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what's a good beer..... i like a lotta hop i've got an IPA in the closet... what should i brew this weekend?

is this possible? could i just put a tiny lump of dry ice in each bottle and then cap it? i used to make dry ice bombs when i was younger. i know this could end very very badly. but it might work... in principle i dont see why it wouldnt work. it would be hard to get the right amount of...

i live in texas so summer a/c bills can be pretty high. i dont want to invest in a mini fridge for my fermenting buckets/carboys whats the cheapest easiest way to keep my brew cool (while fermenting) right now im fermenting at about 73.... this seems like a bad idea.. thank you

to cool my wort faster and to add water (extract brewing) i prefreeze 2 gallons of ice. after the boil i just dump the ice into the wort to cool it and bring it up to working volume. i have yet to try the beer but i have used this method twice. is it a bad idea?

i just bottle and carbonate like a newb. corn sugar or whatever to prime it and i just shove it in some bottles. i've been waiting 3 weeks for it to carbonate... is that too long? or too short. they're definitely carbonated after 3 weeks but could i open them sooner?

whats the word on honey? how does it flavor the beer? does it ferment? anybody know any good recipes?

ok 24 hours since pitching the yeast into the wort. liquid yeast. should it take this long? this is my third batch... the first ale started bubbling in about 18 hours my second hefe took about 5 hours. this guy is taking so long. if i shake the bucket lots of CO2 comes out....but if...

how do i keep yeast. how do i continue to grow/nurture more yeast? can anyone direct me to a page or just explain it themselves?

so...i'm a beginner. say i didnt want to have to buy yeast everytime i wanted to brew. could i use 90% of the yeast in my beer...save 10% and grow more from that 10%...i.e. could i just make some sugar water and have my little yeasties grow in my fridge?

apologies....i meant bottling seems like it will get old real fast.... i just started...

...how hard is kegging?bottling seems like it will get really old really fast. how expensive/labor intensive/ time consuming/ beneficial is kegging compared to bottling?

and dont plastic ziplock bags melt in boiling water?

too many acronyms....

i dont want to spend a lot of money. i've been cooling my wort in a bath tub with a few ice cubes in it (my tray doesnt hold that many). the wort cools to about 97F in about 15 minutes and seems to stop... 1) is there a better way i should do this? rather...given my current equipment...

so it seems i loose a lot of beer everytime i siphon from primary to secondary and then secondary to bottling.. im trying to avoid sucking up the little yeasties and crap at the bottom of the vessels .....but in doing so i lose about half an inch (times surface area = volume) of liquid. thats...

i just brewed a hefeweizen yesterday. its bubbling like crazy so everything's great so far. but how long should i let it age/ferment? i've heard hefes dont take that long..but it seems a little extra time can't hurt.. your thoughts?

i'm new to this. i just brewed my second batch. i bottled a canadian ale. havent tasted it yet. im giving it two more weeks. i just brewed a bavarian hefeweizen. i smelled great brewing it and i cant wait to taste it. seems like waiting is the hardest part a few questions tho: does...