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I made a starter using a stir plate and didn't see any krausen layer? Would that be because the speed at which I had the stirplate going? I neglected to take an OG reading of my starter wort but i used 4 cups of water and 1 cup of DME. I did take a final reading which was down around 1.010 so...

1. When a batch comes out great it's a phenomenal experience. on my 4th batch I hit great efficiency numbers did almost everything textbook and the beer came out great. IT was a belgian and I'm not even a jhuge fan of belgians but this tasted amazing. I let a half dozen friends and strangers...

Hello all, I'm a newbie here but I think i'm better served asking the all grain experts rather than the beginner forum. thus far I've had good success with my few brews. Each time learning something and improving. On the last one, my goal was to improve efficiency and I did it in two ways...

So i would have put this in the bottling and kegging section but it seems like that section should be just called Kegging! I'm a newb with 4 batches under my belt, all recipes from the Brooklyn BrewShop book and they are big on using all natural elements so all the recipes pretty much call for...

I think my hydrometer is way off to put it mildly. its reading my tap water at 1.08 at 77* which when corrected would actually mean 1.10. Should I not sweat it because it's going to also be off by a similar amount when I check my final gravity? I'm new to this and I'm also trying to get a...

did some searching but not finding a whole lot. True or False, I can use hydrogen peroxide solution instead of oxiclean to clean fermenters and remove bottle labels? I'm testing it out now but curious for experienced users. I have some peroxide at home, planning to get oxiclean but just...

So this is my latest and greatest hobby. I'm an avid golfer (5hcap) and cyclist as well. When first getting into those endeavors, I frequented a lot of forums on the topics and they were helpful. Golf and cycling are great because there is tangible measured progress. If you are getting advice...

Newbie here, doing my first 5 gallon batch. Previously only done a 1 gallon kit from brooklyn brew shop which is an all grain kit. I didn't even know what an extract kit was until last week! Anyways, the 1 gallon kit came out great and I was hooked and went for a 5 gallon setup. I liked the...