I had planned on brewing last night. However, due to sick kids and other non beer drinking related things I was unable to get out there. So here is the issue: I "brewed" up my yeast starter on Saturday afternoon. It's been sitting on my stir plate since and looks ok to me. How long can I...

Hello all, I am finally returning to the site. I've been a bit busy in the past months with personal stuff (new addition to the family) but haven't stopped brewing. I return to the surprise of new management and have been reading quite a bit about what is going on. I would like to offer my...

Anyone want to give me your thoughts on should I rack my fruit beer to secondary? I'm not opening the single vs 2 stage fermentation, I've read enough of those. Do you think that this recipe will benefit from being taken off the fruit after 7 days or to leave it the full 3 weeks? Basic Wheat...

Noob question: So I brewed my raspberry beer this weekend. On Sunday I put my brew (basic wheat -extract) in the primary bucket with a 3 piece airlock. Along with this I added 2.5 lbs of pureed raspberries. I checked my bucket yesterday and all was well. Bubbling along as expected. Then...

I have a question on using Maltodextrin. I've read a few forum posts on homebrewtalk but wanted to see what everyone says here. I brewed this recipe and felt it was a bit watery. http://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/r ... -ale-clone I'm getting ready to brew it again. Does anyone have...

Hello everyone from here in Maryland. I have been using this site for quite some time for the brew sessions. Really enjoy this feature. I'm sitting here enjoying my latest brew (double IPA), only my 4th one. I'm really enjoying brewing and wonder why I haven't done this sooner. My wife is...