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Hi. I do not understand the biology of yeast that well, so I thought I would ask a paranoid question. After my last brew, I was lazy, and I left an unclean fermentation bucket with trub still in it in the corner of my bathroom for quite a while. A few weeks ago, my roommate and I both came...

Hi all, I was bottling the other night, and I accidentally dumped about half a siphon tube full of Easy Clean sanitizer solution into the bucket with the priming sugar water. I said screw it, and just added the beer, figuring it wouldn't matter too much. Do you think this will matter? I...

So I am dry hopping for the first time, and I figured I would boil the grain bag and a butter knife. Then I added leaf hops to the grain bag with the butter knife inside to weigh it down. I inserted it through the mouth of the carboy, but it didn't sink to the bottom. It appears to be fully...

I helped my bro brew a 5 gallon batch of Pale Ale (with plenty of Simcoe :)), and we are using a carboy as primary. The carboy is completely unmarked so I don't know if we have exactly 5 gallons. I am thinking we didn't top it off quite enough so it might be at 4.5 gallons. When it comes time...

Can anyone tell me why it is a bad idea to chill a beer, let it warm to room temperature, and then chill it again? Why do these temperature fluctuations have an adverse effect? And what effect do they have? Thanks.

for a great recipe! I made the All Amarillo IPA (https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=28517), and it turned out great! I let some of my co-workers taste it, and they all loved it! In fact, one of the managers in my company (who has a background in homebrewing) remarked that the...

The other night, I brewed an IPA using DME, and I decided to save 4 of the 7 lbs. until the last 5 minutes of the boil. However, I ran into an issue. 5 min. was not nearly enough time to get all that DME dissolved. It was in big clumps that were difficult to break up. So after flameout, I...

I think this looks like a pretty good deal: http://www.northernbrewer.com/kettles.html 30 Quart Stainless Steel Kettle for $78.99 It's big enough to do a full boil, and I haven't been able to find a better price than this for a stainless steel pot. Anyone else know of any good deals?

Hi all. I started using BeerSmith to calculate IBU values, and I have been tweaking the hop additions to a particular recipe because I would be doing a partial boil (2.5 gal) instead of a full boil. The particular recipe I am looking at has an initial hop addition of 1.5 oz (assuming full...

Hi. guys. I posted a question on a particular recipe in the Recipe Database, but I don't know how long it will be until the author of that recipe sees it, and I want to get started with my brew sometime soon. :) So I figured I would ask you guys. The recipe is as follows: Recipe Type...

I am making my way through Palmer's "How to Brew", and in the Yeast chapter, it lists Nottinghams as having a fermentation range of 58 to 70 degrees. Well, I am currently working on my first homebrew (It's in bottles now), and the kit had a package of Nottinghams. I used it and stored the...

Hello, all. I am new to the forum. I just started my first homebrew, using a pre-hopped extract for English Pale Ale. It's been fermenting for about 60 hours now. During this time, the fastest I've seen the airlock bubble is about 10 times per minute. Now it is down to about 6 times per...