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My Everyday IPA was very cloudy and I have a lot of yeast in the bottom of my bottle. Is there a way to filter your beer before pouring it into your glass?

That is the one thing I notice is he doesn't do is "sparge." I have tried some of his beer and to me it taste kind of bland, but he loves it. Thank you everyone for the answers. I hesitate in giving him suggestions being new. How would you like someone you take under your wings and that person...

We are doing what he calls half batches (half of 5 gallon), so in other words 2 1/2 gallon batches.

Would it not be better as my Brew Shop Kit directions said to do, to heat the other amount of water you are going to use and pour that through the gain to extract more of the sugars? The other batch we did on another day he had me poured the 2 gallons of water into the wort just before...

I brewed my first batch of beer using Brooklyn Brew Shop Kit. I followed the direction carefully and the beer came out great. A friend introduced me to a home brewer who was looking for someone to brew beer with. I was under the impression that he was experienced. After brewing some...