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Going to be brewing a porter in the next couple of days and want to give it a chocolate flavor. So my question it this, which will give me the beat chocolate flavor, the coco nibs or the coco powder? And which is easier to incorporate into the beer? Will most likely add the chocolate into the...

Going to be brewing another beer here soon. Its going to be a porter with fruit in it, most likely strawberries. I've been told that if I boil the strawberries that will set the pectin and make the beer cloudy but, as this is going to be a porter, and be dark to begin with, is that something I...

Being still new to the craft I've been watching lots of youtube vids on brewing. One thing I see a lot is people adding air/O2 to the beer when its in the fermenter. So, what exactly does this do? Cause I thought oxygen was bad for the beer. Can anyone explain this to me? Thx

This follow up question goes along with my post "it's got a funky smell". That batch I brewed is still in the fermenter and still has that band aid smell. And, after reading some replies to that I think I may have under pitched the yeast. I used US-05. You can view the recipe in my post High OG...

Sunday I brewed a new batch, a porter with some strawberries in it. You can view the recipe in my post titled, High OG, and this batch has a funky smell to it. Its kinda hard to describe. It's almost like it smells like the plastic from the fermenter, which I bought new and cleaned with PBW and...

Just put my third batch in the fermenter and the OG seems a bit high. It measured 1.094. Seems a bit high but, I think it might be because there's a lot of sugar. Besides the extract, lme and grains there is a pound and a half of strawberries cooked down with some some sugar. Hope I didn't over...

As I'm still a newby and still learning this fantastic hobby. I have questions on top of questions. So, I'm getting ready to buy some ingredients for an up coming brew. It's going to be a partial mash, goo/grain mix with some other additional ingredients such as raspberries and bourbon soaked...

Being the newby that I am, I have a questions about racking to a secondary. What is the purpose of it? What exactly does it do? Is it always necessary? I've only done two brews at this point and didn't have to do this to either. Just trying to learn as much as I can about this new hobby that...

I just got some new ingredients to start my next brew. It's a lemon drop shooter from northern brewer. Going to brew this in the next few weeks and want to add some vodka infused vanilla beans to the mix. So, my questions are, about how long should I let the beans soak and when should I add...

Hi all, Looking for a good recipe for a APA. Something I can brew in a small two gallon batch and something that I can do as an extract, partial mash brew as I'm still new to the game and not yet ready to go all grain. Anyone know of any recipes like that? I've looked some places on the web but...

Where are the Maryland brewers? I'm in Harford county myself. New to brewing and would like to meet some more brewers from the area. So, sound off. And if anyone knows of any local brewers gatherings in the Harford, Cecil or Baltimore counties please let me know. Thanks

Being new to brewing and not knowing much. I have a question about water. With my first and second batch I used bottled spring water, deer park, but, I've seen a lot of post and videos on people adding different things to their water to change the chemical composition of their. Is this because...

Got my second beer in the fermenter, been in there just over two weeks. Just so you know I'm brewing a chocolate raspberry bourbon stout. Yesterday I added the bourbon soaked cocoa nibs. And I was originally was going to rack it to the bottles on February 18th but, I want to make sure the cocoa...

So, got my second batch of beer in the fermenter, been in there over a week now, and I forgot to take an OG. When it's done and I go to bottle, will taking a FG give me a close ABV? Or, can I take a gravity reading now and use that as my OG? This batch is going to be fermenting for about another...

I'm doing a chocolate raspberry stout which is in the fermenter now. And, the instructions from me beer say to ferment for 3 weeks. But I want to dry hop and add some chocolate nibs to the mix. So, I want to know if I should move this to a secondary fermenter then add the hops and nibs or just...

The first beer I've ever brewed is completely finished and the two bottles I've opened have had foam gushers. What could be the cause of this. I sanitized my bottles so I'm sure they're clean. Anything anyone can offer would be helpful in figuring out how to prevent this for the next batch...

As a newbie to home brew I have tons of questions. And, this one is, what does it mean to dry hop? Heard this term a lot and want to know. Thx

I'm getting ready to start my next batch. And it's going to be a chocolate stout. Using the Mr. Beer extract with additional roasted grains and chocolate nibs from my local brew supply store. Need to know at what temp should my water be and how long should I steep the grains prior to adding the...

Which sugar is best to use for carbonation? I used table sugar for my first brew, which is in the bottle, but, have been told that dextrose is better. Is dextrose the best to use, or is there something better. Or, will table sugar do the job? Or, is there another sugar that will work better?

Well, my first attempt at beer making and it taste like flat beer. That's a good thing, right? I acctually didn't think it would turn out. So now I'm getting ready to carbonate. Will keep the forum updated on its progress.