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Fellow brewers, I brewed an oatmeal stout (link to stout) from northern brewer a month ago. The recipe called for a OG of 1.049, which I hit, but it doesn't mention what the FG should end up at. I used the yeast 1098 British Ale, but I can't remember if I made a starter or not. I have...

Hello all, In my infinite wisdom I purchased three beer kits with the same yeast and only bought one yeast vile. I was thinking, why by three yeast viles when I can just grow more yeast. I never thought about it but I really don't know how to grow yeast the best way given my situation. I...

So my IPA has been sitting in the primary fermenter for a month and the gravity is reading 1.02. It should be at 1.015. I have a party two weeks from now so I really want to carb this beer on CO2 asap. Ok to keg, or do I wait a day or two and lose a couple days of Carbonation. 1.02 is a...

This fermentation has been different than the first 20 beers I have done... There where big gross bubbles like I have never seen before. 6 days later it isn't settling back into the beer at all. Is everything ok? Should I just SBRAHAHB.. That acronym doesn't look right....

My bar build started yesterday and since I have learned so much from this website I felt like I owed it to people that haven't done a bar build to use my bar build as a guide. There is a lot to think about when building a bar with a built in Chest Freezer. I'm no carpenter either.. In fact I...

I plan on moving to all grain brewing in the near future and I want to make sure I buy the correct equipment the first time. Currently Birdman brewing is selling has a "10 Gallon Polar Ware-Igloo Cooler MLT" on sale for $109. That seems to be just the cooler and the bulkhead though. you...

I am currently making the AHS cream ale and I screwed up and need some advice! I was suppose to put 1 oz Willamette hops (4.7 alpha)in at 60 minutes and 1 oz fuggle hops (4.2 alpha)in the last five minutes. However I just put in the fuggle hops at 60 minutes! Should I just add the Willamette...

I am going to make my second beer this weekend and I was planning on making my yeast starter this evening. For my second beer I was going to make the Extract 8 from NB. This is a much stronger beer than my first and requires a lot more yeast. The extract beer I am making has an OG of...

I am about to brew my first batch in the near future and I have a question for you all. I bought an Irish Red Ale extract kit from NB. The recipe calls for me to heat 2.5 gallons of water. I bought a 10 Gallon brew kettle and I have read the advantages of boiling more wort initially as...