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Going to experiment with cherry concentrate in an english ale. Plan is to bottle 1/2 of the ale after fermentation is complete and the other 1/2 add to a secondary fermenter with the cherry concentrate. It's a sour cherry concentrate made from Michigan cherries. How do I calculate the extent...

Hey brewers, Let me know your thoughts on this IPA and also any suggestions on the extra hop material going into the primary. Boiled 2 oz Centennial for 60 mins then took kettle off heat and added 2oz Cascade and 2oz Citra for 30 mins. The 4oz bag must have ripped and the hops ended up in...

I am doing a dry hop for the first time so I racked the beer from my pail to the carboy then placed 2 oz hops (Liberty) in a hop bag. The hops are floating. I kind of expected them to sink. Is that OK?

Is there a particular abv that makes a beer considered big? At what gravity do you need to consider using additional techniques for fermentation like additional packets of yeast, etc.

If I made a beer too strong and it's already been fermenting would there be any problem with boiling my priming sugar in say a gallon of water then adding that to my batch before bottling to get the abv more to what I am looking for?

This is my 3rd batch so I am new to brewing and my attempt is to brew a nut brown ale. I first baked 1 lb grains for 10 mins at 350 then put them in water and steeped for 30 minutes while water came to boil, then discarded the grains. Next I added 3.3 lbs LME, 2.5 lbs DME, and hops. Boiled for...