Can someone point me to a link or video that would show me how to reliably harvest yeast from trub? I've not ever done it before. Going to try and harvest US-05. I know it's inexpensive but I'd like to learn what all the fuss is about. Can I put it in the freezer, how much to I get, how to store...

Ok so I'm sorry - this has been discussed to death, I get that. But I'm not sure what to do after reading what I've read on this.. I'll be bottling this week a very hoppy IPA with lots of dry hops. I want to cold crash to get the hops to settle. I don't have a keg system yet but thing that's...

Hi Guys.. this recipe: https://brewdogrecipes.com/recipes/punk-ipa-2010-current says in the bottom right to dry hop for 5 days at 14C / 57F. I brewed yesterday and the yeast is well at it. The recipe says ferment at 66F which I'm doing. Normally people add dry hops after krausen falls. But if...

Hi Guys.. haven't been brewing and running out of beer. I'm going to make an IPA tomorrow that has a bunch of different hops but they're added at different times. I'm relative to most of you guys new to this so some advice please.. The recipe calls for hops at beginning, middle and end and...

Hi Guys.. I cold crashed 5g of cream ale over the last few days at 38F. I'm going to bottle tomorrow morning so I just turned the fridge off and opened the door to bring it back up to room temp. It struck me that maybe I've gotten rid of too much yeast in the beer and onto the traub. Is that a...

I want to get a bigger kettle. I don't see my batch size growing beyond say 5 - 7 gallons. So i think 10g is enough. And I don't want to have a HLT, mashtun, kettle etc. So i"m valuing simple and space saving. I'm thinking it might be easiest to get something that's all in one like this...

Hi friends.. I made this brew today: https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/943135/cream-of-3-crops-cream-ale I'm not sure if the recipe is inputted properly. I warmed 5 gallons of campden treated water to 163, put it into my big orange cooler, added the grains into a grain bag...

So I finally got around to bottling this oatmeal stout: https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/920489/oatmeal-stout It really should be called a coffee oatmeal stout - very neat flavour with chocolate and coffee notes, but let's see when it carbonates. It's also going to be my last...

I'll apologize in advance (it's a Canadian thing I know), but I'm going ask some questions about building a mini-fridge fermentation chamber. I've searched google and the site and there are tons of comments on this issue - but I haven't found what I'm looking for. I have the fridge for free...

Hi.. I've made a blonde ale I really enjoyed, an Irish stout I messed up and will bottle an oatmeal stout this weekend. I'm looking to brew another beer and my buddy's in the mood for a cream ale. Not what I'd brew, but I'm happy to do this with him. Can someone recommend a good cream ale recipe...

I was wondering how many of you do continuous vs batch sparging? I'm getting a 10 gallon mash tun cooler and don't want to have two (one for the mash and another for the hot liquor) if I can hep it. So I'm thinking batch sparging is what I'll start with.. Thanks..

Hi Everyone.. after two weeks of bottling i"m trying this irish stout. It's dark but clear, has enough fizz but not much of a head, and is pretty bitter.. but drinkable.. just.. i'm wondering if the bitterness in a beer like this changes or softens with more bottle time...

Hi Everyone.. So I have some left over DME from my first brew in the spring, and some dark LME that I needed for a dark danish rye bread. I went to my local supply store and got some grains, hops and yeast and am thinking of making this recipe. It's pretty much made up as I'm experimenting...

Hi Guys.. I' made a batch of honey blond lager in the spring that worked well and am now trying my hand at an Irish Stout. I'm following a recipe from a local brew supply place and have all the ingredients. I'm going to brew this Saturday but really don't want to screw this up. I've attached...

Hi everyone.. making my first batch. It's a blonde ale that I added 1lb of raw honey to just after peak fermentation. It's day 20. I just took a sample reading. After I initially put it into the carboy I had a reading of 1.032 and today I got 1.006. For the OG I forgot to take it when my wort...

Hi Guys.. I'm thinking I'll bottle my first brew this weekend. I bought some bottling glucose and am using a carboy. I realize I'm not sure how to go about mixing the sugar into the brew? If i were using a bucket it would be easier as I could pour in the sugar, stir and bottle. But as I'm in a...

Hi Everyone.. I'm adding 1lb of raw honey to a 5g ale. I'm not getting the honey until tonight and it seems that last night was my fermentation peak / krausen. The air lock went from bubbling in rapid fire to much slower and the snow storm in the carboy has now settled but there's movement. Is...

Hi Everyone.. I just brewed my first batch and am trying to figure out how it all works. My goal was to make a Blond American Ale style partial mash beer using some local raw honey in the process. I have two question if you could help: Hops --- When I bought supplies I mentioned that I wasn't...