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Thanks, I'll look for a good recipe!

Hi, I have some random ingredients sitting around from some previous batches. I was hoping someone would have some ideas on if I could combine these to make a beer. Any ideas? Belgian chocolate malt Cascade hops Mosaic hops

As long as you rinse it well it is safe to use bleach? Has there ever been health problems with this?

I am currently in the process of brewing a belgian dubbel. I put the grains in and have the water at 150 degrees and realized I used up all my sanitizer from my last batch. It is late and nothing is open. Is there anything I could substitute for the one step sanitizer at this time now that I...

Thanks, that wasn't obvious to me, I appreciate your help. I thought the potential alcohol reading on the side was the alcohol content. Thanks again, I'm new at this.

I want to take a hydrometer reading from the beer in the carboy. How do you get it in there and get it out? Do you tie a string to it or will that affect the reading? I tied some floss to it and the reading says it is only like 3% alcohol. It has been fermenting for over 2 weeks now, I would...

My brown ale has been fermenting for two weeks now, which is how long the instructions say to ferment it before bottling. I am still seeing bubbles come up through the air lock, about one every two or three minutes. Does this mean alcohol is still being produced and I should wait on bottling...

What does racking mean? And what is primary and secondary. I am doing the whole fermentation in my glass carboy, is that not what I'm supposed to do?

I forgot to initially take a hydrometer reading. I want to do it now and the beer is in the third day of fermentation. Can I take off the stopper to do this or is this not a good time to do so? Also, can I take a reading right from the convoy or do I have to remove some? If so, what is the...

Hello and thanks for getting back to me so quickly. For futures sake should I leave the sludge out? Also I have a 6 gallon glass carboy and my home brew calls for making 5 gallons. I just estimated on my first batch but for best results it probably should be rather precise. Why do they not...

This is my first time brewing beer. I am doing an american pale ale, I call it Piciformes Pale. After doing all the boiling and adding the hop pellets I poured the whole batch, sludge and all into my convoy. I just read that you are supposed to leave as much of that out as possible. Is this...