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I've really been struggling with this lately. I changed my homebrew set up to go from a standard airlock to a blow off tube into a bottle of sanitzer a while back. The first time I did it, I noticed overnight that my bottle of sanitizer had gone down quite a bit. I found out that the changes in...

I started homebrewing last year and I've made five batches so far. I started off bottling like most people do and my last batch I made the jump to kegging in a small keg. It was awesome to not have to bottle at the end, however one issue I found now is how to transport my beer to share. On New...

I'm interested in brewing a honey blonde ale and have been looking for a recipe. But as I've been reading up on using honey in brewing I've found some conflicting information. On the one hand I've heard that you need to sterilize the honey because it can have contaminants (wild yeast?) so you...

Hello. I've done a few batches of homebrew so far, and I've only bottled up to this point. I'm thinking maybe I'm ready to make the jump to kegging. Are there some good beginner resources or guides to kegging you recommend? I don't really know anything about it. I know you need a keg and some...

I'm planning out a Christmas beer and drawing inspiration from a number of sources and looking for some advice how I can "Winter/Christmas" up a dunkel recipe. I have a dunkel recipe below that I've been wanting to try. A few years ago a local brewery had a Gingerbread Maibock that I thought was...

I've made three homebrews so far. This morning I took a gravity reading of my third beer, which is a NEIPA, and tasted how it's turning out. Like all the beers I've made so far, it's pretty good in terms of flavor, but I would describe the body as thin and watery. I'm following recipes...

I've got two brews under my belt so far and planning out my next homebrew. I'd like to try a hazy IPA but I've read that they are challenging for homebrewers because they are very prone to oxidation. I've also seen many tips to aerate wort because yeast need oxygen. I have noticed in the past...

I jumped into this hobby uncharacteristically with both feet without really thinking about it too thoroughly. I had friends say to me why homebrew, when you can just buy better beer for less money and hassle. I had my second brew day and that was running through my mind as I dropped $30 on...

Hi, I'm a little confused on how to calculate ABV. I'm using the Brewfather app and it saying the final ABV of my beer is 5.6%. I've also put the same starting and ending gravity readings into two online calculators and they say 5.51%. Why are they different?

I'm very new to homebrewing, and a question I've had is should I sanitize my hands. It seems to me that we spend all this time sanitizing equipment and it feels wrong to then touch that sanitized equipment with unsanitized hands. So I've been spraying my hands with star san whenever handling...

I have an immersion chiller, essentially some copper tubing wrapped up into a coil. I purchased it used on Craigslist. It looks like it could be home made but I've seen that exact thing sold in home brew shops so not sure. My problem with it is it is not tall enough to reach the bottom of my...

Hello! I brewed my first ever beer last weekend. It is fermenting in a carboy and I've taken a gravity sample and everything seems to be going surprisingly well. I'm using a Kveik yeast which calls for six days of fermenting. Brewfather app estimated about 6% ABV and I'm already at over 5% after...