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Hello HBT! I'm getting married in a few months. My fiancé really wants me to supply the majority of beer for our wedding guests. I'm planning on brewing 3 different 5-gallon batches. I'm planning on going with 1 light, 1 hoppy-ish, and 1 maltier and darker beer. 1. Cream ale or rice lager 2...

I decided I wanted to start brewing with the addition of salts recently and paid for a test from Ward Labs. Here are my results - the only thing that seems high to me is the bicarbonate. Do I just have to add acid for that? Otherwise this seems like a fairly reasonable water source to work with...

I have bottles of mead I have not finished from my first batch I ever brewed. I did 3 gallons and split it into different flavored gallons. There must have been residual sugars from the additions left in the bottles or - because I did not add anything to stop yeast - they became carbonated. Not...

Edit: How long can I leave the following in secondary: cherries, apples/cinnamon, mixed berry.

Started my first mead a couple weeks ago. Fermentation seems a little slow and I'd like to know how to speed up the process to keep the yeast healthy. I've added a small amount of Wyeast Wine Nutrient Blend twice and activity seems to perk up post-addition. Should I just keep adding a bit of...

On April 25th I brewed v2.0 of my IPA. I only tweaked the recipe slightly from before (addition of Cascade hops paired with Cashmere) and kept a better eye on the temperature. It is now May 16th and the FG is still not what I was expecting. On Monday of this week I opened the fermenter and gave...

Just snagged myself a non-functioning Danby Wine Cooler off CL. I do not have the intention of lagering anything so I just wanted a chamber I could heat gently. Maybe one day I'll see what someone thinks they would charge to fix it. Anyway, what are all the things I'll need for this fermentation...

I used a refractometer to get my SG post-boil for both my APA and IPA I brewed. These were both my first brews on my new BIAB setup. I just wanted to make sure I am doing these calculations correctly as fermentation has (likely) ended at this point. Both were brewed on 2/15/20. I used the...

This site has an excellent wealth of knowledge and some (seemingly) very helpful and friendly members. We all just want to brew good beer and share that with friends and family! I'm still very new to brewing. I was gifted a Northern Brewer $100 starter kit 3 years ago. I've brewed 2 extract...