort boiled, I put the pot in a ice bath. After 10 min or so i put the sanitized tip of my digital thermometer in the wort to check temp. While doing this I dropped the unsanitized part of thermometer that had the digital reading into the wort. I quickly pulled it out and continued...

Hello all, I finished my 3rd brew (extract). It was a Kolsch recipe. So far this one came out the best until I opened one today. The color had been a beautiful golden, nice head, etc. The one I opened today was darker and looked almost purple. Anybody have any idea why it would of came out...

This is my second brew. The first one went great and tasted the same. This time I brewed an Irish Red. I've been drinking them for about 2 weeks now and noticed a white clump almost looks like wax floating towards the bottom. They seem to get that way in the refrgerator because the ones that...

This is my 2nd brew I'm making, the first one went well. Basically, I smacked the wyeast smakpack and nothing happened for a day. Then at the end of the day I put it on top of my bunn coffee pot which stays warm and the next morning the pack expanded as far as it could go. Well I had to go to...

Should I cap as soon after I bottle the brew? The reason I'm asking is that the tube from the bottling bucket connected to the filler was a little big and I was losing brew at the connection. So I filled all the bottles then I capped. Should I be ok or did the oxygen get me?

I brewed my first batch a few days ago and I forgot (actually miss placed them) the finishing hops during boil. I read on here to dry hop during primary. I did that but I put the hops in at the beginning of fermentation instead towards the end. My question is......am I ruined? If not what...

anybody know where I can view a good brewing video? I've seen a few on youtube but they aren't complete. I would like to see a video from boil to bottle. thanks

Hello all...I'm getting ready to start brewing this weekend and bought all my ingredients about a week ago. My question is my wyeast american ale has been in the refrigerator for a week and noticed that the bag has been getting fatter over the days. It's not super fat but it has doubled the...

Brand new to this side of beer. Before I was just a drinker, now I hope to make something beautiful! I've been reading books for about a month and hope to start my very first batch before the end of Dec. 11' There is alot of good information here and I will definately be putting it to...