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I've found a recipe for Brewdog's Jet Black Heart milk stout that calls for the Jack Mangrove Empire yeast. I can't get it here in Japan so far and it looks like you do not recommend it anyway. Have you experimented further and can you recommend a different strain that might be more common and...

Going all grain from the beginning might be too ambitious. I got into homebrew with a kit from a recycle shop that came from the seventies. I started with an experienced brewer but our system was about as antiquated as it gets. It even came with a hammer for putting on the caps! I've brewed...

Thanks for the detailed breakdown. I've brewed about 30 brews and they seem to be getting less and less tastier. In the beginning it was just the can of extract plus some DME and damn every brew was good. Now I most often use the can of extract, some grains and DME or LME (along with at least...

Thanks. I have to travel in a week and will be away for 2 1/2 weeks. That will be about a month in total. Can I be hopeful that since it has started fermenting already, it will be preserved and fine till I bottle when I get back? Or would I be better to bottle just before leaving which would...

I brewed a Leffe Blonde clone 2 nights ago and the OG was 1052. It's been sitting in a room around 23 degrees or 73 Fahrenheit. 48 hours later the reading is 1031. I put 2kg of glucose in with the recipe trying to get the alcohol level up. I assume that it should be fermenting with lots of...