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I'm dry hopping my IIPA with some whole hops from a friend of mine. They've been in the secondary for 5 days now. The whole hops take up so much volume that the ones floating on the top aren't even saturating in the beer. Should I be concerned or do anything to push down the hops? Thanks

Every time I see the "What I did for beer today" thread scroll across my feed, I think to myself this is going to be funny. Then I realize it's a serious thread about being a productive brewer, which is also great. I am still left somewhat unsatisfied wondering what great things people have...

I did my first ever cider over a month ago. It's upstatemike's caramel apple hard cider. I didn't have time to stovetop pasteurize, so once carbonation was good, I stuck the bottles in the fridge. Now, a few weeks later, these bottles have turned into gushers. I have a few questions: 1 -...

Decided to try my first cider earlier this week. I didn't want to take up any carboy real estate so I'm fermenting in an old "mr beer" fermenter. Since it doesn't use an airlock, it's hard to tell if there is much happening. I did however notice the "snap, crackle, pop"- rice krispie sound...

My first kit from brewcraft, it turned out over carbonated. So, my second batch, I reduced the priming sugar about 10-20%. The IPA has been bottled for three weeks now in a warmer temp room (~70 deg). It is still a little under carbonated. Is there anything I can do? I was wondering if I...

I had some leftover mr. beer IPA extract that I threw together last week. I was wondering if there is anything besides hops that I could throw in the secondary to give it some nice/fun/smooth flavors? Any suggestions or fun experiences? Thanks

I'm still pretty new to brewing. About to brew my first batch of IPA and dry hop in the secondary. Does dry hopping have any affect on the final gravity readings, when calculating alcohol%?