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I'm wondering if I can use store bought beer bottles (American India Pale Ale) twist off caps and recap them with a regular caper. They're regular 12 oz bottles with metal twist off caps. If I can I will save all glass beer bottles I can. Currently I'm use plastic 16 oz bottles. My first...

Hello fellow brewmeisters, all is fine out here in Rushville, IN. I just got through brewing up my second 5 gal. batch of Ring Neck Blonde Ale. My first was the end of February. This time I have a Hydrometer I took a reading from the fermenting bucket before put the lid on. The recipe called...

My first batch, turned out very good. 6 lbs. Briess DME Golden Light (4.0 SRM) .50 oz Cascade [7.20 %] Boil 60 min. 1.00 oz Cascade [7.20 %] Boil 5 min. You can add Irish Moss the last 15 min. of boil if you prefer. I chose not to and turned out very good. :mug:

I've just bottled from my fermenting bucket. It's a little cloudy. Will it clear up the longer I let it sit? I primed my bottles with corn sugar.:mug:

Hello, as of this morning I was pretty well convinced to let my Light Hybrid Ale brew another seven days. As they day wore on and the more research I found I decided to go ahead and bottle it up. What I read several times is the type of Ale I have brewed can be bottled at seven days. I gave...

Hello fellow brewers, I'm attempting my first batch. I pitched my yeast on Thursday 27. Using a 6.5 True Brew fermenting pail. On the 28th it was bubbling pretty good. Today (Monday) 03 no bubbling. The brew is a Light Blonde Ale. All advice and guidance welcomed. Thanx, Johnny