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Hey guys. First, thank you for all the help and support I have received thus far. I've had a chocolate/coffee stout in the secondary for the better part of 2 and a half months at least. Is it necessary to pitch in more yeast before bottling, or just add priming sugar? If I should, what kind...

I'm plannin on brewing my first double chocolate stout tonight, and I'm getting pretty excited for it. My questions is, what do I do with all this chocolate? I'll list what I have, what I plan to do with it, but please feel free to offer advice. Thanks! 12 oz. 70% cocoa bars: Thrown in at...

Hey guys, I'm relatively new to beer making, but I can already tell that this is something I want to do for the rest of my life. I'm graduating in May, and I'm really looking for a brewing internship or job. I'm having a hell of a time finding anything though. I'm more than willing to...

Howdy guys, I'm a college student that loves beer:mug: (imagine that) and I recently began extract brewing. I would like to make a good Octoberfest for the fall semester, but I don't have the $ to spend on a spare fridge to lager in. Has anyone tried or found a good way to do this...

This is a very newbish question, but I figure it's no big deal. I think fermentation is about done. It's been a week and I would like to take a gravity sample, but I'm not quite sure the best way to get the sample out of the glass carboy without adding too much oxygen. Thanks guys!

I removed my blow-off tube from my primary, and as I was going to insert the airlock, the rubber stopper fell straight into the beer. I'm not too concerned about the sanitation issue. It sat in star-san for 3 days. What I really want to know is how to get this thing out of my 6.5 gal carboy...

Hey guys. Just made my 2nd batch of beer (the first one didn't turn out so hot so I decided to join this forum and do a little researching for myself). Just a couple concerns on this batch... 1.) The wort cooled much quicker than I had anticipated. It was 70F before adding it to 3 gallons...

Brewing my second batch tonight. As I was steeping the specialty grains, I stirred it in order to not scorch the grains. Will this extract tannins? Advice please! Thanks!

I'm sorry if this is a dumb idea or a dumb question. I'm just beginning to get into brewing (made first batch of summer ale tonight, went without a hitch =). When I was at my local grocery store I ran into a small plastic keg of Coor's. It looked very similar to the party pigs I've seen...