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This is my first time doing additions in a secondary for a stout and was wondering if I'm doing too much. It started with a basic stout recipe at 1.090 OG, right now it's 1.025. When I move it to a secondary next week I was going to add oak chips with some maker's mark for a week, then add...

This is my first time doing additions in a secondary for a stout and was wondering if I'm doing too much. It started with a basic stout recipe at 1.090 OG, right now it's 1.025. When I move it to a secondary next week I was going to add oak chips with some maker's mark for a week, then add...

I am thinking about trying a 1 gallon experimental beer. And was thinking if it ends up being a high OG, should I just pitch a full packet of dry yeast? Or would that cause a lot of off flavors? Any input?

A friend of mine just gave me an empty regular keg. I usually don't make enough to fill that keg. Is there anything wrong with filling it partial way? And is there anything I should do especially since it's a used keg from a restaurant?

If you had a basic beginner home brew set up (5 gallon carboy/secondary) for extract brewing, which piece of equipment would you want to add to your set up most ( fermentation chamber/all grain/keg/kegerator etc..)?

While I was doing my mini mash, I noticed my mashing temp got higher than I wanted. nearly 170. I know thats a big no no while brewing. My OG ended up higher than expected. Would these two mistakes be related? And if so, would my FG end up being higher is there anything I can do to fix it? I...

While I was doing my mini mash, I noticed my mashing temp got higher than I wanted. nearly 170. I know thats a big no no while brewing. My OG ended up higher than expected. Would these two mistakes be related? And if so, would my FG end up being higher is there anything I can do to fix it? I...

I just brewed my third batch, its a brown ale and turned out with a higher OG (1.080) than expected. I expected it to be 1.060, so there can be some user error involved. I pitched the yeast as suggested, but I'm nervous that it will not be enough, its been two days and everything is going...