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hi,i became addicted to drinking beer 7-8 years ago,but from when i started to brew my own beer i drink too too much beer.i can say i drink 2 liters or even more a day.i don't know if this is too much but my family and friend always tell me too decrease it and my father says it'll be harmful if...

i'm gonna to make ultra bitter beer,and if i only want to use hops it will be expensive.i want to if anyone has any information about using Bitrex as bittering agent (beside hops) in beer ? thanks.

i live in an apartment ,i'm wondering if can grow hops indoor ? i have a small balcony space too(because my brewing stuff take most of the place) can i grow hops in a pot and put it in balcony ? thanks.

i'm going to bottle my beer and let it sit for another two weeks.i don't know if should i add prime sugar or add gelatin to the beer first (clarifying or carbonation first) ? can i add both ? thanks.

despite mills are expensive for me to buy i decided to build my own,after some failures i find another ancient model.does this mill works ? the screw is tighten to lower stone and upper one is free to turn.and a nut to adjusting free space between two stones. thanks.

i read a recipe somewhere with 2-rows and rice as adjunct !!! that was really simple beer,but i can'r remember where it was.does anyone know a recipe like that ?

Does airlock bubbling and beer carbonation have any relativity ? i mean in some beers maybe the airlock does not bubbling at all or for some few hours, like one of my recent batches,so should i worry about carbonation ?

i'm going to do decoction mash for my next brew,i read some tutorials and i learn many things from them ,but i have one difficulties with this method: when you pour all grains into brew pot how to filter 10lbs grain from wort ?? my brew pot doesn't have false bottom so i can't just open the...

if they do the same job why people pull one out and then put another !? i know blow off tube is safer and won't clog so why don't always use that instead off airlock?

i brewed a batch of brown ale today but after boiling for 2 hours there was about 6 gallon wort in brew pot (i have a 5 gallon carboy),so i filled the carboy till it was full of wort without any headspace ,actually when i putted the lid some wort spilled out.i don't know but suddenly i remembred...

once i brewed a batch of beer with yarrow instead of hops,fortunately it turns out good (i like it but not everyone).now i want to make a beer with worm wood instead of hops,my question is which part of wormwood should i use ? flowers or leaves ? thanks.

i have a 6 gallon old igloo (other than my mash tun) in home.i want to know if i can use it as a fermenter ? and what about using it as secondary for long time (4-5 month) ? thanks.

hi,today i opened the lid of carboy and the smell made me nerveous because that was the smell of my previous batch which gone sour.i tasted it and yes, this is my second sour (infected !?) batch of beer.one month ago when the first one gone sour i thought it was becasue of carboy stains that...

hi,i brewed a batch of brown ale 2 weeks ago and then pitched the yeast,the airlock started to bubbling vigorously after a day. there was no airlock activity from 3 days ago,so today i opened the lid of fermenter and pour a vial of yeast again and swirled the fermenter,i see the airlock...

I'm currently reading a book about history of beer and brewing,somewhere i read that yarrow has been used for many years in Nordic countries as a substitute for hops and the writer has said it has preservative effects like hops too.I'm wondering if i can use it as hops alternative or beside it ...

i want to buy a mill so i can mill my malt but first i want to be sure if it costs because someone told me which i can use meat grinder instead.so i used meat grinder for a small amount of malts.malts was crushed into smaller pieces and it produced more flour than ready crushed malts.i want to...

i think my cloudy beer is because of my dusty malt,so i decide to put the malts in a bag and soak it in a cool water pot for a little while, just before mashing. does this decrease efficiency more than 10% ? thanks.

hi,i am gonna to brew a batch of Bavarian hefeweizen: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f70/bee-cave-brewery-bavarian-hefeweizen-35679/ there is 4# of wheat in recipe;i want to know if it's flaked wheat or malted wheat or ... ? thanks.

My beer is very dark because i don't have access to Irish moss so i want to know if i can use simple water filters like these for clarifying my beer ?! And if i can,when should i use it ? after fermentation or before it ? Thanks.

Hi,i made a batch of chocolate stout 4 days ago.at first day the airlock bubbled vigorously, i can say there was no interruption between bubbles which came out of the airlock.now at the day 4 it's slowed down to 1 bubble every minute;so i pulled out the airlock and putted a cork instead for more...