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I have my first imperial stout and barleywines in secondary right now and have been aging them since may. I'm planning on bottling in October and letting them bottle condition until December. Should I add any extra yeast (like champagne yeast) when I do bottle to carbonate these high abv beers...

I'm relatively new to brewing. The intro video from Northern Brewer says to leave any sludge in the bottom of the brew pot when pouring into the fermenter. However, after a few batches, I feel my beers are lacking some flavor. Should I really leave the sludge out of the fermenter? Wouldn't that...

I live in Minnesota and am new to home brewing. Does anyone living in a cold climate have tips or tricks to lagering over the winter without using a chest freezer? I'd like to get some lagers going and I'm wondering if leaving the fermentor in my garage would get too cold, and if it will, will a...

I have a batch of black/blueberry wheat beer fermenting and ready to be bottled. However, there is a sludge on top of the beer. I broke through it to measure the SG and taste it and it tastes fine. Has anyone else ran into this? Do I remove it prior to bottling?

Has anyone tried adding fresh yeast along with the priming sugar at the time of bottling? I have a batch that seems to have stopped fermenting but has a higher SG than I'd like. I heard that a fresh yeast addition at bottling would address this while also carbonating the bottles. Any advice is...

I'm planning on testing out a double IPA recipe, but I've seen conflicting advice. Should I age it for 6-9 months, then dry hop, or should I dry hop right after primary and drink while it's young?