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So my beer had nice huge fermentation and spewed out of the blow hole. I didn't notice for about a week. After I noticed I didn't bother to clean the kid since it was pretty crusty. Sunday is the third week and bottle day the problem is that mold is growing in some of the grooves of the lid...

So I just got back into brewing again and am having the same ol' problem that I usually have. First off I thought the batch was going to be terrible b/c of yeast problems but it turned out fine so far. The problem im having seems to be a bit undercarbing. I have had this problem a lot b/c I...

Have not brewed in some time. Kinda in a time crunch and didnt have time to let the smack pack sit for a few hours but I did make a yeast starter and letting sit for however long brewing takes. This good??? Thanks

Hey guys made a yeast starter at 9 pm central. Was going to brew today but is being postponed until tomorrow. Is it ok if I just leave it my closet another day?

I got the Cali common recipe from NB. It calls for a month secondary but I doń use a secondary. What do you guys suggest?

I just bought a wine fridge and it looks like my fermenter might not fit in when the airlock installed. How necessary are airlocks and is there another option I could use so it will fit?

So I just bought a wine fridge for my fermenter. I have restaurant style fridge thermometer in there. I have the fridge set at 65 but the thermometer is reading 50. Anyone else have this issue?

Will a 30 bottle fridge fit a ferementer with airlock? Also what's a good temp controller?

Hey guys so I just tried a a nutbrown ale that has conditioned for 3 weeks in bottle. I cracked one open last night and realized it had the common smell that all of my homebrews and my friends homebrews have had. It smelled yeasty. Does this mellow out after being in the fridge for awhile? Ive...

I'm waiting on setting up a wine fridge and just did my second batch in the last couple of weeks after a couple year break. Im doing an extra pale ale w/ wyeast 1056 american ale. Highest temp it says is 72. My sticker on the ferm has the green temp at 72 and I cooled the wort down to 68. You...

Hey guys looking for a good place to find recipes or find BIAB/Partial Mash kits? Anyone know? Thanks!

So first I broke my hydrometer...so I went and got another. Brewed things seemed fine. Forgot to take OG so I about an hour after sealing fermenter I took a sanitized baster and got a reading. Supposed to be a 1.045 I got a 1.042 looks like prolly cuz i got bout a quarter inch above the five...

Making a pale with OG of 1.045. How much DME and water should I use? I was thinking 800ML and 2.25 oz of DME?

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Hey guys just did my first batch in about a year. Couple of things happened that I worry about a lil bit. I made a cooling tub out of a tupper that was in the garage been in there a months didnt look dirty. When cooling the pot i was holding in the water a bit and a little got in the pot...

I used a starter for my yeast. Should I aerate the wort normally as if I would if I was pitching from the pack??

Tomorrow will be my first time brewing in about 6 months. Just wanna be clear. I take a sample, get OG, pitch yeast, take another sample to be able to check later. I think thats what I used to do.

Im brewing tomorrow. Should I go ahead and activate the pack? If it does swell what do I do with it afterwards just leave it where its at?

Hey guys im getting back into brewing and im about to brew a nut brown ale. I recently just moved into a new house and its draftier than my previous place. It seems that the room I want to ferment in gets maybe 65 at peak and 62 at night. I will be using a wyeast british strain suggesting 64-75...