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I had a packof Wyeast 1028 that inflated pretty well and pitched it into some 1.046 Wort on this past friday evening. (Aerated for a couple mins with pure O2 and diffusion stone). It took 36 hours to show Krausen. It was going pretty good for about 48 hours and the Krausen dropped. I am...

I am brewing a somewhat high gravity pumpkin ale 1.070, with 2 packs of safale us-05. It was fermenting strong for 5 days or so and the krausen dropped by day 7. I raised the temp from 65 to 66 degrees (temp controlled chest freezer setup) and this morning i heard some bubbling in the blow off...

I did my first fruit beer by taking a kit for a blonde ale, let it complete primary fermentation and after a total of 8 days from brew day adding a can of Vintner's Harvest Fruit Puree - Blueberry and 3 additional lbs of thawed bagged frozen blueberries from the grocery store. It's been about...

Was shopping around online and noticed austin homebrew does not carry crystal 60l. But they have english crystal 60-75...? These have got to be different right? Is english crystal different than american? Even with similar color? Thanks!

Found some bottled spring water in my local grocery store that has a water breakdown on the label. Looking for feedback if this will work for general brewing or if I should look into additives. See attached Picture. Thanks!! My first two brews had a noticeable acidic/metallic taste and I am...

Found some bottled spring water in my local grocery store that has a water breakdown on the label. Looking for feedback if this will work for general brewing or if I should look into additives. See attached Picture. Thanks!! My first two brews had a noticeable acidic/metallic taste and I am...

Hey everyone, My first two batches are in bottles. My first batch was AG northern brewers smashing pumkin with 3-4lbs of butternut squash and canned pumpkin added in the mash. -Fermented 3 weeks in primary at 65 then bottled. -Yeast was safale US-05 My second batch was AG nothern brewers...

Hey guys, I'm a little bumed, I brewed an all grain pumpkin beer with canned pumpking and butter nut squash. I used safale 05 as the yeast, (its the NB smashing pumpkin kit) Anyways, on day 10 I took a sample for gravity and it was down to 1.006. I just took a gravity reading and its...

Hey guys, Going to be doing Caribou Slobber as my first all grain brew. The Dry yeast in the kit is Danstar Windsor Ale Dry Yeast. I have read numerous threads stating that this yeast almost never finishes under 1.020 final gravity, and often its higher. Without re-pitching before...

Hi guys, I have never brewed before and don't have much interest in starting with extract. I also don't want to invest in equipment that I may outgrow quickly and have to invest in bigger stuff, Id rather take the hit upfront and save in the long run. I'm quickly realizing that this can...