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I'm getting ready to dry hop an IPA I currently have in my secondary (no krausen left on top, so I assume fermentation is all or nearly complete). I have pellet cascade hops for dry hopping, which came in my extract kit. My questions are: a) do you guys recommend using a hop bag for this...

I have an IPA that sat in primary for almost two weeks and I racked to secondary yesterday. I checked this morning (beer now in a carboy) and its not showing any signs of fermentation. Beer looks completely flat with no krausen at all on top. My primary fermentation was fast and furious. Is it...

Im in my second day of fermentation and when I got home today I had some of my brew coming up through the air lock. The star san I had in the airlock was brown and some yeast appears to have come up through the whole in the lid. I think the air lock may have gotten clogged. I changed out the...

I am doing my first ever brew with liquid yeast and tried to do a starter. I did 1 cup of DME 4 cups of water. I brought the water to a boil and then stirred in the DME. Fighting boil overs, I boiled for about 15 minutes. I took off heat and cooled in an ice bath until 75 degrees. Then I added...

I am really new to brewing, but do you guys know what the benefits of doing a partial mash over an extract brew are? I know extract saves time vs a full grain brew, but wasn't sure how much extra time it takes to do a partial mash over an extract brew. I've heard that doing a partial makes a...

I just finished my first brew (a Hyland's Pale Ale clone) and am very pleasantly surprised about the taste (my goal was that it would at least be drinkable). My only issues are a) the beer isn't nearly as clear as I would have expected (almost looks like a wheat beer), and b) although the taste...