Questions tagged [beginner]
FAQ focused at beginner home brewers
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Starting out with brooklyn brew shop starting kit
So I recently purchased a home brew kit from Brooklynbrewshop.com and I have a question on the mashing process defined in the instructions. So it says that I am to place the malt into a pot of 170 ...
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Huge headspace and pale ale fermentation time
I just brewed my 3rd biab batch last Saturday and pitched 3 white lab liquid yeast(i was told to do that because the yeast were expired). I was left with 15l and filtered it using a cheese cloth as I ...
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Foam collapsed after less than 1 day
First time brewer here.
I got a Brooklyn Brew Shop kit for a NE IPA on my birthday and followed all the instructions, I thought, well. I pitched the yeast sometime in the afternoon this Sunday and ...
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Activity in fermenter has increased suddenly after 2 weeks, why?
I'm a total beginner and really appreciative of any advice here. I'm making a 1 gallon batch of IPA from a kit. I brewed 16 days ago, and in the first 48 hours of the wort being in the fermenter it ...
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Caramel Coffee Mead
I'm looking into brewing a mead in the near future. I have exactly 0 experience brewing anything. I'm going to buy a store-bought brewing kit in the next few weeks if everything lines up.
I'm ...
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Sugar lager/cider brewing
What, if any, is the difference between brewing sugar and priming sugar?
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Balloon-airlock filling up fast
So I’m making some very simple mead (it’s my first time) and I use a balloon on top of my “container” to make sure it doesn’t blow up. But the balloon has already been blown up quite significantly in ...
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Apple wine fermentation
I have added yeast nutrients and yeast together at the beginning of my wine process.
Is this a bad idea as it was by mistake?
Cesar
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Priming solution or add sugar to individual bottles?
From what I've read, it seems that the old technique of adding a given amount of sugar to each bottle for priming isn't recommended anymore. Instead, just about every source recommends boiling ...
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What exactly is krausen (and why does this batch not have much)?
...and as a followup, how much should I care?
I've always used krausen presence as a rough indicator of fermentation vigor in primary. But my current batch hardly has any, with a few days at never ...
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Is there a benefit to a full 60 (plus) minute boil, as opposed to shorter boil/more hops?
The idea is pretty simple: bittering due to alpha acid isomerization is a function of boil time and quantity of bittering hops. Hence, it's quoted that from an alpha acid standpoint, a 15 minute boil ...
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Can I cold crash if I'll be bottle-conditioning?
I've seen cold crashing presented as a means of clearing beer by knocking much of the yeast out of suspension. But it seems to be a technique that's used by brewers who keg. Is there still enough ...
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Making a strong belgian ale
I'm pretty new to home brewing. I made a 1 gallon Belgian Ale kit which came out pretty good and then did a 5-gallon Strong Belgian Ale recipe I found on the internet which also came out pretty well. ...
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First time brewing with Mr. Beer
First attempt at home brew. Not sure what to look for. My brewing time line so far is:
28 days in fermenter tank.
Bottled at room temp for 36 days.
Put in fridge yesterday, 24 hours refrigerated ...
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Is this an okay recipe?
This is my first time brewing my own beer. I plan on making a pale ale using 2x Coopers Light Malt Extract in 5 gallons of water. I've recently bought 100g of each of the following hops (and plan to ...
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