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Wasn't able to check the forum for a few days and look at all the responses I got, thanks guys! The beer I'm currently drinking is a 2 hearted ale clone which doesn't taste quite right... Not terrible just not 2 <3'd. I used 1 vial of yeast in this without making a starter. After using Mr...

Starters, for starters, I don't get it. ;) I've read Palmer's book, listened to brew strong quite a bit, and read a few articles on the intraweb about how important starters are and how to get the best starter. I don't understand why you need a starter let alone how to make one. I just...

I'm a newb too but I know that making your own wort chiller is totally worth it. it only costs about $20-30 its easy to make and chills 5gal of wort in 20-30 mins.

Wanted to post this on brewtoad forums but its a ghost town there. I wanted to find an Avery Brewery Ellie's Brown Ale extract clone recipe. I found one labeled partial mash but I think it's extract with specialty grains. The recipes are really just ingredient lists and don't give explicit...

I've heard bleach can impart some pretty nasty flavors, even in very small amounts. The spray bottle I was planning on using to sanitize my bottles with starsan with had pretty diluted bleach water in it. I rinsed it out pretty well but it still smells like bleach. Whatcha think? Will this be...

Thanks for the responses guys! It was either 16 or 18 but whatever it was, was what the recipe said it should be, which is why I racked to the secondary. On the same note the reason I racked to a secondary at all is only because that's what the recipe said to do and at the time I had never...

Hey guys! New to the forum and to brewing. My first batch was a... frankenbeer that turned out pretty good, in the secondary now I have a 2 <3'd clone. This was my first time racking to a secondary and all I paid attention to was the taste (pretty good i guess) and the hydrometer reading...