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My wife and I have been homebrewing for a few years, doing 5 gallon extract batches and bottling. We've come to a couple conclusions: 5 gallons is too much for us. We drink plenty of beer, but we've never even come close to making all the way through a batch. And we hate bottling. I've settled...

I've been tossing around the idea of how cool it would be to have a barrel for aging at home, and now my wife got me one for my birthday. Not really sure of what to do with it. Assuming I just treat it like a secondary? How do I clean the thing? I'm planning on doing either a Russian...

Most of the first several batches I brewed were either from Northern Brewer or Midwest Brewing kits. Now that I've started venturing out, either recipes on here or other sources, I've noticed several different methods for steeping the specialty grains. I generally bring about 3 gallons of...

I've struggled quite a bit with overcarbonated beer. Had one bottle explode, a few gushers, but mostly just problems with pouring a glass full of foam. The beer tastes fine, but its annoying to pour half a bottle of beer, waiting 15 minutes for it to settle, and slowly pouring in the rest and...

I've been homebrewing for a little over a year, brewed 14 batches so far. None of them have been bad (except a chocolate coffee stout, apparently you can add too much coffee...) but none of them have been what I'd consider great. I'd say they all taste fine until I compare it to a similar...

Just brewed a Tripel, and I want to age it before drinking. I've seen reference to bottling after a couple weeks in secondary, and waiting 6 months or so, or just leaving it in the secondary for 6 months then bottling. Is there an advantage to doing it one way or the other? OG was around 1.080...

I've got a yeast starter going (about 1600 ml) with Wyeast 3787 Trappist High Gravity. Started it last night, this morning I gave the flask a good swirl, and it foamed up like nothing I've ever experienced. Blew the foam top of the flask and I had starter all over the kitchen. I lost about...

I've done several kits, but this is the first I've brewed without buying a box of pre-selected ingredients. My initial gravity was only 1.025, which should have alerted me that there was an issue, but I didn't think about it at all until I checked it a week later. After 2 weeks at about 70deg in...

I'm starting to save up to make the jump to all grain brewing. Is there an advantage to using a stainless steel mash tun over the converted cooler type? I don't want to spend the money on a plastic one and in a couple years wish I had spent more money and just got the one I wanted right away.

I'm planning on brewing NB's Belgian Strong Golden Ale extract kit this weekend, which will be my 5th brew. The kit comes with 3 packets of Wyeast 1388. Its been suggested to use a yeast starter, which I haven't done before. What's the advantage of a yeast starter? I've read a few threads on it...

Hello! I'm new to the forum and to homebrewing. My wife and I just bottled our first batch (a saison) and our second (a bourbon porter) is in fermentation. We've talked about homebrewing for years, and finally decided to jump in. Starting with extract kits from Northern Brewer and were...