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This is my 6th brew. All successful but this one. Full boil Sweet Stout. The color is black. Solid black. This is the first time I made no stupid mistakes. It tastes kind of burnt. I'm not a big stout fan to begin with but I like a sweet beer and I wanted to brew a dark beer. My question...

I was chilling my 8 gallon kettle in a blue keg tub full of ice with the lid on. I swirled it really good then I took the lid off to take a temp reading and a few drops of ice water that splashed on the lid dripped in my wort. My question is, how and when will I know if it was continated and...

I brewed a Sweet Stout. I had no problems. I did a full boil and started with 5 gallons of water but after removing the steeping grain bags and through evaporation I lost well over a gallon. So I topped it off to 5g and was careful to pitch the yeast at a room temperature to my wort at around...

Maybe this is a stupid question. I did a full boil of a Sweet Stout and after my boil I lost more than a gallon of wort. I took a reading before I topped off to 5 gallons and it read 1.24 instead of 1.045 as it should have. Is it because it was concentrated? I don't want to disturb it to...

My liquid tube doesn't have a date. How long is it good for? I bought it January 12th 2014. Stupid of me to have let it hang but I had to. I brew in Baja and **** happens.

So what would happen if you accidentally spilled a tad of vodka into the air lock onto the wort because you forgot to put the top plastic cone thing on your fermenter first?

I have a batch of Hefe in it's 6th day in primary fermenter. I'm in Baja Ca and it's been really hot here. I keep the fermenter wrapped with a black wet towel and have a fan on it. It's been hanging around 78 degrees during the day the past few days. I live in a solar home so I have no AC...

The recipe is just too simple to mess up but I have twice now. My root beer is flat. I saved it and got it back down to room temperature. How can I fix it. It tastes fine except for no carbonation.

I'm leaving for Mexico in 15 days or so. I don't want to haul all my equipment but I need to leave soon. Can I brew a batch and dare haul it after bottling? It's a 7 hour drive. I'm brewing a Hef.

Something came up and I may have to put off a brew for a few weeks and I already bought a liquid Hefeweizen vile. It's in my fridge. So how long can I put this off to without it loosing it's umf?

Don't know what I did wrong but my root beer is flat. I used whole grain Hogson Mill dry yeast. I let it sit at room temp for 3 1/2 days and put it in the fridge when the plastic bottle got really firm. I put more yeast in it and sat it out again. Will that help?

I brewed a Hefeweizen. Did a partial boil. Did it right in my kitchen and chilled it in my bath tub. Bottled it 2 weeks later. Turned out great. Maybe a tad over carbonated. I added 2/3 cup of regular white sugar to prime with. Should I use a bit less next time?

Need a recommendation for a good beginner home brewing magazine. Beginner is the key word here. Something educational but something fun too. SWMBO is commenting on how it's taking me forever to read John Palmer's "How to Brew". I won't admit that I re-read chapters over and over for...

I've read quite a few threads regarding problems of every sort when buying what appears to be a good deal on burners. What are some important things to keep in mind? My pot is 14.5" in diameter. It's an 8 gal aluminum pot. For now I don't have any plans to upgrade. I only want to do full...

It gets really hot where I live (So Cal) and I was wondering if I'm going to need to consider that when I brew this summer. I'm thinking the best place at my house might still be in the low 80's.

I only used 20' of copper tubing and am now thinking I should have gone bigger. I'm planning on using it with my 8 gallon aluminum pot (full boils). Am I right?

I think I'd like to try it but I don't really know I have the need to as I'm just brewing simple extracts and no strong beers. Hefes for example. will it make a difference?

Can you weld a ball valve onto an aluminum kettle? I know nothing about welding.

There is a beer I like made in Redlands. it's called Orange Wheat. How would I go about imitating the recipe ?

I set a thermometer on top of my fermenting bucket while wrapped in towels. We keep the house pretty cold just because we like it that way. Anyway the thermometer has been reading 60*. Can I assume the actual temp of the beer is 60* as well? I read a thread that said room temp and actual...