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anyone have the low down on some great breweries in san francisco?

ok....i've just finished brewing my third extract beer and again it is very dark. so far i've tried american light ale, belgian wit beer, and a lemon heff. the first two turned out darker than i expected them to be....a lot darker. the last beer i paid attention to the wort as i was boiling...

i'm a newbie and about to start my 3rd brew. my 1st two brews have been darker than i anticipated and i've posted this problem on this forum before and it was suggested that there is scorching of the wort during the boil. my question is which is theoretically better: boiling the wort with say...

i'm new to this wonderful hobby but i have become quickly addicted. my question is in regards to how everybody aerates the wort before pitching the yeast. so far i've tried to just shake the primary fermentor(not very easy with 5 gal of liquid in it) and i used my autosyphon to "pump" air into...

I'm fermenting my second brew. I have a 6.5 gal plastic bucket primary fermentor with the three piece airlock. My problem is that when i pitch the yeast i don't get any bubbling. I've researched this topic on the this site and tried to eliminate all of the possible problems (ie. making sure...

i was going to rack my blegian white brew to a secondary after 8 days of fermenting and when i looked into the primary (food grade plastic bucket) i saw that there was still a substantial amount of krausen on top. should i just close off the primary and let it ferment a few more days or should...

my second beer is in the fermentor right now...a belgain white ale. i'm using the wyeast 3944. according to the yeast package it stated to ferment at 70-75* f. my problem is that i live in an old apartment and during the winter it is hard to keep my ambient temperature above 65* without...

anyone know a good Hacker Pschorr weiss beer clone recipe?

what sanitizers does everyone like using. i've used the one step sanitizer and i think some unwanted bacterial made its way into giving my beer some off flavors. i went to my local homebrew shop and they recommended the five-star star san. any opinions?

i'm new to the hobby and doing some reading and thinking about how to upgrade and came across this thing called 2ndary fermentation.....any thought. is it that much better, is it worth the extra work?

i'm new to this hobby and just purchased a kit from the MR BEER website. it comes with the mix/yeast and every thing you need to make your first batch. my question is when i go to their site to see which one i want to try to make next, there are like hundred of different options, some have...