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I recently made a Vanilla Porter and it's really good, it is a tad on the bitter side which made me wonder, if I cut back on the hops a bit would the end product be sweeter? The recipe called for 1 oz at the beginning of the boil and 1 oz 5 minutes before flame out. Of course I could do...

Talking to an ol' boy at work and he told me that you'll get drunk quicker drinking your beer through a straw. Why do you say that? " Cuz then you get all the Hobbs and stuff off the bottom." Oh I see! :oops:

I was on Jasper's Home Brewing website looking for an extract kit to brew and came across a kit called Whizzing Fizzbies. Basically it's described as an English Toffee Brown Ale. It sounded interesting so I added it to my "cart" so I could look into it more later. My wife saw it on the computer...

I ordered a couple kits from Jasper's a week and a half ago and the notification said to expect delivery on Monday. It's now the following Sunday and I'm hoping it will show up tomorrow, a week later. My question is.... Will the dry yeast hold up OK during a long, hot shipment? From what I...

I've been sitting of some Apple and Pear juice waiting to harvest some yeast from my current 2 gallon batch of Apple cider. On November 30, I started a simple 2 gallon batch of cider from store bought juice and 1 cup of Brown Sugar. I added some Safale K-97 yeast that I harvested from a...

How long have you been brewing beer using only extract kits? I was wondering how many here are content to brew only with extract kits and not taken the step to go "all grain"? I've been brewing extracts for a while and have yet to make a batch that was undrinkable. In fact, a vast majority...

I just started a 2 gallon batch of Cider using harvested yeast from a Kolsch beer I'm making. I was given a 4oz bottle of Brewers Best Cherry Flavoring and figured I may as well use it to try it out. I like cider OK, I'm more of a beer person and the biggest reason for making it is to keep my...

I just got this 5 gal kit in the mail. I've brewed this one before and liked it but wanted to play with it a bit, I'd like to keep it subtle while experimenting some. I was thinking brown sugar or honey at the end of the boil but wanted to see if anyone had any other ideas. Thanks!!

I stopped in a home brewing store yesterday and I picked up a Brewers Best kit of Peanut Butter Brown Ale. I comes with 4oz of PB extract and I just wanted to see if anyone has tried this kit. I'm especially interested in how much extract to add to the 5 gallon batch. Thanks!

I've got a 5 gallon batch of Brown Ale brewing right now using Safale US-05 dry yeast and I planning on doing a 5 gallon batch of Cider next. So, being a newbie, I would like to try my hand at harvesting and reusing yeast. Would this yeast, coming out of a Brown Ale impart any off flavors? Or...

Getting ready to do a 5 gallon batch of Honey Brown Ale and was considering priming my bottles with honey. My questions are this.... Will the honey primer increase the honey taste or will that ferment out ? I assume it will enhance the flavor, as the addition of honey at the end of the boil is...

I'll be headed out of town for a week in a few days and I've been looking at getting a kit to brew when I return. Do any of you have a kit that you regularly go to or have you brewed one that you would recommend? My issue is that I like almost all styles of beer, so picking just one isn't...

We have some hops growing along a roadside near by and I've transplanted a few rhizomes in the yard and they have grown quite well. I don't know what strain they and my question is this ..... how would you use them? I'm guessing any hops would work for bittering but maybe not so well for dry...

I was just wondering how long you could possibly leave your brew in the secondary and still have enough active yeast available to prime for bottling? Thanks!

I'm still quite new to this but while transferring my Red Ale to the secondary this morning, I couldn't help but notice that thick layer of Lees on the bottom of my bucket and wondered if I should harvest it. I ferment in 5 gallon buckets and was just wondering the basics of collecting that...

Watching the Super Bowl and they tell me it's "not brewed with Corn Syrup" and it's "brewed with Wind Power"..... but why in the hell does it taste like fizzy water?????? :confused:

Getting ready to start a BB Red Ale kit that came with Lallemand Nottingham yeast. The yeast packet calls for rehydrating while the instructions for the kit says "do not rehydrate yeast"! Does it really matter if I do or don't? I've used this yeast before with good results after rehydrating...

I've made apple wine before and made a half assed batch of cider a couple years ago. By that I mean after fermentation, I killed the yeast off, sweetened a bit and poured it back into the apple juice containers to be consumed quickly. It was flat but it did the job. :p I'd like this batch to...

Am I the only one that hates that word in terms of beer? At a brewery last weekend I heard it a handful of times and each time it was generic. "How much is a pour of your IPA"? Do you want a 8oz pour, a 16oz pour or a 22oz pour? "Are you getting another pour of that Stout, bro"? Yes, he's...

Since it's been very cold here in Northern Michigan and we have a nice layer of snow, I was wondering if I could take my 1 hour boil outside, set it on the walk and keep piling snow around my pot. Has anyone else tried this? Of course I could get the 2 tub sink ready with an ice bath but since...