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I have been fermenting a wit for 7 days now. The initial few days went well, good vigorous activity, but the krausen still has not dropped. Normally after 3-4 days of vigourous activity the beer begins to clear, do I have a problem? Could it still be fermenting. The OG was 1.044, haven't...

I am looking to build a kegerator using a chest freezer. I want to be able to have two beers on tap with room to store an additional keg or two or a carboy. Are there any suggestions of a particular freezer that works better then others i.e. brand, size, etc.? How about temperature...

I just brewed my first all grain batch on Thursday. I did a single infusion mash with a batch sparge. During the initial phase of the mash I had the temperature higher then I wanted (>160 degrees for about 10-15 minutes), then only got the mash down to around 158-160 for about 50-55 minutes...

I just built a mash tun using a 10 gallon rubbermaid beverage cooler. After installing the statinless steel spigot, I couldn't get it to stop leaking. I added plumber's putty on the outside of the cooler and can't see any pushing through to the inside. The plumber's putty did the trick, but...

I recently brewed a pumpkin ale, that fermented great, started with an OG around 1.054 and finished at 1.012. I bottled with 3/4 cup of corn sugar and let sit for 10 days. I put four bottles in the fridge at 10 days to try and all four bottles had low to no carbonation. Could this be because...

Does anyone know of a good homebrew store near Arlington Heights, IL? I'm looking to brew a Pumpkin Ale, kind of last minute decission, and will need to buy all my grains, extract, hops, etc. at the store.

I will be bottling a porter soon that I am going to add a couple of teaspoons of almond extract to at bottling. Should I boil the extract with the priming sugar to ensure it is sanitary or can I just dump it directly into my bottling bucket at the time of bottling?

Is there a difference between rolled oats and flaked oats? If a recipe calls for 1 pound of rolled oats is the equivalent needed for flaked oats as a substitute?

I am going to be brewing a porter that calls for a single vanilla bean in the secondary. Should I split the bean and use the inside or just throw the whole bean into the secondary? Should I be concerned of sanitizing the bean before putting into the secondary? If so what is the best method to...