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I left the house after checking the fermenter and 2 hours later the lid blew off with a huge mess. I know I just joined the club. I quickly recovered it and put in a blow off tube. Unfortunately during all the commotion of trying to get it cleaned up before my wife got home and getting the...

I recently made a Pale Ale everything seemed to be going well, I was real close on my gravity goals and now 3 weeks after bottling I tried my first bottle last night and there was no carbonation. I added the packet of sugar to my bottling bucket just as I have done in the past so I don't know...

I am a new brewer, 2 batches so far. I consider myself a good cook that cooks from scratch. I would like to start adding some of my own personal touches to developing my beer recipes. Can anyone recommend a good book where I can learn more about malts, grains, yeast and hops? I want to learn...

I am making my first IPA my OG is 1.064 and I used a liquid yeast. I didn't do the best job of a aerating before hand. I just splashed the cooled wart into my bucket. That worked on my first batch but it was a smaller beer with dry yeast. It didn't start percolating until 35 hrs in. Should I...

Can I transfer from a 5 gallon bucket to a 6 gallon carboy for my dry hopping or do i need a 5 gallon carboy? Thanks,