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One year for me. I brew for the beer not the "experience", the quicker I can finish the brew the better. I do add 7 extra ferment days to every batch, I find that the beer is much clearer when I do.

I need some advise on heating and/or cooling my fermenter. I'm in Reno, NV with 100 degree summer days and 0 degree winter days, my garage is not insulated and the way my house sits it could be 35 degrees in there on a winter morning and 50 degrees in there by mid-afternoon because of the sun...

Thanks to all replied to my question, you guys are great. These little "beastie" yeasties are amazing, last night at midnight there was some co2 coming but NO Krausen, at 7:30 this morning there was co2 coming out and about an inch of Krausen on top of the wort. Amazing little creatures! I...

Ok, thanks. Like I said my previous 2 brews took 50-60 hrs for co2 development, not going to get excited until tomorrow.

I used a Wyeast smack-pack for the first time Tuesday and apparently I didn't "smack" it hard enough because when I opened the package to pitch the inner packet was still intact. I cut open the inner pack poured it into the yeast, shook it and pitched. So here's the question, is it going to...

Cute, someone with a sense of humor I love it.

I'm new to brewing and somewhat confused, my wife says I'm totally confused but that's a different subject. So here goes: I tried to figure the IBU of my current brew but get different results depending on the calculator used. "IBU Calculator " at Brewers Friend, HomeBrewing.com, a downloaded...