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I looked up the purpose of bentonite, and found that it is a clearing agent. I bought a winexpert riesling kit, and they always have me add it before mixing juice and water and pitching yeast. I guess I'm just confused as to why they cal l for this addition do early. Their wine always comes...

So im doing my best to enjoy my first brew, a pale ale kit from my lhbs. It has some off flavor that I can't really describe. Bitter is all that really comes to mind (maybe metallic?). I know I pitched while it was still warmer than it should have been, around 80°f Also, it was fermenting in...

I've seen multiple people on here say to toss the sample after testing gravity. If the hydrometer and the tube are sanitized, what's wrong with pouring it back in?

I'm a rookie brewer in the teton cities area. I've asked a couple questions skyway and gotten great responses. Nice to meet you guys and I'm looking forward to being able to answer people's questions one day instead of only asking them

The wife left the basement light on all day today after she went down there this morning. The light is directly over my carboy, and fermentation is almost done

This is (or maybe was) a peak pale ale from a kit at my local brew shop. There hasn't been much action in there for the past couple weeks and now after taking hydrometer readings, I'm getting this foam on the top and fermentation send to be now active again, according to tge bubbling action in...

Hey guys, I'm fermenting my first batch right now, and an having so much fun with this. I love beer and I also love spicy things, on my next batch I'd like to combine the two. I had an awesome jalapeno beer in Weed, California, and would like to emulate that, but maybe with habaneros. Is this...