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I need some opinion related advice... my dad passed away in November, he was well known for making chocolate cakes... to kind of euigise him in my own way I took part of the last cake he made and put it in during the last 10min of the boil of a stout I was brewing. There is butter and vegetable...

I scorched my steeping grains by letting them sit on the bottom of the kettle... I think it was a moderate scortching. Also the end beer is an Imperial IPA with a total of 9 ounces of hops in the kettle and 6 ounces in the dry hop when the fermentation gets there. Two questions... will the...

What is the best way to drive down the gravity in an extract beer?

I am looking to get big flavor and aroma from citra hops that are going into my imperial IPA... what is the best way to get that... dry hop, steep at the end, ect...?

I am doing a partial mash and my co-brewer miss read the thermometer the thought it was 160F but it was really 180F for the grain steep. What kind of problems can i expect to have if any? I have since have tried to cool as best i can to 160F.

I have kegged my first beer and I am already having trouble... i have had my Imperial Blonde Ale carbonating for 10 day at 18psi and thought today would be a good day to try... I connect my liquid out beer flows into the line. I open the faucet an just a dribble comes out. I re check all my gas...

I forgot to check the Final Gravity in my beer before i kegged it. Is there a way to get an accurate reading after carbonation?. I do have a refractometer.

I am finished building my keezer and ready to put my first beer on tap. When i started looking at other keezer builds on line i noticed that about half of tham have a little fan in them. Is that necessary? I want to do this right the first time. Any advice is appreciated. I will attach pictures...

I am about to start installing the components for my new keezer and need some sanitation advice. I will have two homebrew taps and one commercial tap. On the commercial tap i will be using a sankey D connector. Does that connector need to be taken apart and sanitized? Also, do the fluid lines...

How important is have a fan in a keezer? I have some reservations about wiring one in. The other question is an effective way to keep inside dry... wireless dehumidifier or desicant or something else? Any information is helpful.

What is the best material to secure a wood collar to my keezer? Any advice would be helpful.

I just bought a Kegco three product regulator and now am hearing some un favorable things about Kegco products. Does anyone have any opnions on Kegco regulators?

I am still a beginning brewer and have had my last few batches of extract belgian wheat turn out darker... also the alcohol is a little "hot" or "biting". Anyone know what i can do to fix thoes problems. P.S. I washed my equipment and bottles with dawn dish soap. Was that a bad idea? Thanks in...

My first batch of Belgian Wheat will have fermented 14 full days tomorrow. I have seen little or no activity for four days. Should i go ahead and bottle or should I check the gravity and go from there? My OG was 1.054 and im looking for an FG of 1.010. Thoughts?

Can any one comment to how accurate the temp strips are you would place on your fermenter. Just curious how much i should trust it.

I am fermenting my Belgian Wit at 72 degrees. Is that to high? I thought i should bring it down to 68. What is everyones thoughts.

brewed my very first batch of beer today wich happend to be a Belgian Wit. I used extract (both LME and DME) an it did come out substantially darker than it was supposed to. I NOW know how to minimize that now. My question is, Is this darker wort going to effect the flavor of my end product...