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Last night I removed packages of blackberries and raspberries from the freezer to the fridge to thaw before putting in secondary. Something came up and I couldn’t transfer my beer to secondary. I can’t do it tonight and will have to wait till tomorrow. Will the fruit still be okay for the beer...

I recently went to Goose Island brewery and went on a tour. I got to try a version of their bourbon barrel stout that isn’t available to the public. It was aged with raspberries and blackberries. I was considering trying to recreate this because I really enjoyed it. Has anyone tried anything...

Hey guys, I wanted to convert this all grain recipe to extract for an Irish whiskey barrel stout. If anyone has any recipes they recommend, I would love to see them too. Here is the link: http://www.craftedpours.com/homebrew-recipe/irish-whiskey-soaked-oak-aged-stout-homebrew-recipe

I just tried an oatmeal IPA I just brewed. I tried one bottle and split it between 2 glasses for my girlfriend and I to try. It tasted great and had good carbonation. After I finished it though. A layer of foam stayed in the glass. Not just the edges, the whole glass. What would cause this?

I brewed the bear republic hop rod rye clone from Austin home brew. I did extract kit. The og was supposed to be 1.072 and I got 1.078. I just transferred to secondary and dry hopped it after 11 days. My Gravity was 1.030 where it was supposed to be 1.017. I realize now I should of let it sit...

I brewed a rye IPA and I'm using a blow off tube for the first time. I have it in my primary bucket with a hose going into a growler with a starsan mix. Checked it and the fermentation is so violent that it is overflowing from the growler with foam and sediment. It is still gurgling. Should I...

I brewed a kit for a cherry wheat as one of my first brews. I did it with cherries in the secondary and the recipe called for an ounce of tettnang at 60 and an ounce of hersbrucker at 2 minutes. I have a recipe for an American wheat that calls for 3/4 of an ounce of cascade at 60 minutes and a...

So there is a new local craft brewery near me called Sand City. They have an oatmeal IPA. I really enjoyed it and wanted to do something similar. I asked the owner what hops they used and I was going to use an Extract IPA recipe I have already used and just change to the hops he used and add...

I got the clone kit from austin homebrew for the harpoon ufo hefeweizen. I wanted to make it a raspberry hefeweizen like harpoon also makes. I was going to add fresh rasp in the secondary. I'm not really sure on how much raspberries to add. I want the flavor to be noticeable, but not overpowering.

I'm making a summer ale and I wanted to add some citris zest; orange, lemon, and lime. I want to do it with fresh fruit, but I'm not too sure on how to add it and how much. Would one of each fruit be good? Should I throw it in the boil and if I do, what time? Should I rack it in my secondary? I...

I have a midwest cherry wheat extract kit. It comes with a 4 oz. bottle of cherry extract. I've read that cherry extract makes it taste like cough syrup. I wanted to add either fresh sweet cherries or use 100% cherry juice. My concern about the fresh fruit is that I've never done it before and I...

This is an octoberfest I brewed. I'm supposed to bottle it today? Is it still good to bottle?

I brewed a brewers best oatmeal stout. For the first time, I tried filling the airlock with vodka. I read that it helps keep out infection and bacteria. I checked my beer and the airlock had little hints of brown in the airlock. What is that from? I've never seen that before.

I just ordered a midwest cherry wheat extract kit. It comes with cherry extract for the cherry flavor. I was thinking about not using the cherry extract and using real cherries. Would this be a mistake? How would I go about it? Should I put cherries in my secondary?

I'm fairly new to brewing and I have been doing 2 step fermentation. I have been doing 2-3 weeks in the secondary fermentation which is a glass carboy. I wanted to start getting into letting my beer sit in the glass carboy for extended periods like a few months. Is there any limits to what is...

Anyone ever brew a clone or something similar to blue point sour cherry imperial stout?

Anyone ever use any of the austin home brew clone kits? How are they?

I'm brewing an octoberfest from extract this weekend. The alcohol is only 3.5% and I wanted to up it a little. This is my 3rd brew and I've added brown sugar to a pumpkin kit I brewed and it turned out great. Would brown sugar work with the octoberfest? Or would anyone recommend something else?