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Okay so this is our first clone attempt and it was a little intimidating until we realized the end result will be beer that tastes good. What we came up with is based on the grain, hops, and gravity/abv info from S.N.. This is our first stout as well, but we were too impatient to brew a...

Hello HBTC, I was looking for some tips on tasting young beer. I bottled a Baltic Porter kit yesterday and sampled the F.G. to see what I could taste. I have read that this particular style is one for long-term aging, but I am not sure what flavors are associated with a beer being to young...

I was pitching my starter into my wort the other day and heard the distinctive plunk of the stir-bar falling into my fermenter. This roused an idea I had a while back to use the stir-plate during fermentation. I did not attempt this due to not really understanding if it would help or hurt. I...

Hello HBT Community, I just finished my first brew day in quite a while and with a very different set-up and procedure than I had in the past. I am cautiously optimistic about the batch but have some concerns I would like to throw out that others have probably encountered and addressed. I...

Hello to everyone on HBT! I am a graduate student in Houston, TX hoping to start brewing again soon. I have brewed five times with the first being an unmitigated disaster, then next three being solid, and the last one being somewhat disappointing. I use a 7-gallon plastic bucket as a primary...