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I have a AHS irish red ale kit. It says to bring 2 1/2 gallons to 155 then steep grains.After doing all additions ,cooling and putting in fermenter,it says add cool water to bring to 5 1/4 gallons. can we initailly boil a larger batch of water,say 4 gallons instead of 2 1/2? Or will it make a...

Has any one here ever used the ventrilo voice chat program? It is a great voice chat program. Wouldn't it be cool to talk to other members about brewing and newbees being able to talk to a more experienced brewer. Text is great,but couldn't voice chat be a great extension to any hobby...

When done boiling the extract down,and the wort is cooled,and pouring from the brew kettle to the fermenter,should you pour in whatever settled in the brew pot to the fermentor or leave it in the bottom of the kettle?

I am starting my third batch of extract brew. I have hard water from our well that I boiled the first two batches.We have a water softener,is it better to stick with the boiled hard water or should I use the softened water. I am leaning toward the hard water,just wanted to see what you all...

I see a lot of new terminology on this forum,being a newbee I did not figure out the BMC crowd. What does BMC stand for? I have figured out lhbs. Is there somewhere that explains these here?

I had some bud American Ale at a restaurant recently and liked the taste. Austine Homebrew has a clone kit: http://www.austinhomebrew.com/product_info.php?cPath=178_452_43_210&products_id=11785 HAs anyone here made this yet? If so,how was it? I imagine homebrewing adds something on the plus...

Hi, I started a batch two weeks ago and transfered to a secondary. I need my primary for another project. I have a spiced winter ale kit from Northern Brewer. The OG was dead on when I started. Spiced Winter Ale Extract Kit O.G: 1047 / Ready: 6 weeks Kit Inventory Specialty Grains...

If I mix the extract and put it in a keg,is it okay to carb with yeast or will it over ferment and turn alcoholic?It is a hombrew extract soda kit. I have a CO2 tank if that would be better. I would just need a cool place to carbonate.

The kit calls for a starting OG of 1.047 When everything was done per instructions,the corrected OG at pitch time was 1.050. Will this result in a slightly higher ABV or a sweeter beer? The yeast is Safale S-04

If i put a five gallon batch in a six gallon carboy,can I just use an air lock or will i need a blowoff tube? Will the extra space give me enough headroom? If i need a tube,can i adapt the one from my wine racking cane into the airlock stopper instead of a large 1 1/2 inch tube...

Hi, I gathered four corney kegs from a member here a while back.After much procrastination,I finally ordered a beer kit and the other equipment from Northern Brewer to carbonate the beer in the kegs.My first attempt is going to be a spiced ale from extract kit. I found a lot of forums but found...

I bought a kit from Northern Home brew supply. It is the spiced winter ale kit. It says to add the East Kent golding hops at 60 minutes,which I understand to be at the beginning of the boil. Are these hops ever removed or do they dissolve or settle out in the primary? Or do i scoop them off...

Hi,Newbee here/Looks like a great forum i wish i found before I started. I started with a 6 gallon batch,15 lbs honey,A HANDFUL OF CRUSHED RAISINS(aBOUT 30) a little cinnamon stick boiled down and cotes de blanc yeast. Not sure if that was the right yeast to use but was recommended by a local...