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Last night I removed packages of blackberries and raspberries from the freezer to the fridge to thaw before putting in secondary. Something came up and I couldn’t transfer my beer to secondary. I can’t do it tonight and will have to wait till tomorrow. Will the fruit still be okay for the beer...

I recently went to Goose Island brewery and went on a tour. I got to try a version of their bourbon barrel stout that isn’t available to the public. It was aged with raspberries and blackberries. I was considering trying to recreate this because I really enjoyed it. Has anyone tried anything...

Hey guys, I wanted to convert this all grain recipe to extract for an Irish whiskey barrel stout. If anyone has any recipes they recommend, I would love to see them too. Here is the link: http://www.craftedpours.com/homebrew-recipe/irish-whiskey-soaked-oak-aged-stout-homebrew-recipe

I just tried an oatmeal IPA I just brewed. I tried one bottle and split it between 2 glasses for my girlfriend and I to try. It tasted great and had good carbonation. After I finished it though. A layer of foam stayed in the glass. Not just the edges, the whole glass. What would cause this?

I brewed the bear republic hop rod rye clone from Austin home brew. I did extract kit. The og was supposed to be 1.072 and I got 1.078. I just transferred to secondary and dry hopped it after 11 days. My Gravity was 1.030 where it was supposed to be 1.017. I realize now I should of let it sit...

Is this normal? Does it usually happen?

I brewed a rye IPA and I'm using a blow off tube for the first time. I have it in my primary bucket with a hose going into a growler with a starsan mix. Checked it and the fermentation is so violent that it is overflowing from the growler with foam and sediment. It is still gurgling. Should I...

I brewed a kit for a cherry wheat as one of my first brews. I did it with cherries in the secondary and the recipe called for an ounce of tettnang at 60 and an ounce of hersbrucker at 2 minutes. I have a recipe for an American wheat that calls for 3/4 of an ounce of cascade at 60 minutes and a...

So there is a new local craft brewery near me called Sand City. They have an oatmeal IPA. I really enjoyed it and wanted to do something similar. I asked the owner what hops they used and I was going to use an Extract IPA recipe I have already used and just change to the hops he used and add...

I got the clone kit from austin homebrew for the harpoon ufo hefeweizen. I wanted to make it a raspberry hefeweizen like harpoon also makes. I was going to add fresh rasp in the secondary. I'm not really sure on how much raspberries to add. I want the flavor to be noticeable, but not overpowering.

I'm brewing it tomorrow. I was gonna use 3 oranges and 2 lemons in my primary. Would that be too overpowering for a 5 gallon batch?

I decided I'm going to go with the orange and lemon combo. I'm going to rack it in my secondary after a week or so in primary. How long should I let it sit in secondary?

Do you think one of each, a lime, orange, and lemon would be good for a 5 gallon batch?

If I zest an orange, lemon, and lime for the boil and did the same for secondary, would that be a good amount? To little or too much? It is a 5 gallon batch.

I'm making a summer ale and I wanted to add some citris zest; orange, lemon, and lime. I want to do it with fresh fruit, but I'm not too sure on how to add it and how much. Would one of each fruit be good? Should I throw it in the boil and if I do, what time? Should I rack it in my secondary? I...

One can for a 5 gallon batch or more?

Should I crush the frozen cherries before I rack them or put them in as is?

If I bought a bag of frozen cherries, would 5 pounds be good for a 5 gallon batch? Or do I need more?

I have a midwest cherry wheat extract kit. It comes with a 4 oz. bottle of cherry extract. I've read that cherry extract makes it taste like cough syrup. I wanted to add either fresh sweet cherries or use 100% cherry juice. My concern about the fresh fruit is that I've never done it before and I...

How did this work out?