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I get a lot of foam if I pour very slowly. But if i open the tap all the way and pour fast then I get almost no foam

This is my first time using a keg system so I'm very new to this way of carbonation. Because this is my first time using a keg, I just went with a coopers Canadian blonde kit, so I could focus more on correcting keg problems, rather then correcting beer problems. So the beer tastes great but here is...

I just had a quick question. I've always put malto-dextrin in my beer to increase alcohol %. I've done 3 batches so far and had 1 turn out well but still seemed light, bout 3.8-4.5%. I was just wondering if you guys always use some sort of adjunct or if you get enough sugars from your grains. I'm do...

Alright thanks you two, i would be lost with out you guys lol. You guys have helped me out a lot through this first batch.

This is my first brew so I'm new to the whole carbonation process but I read up and thought I had it. So I left the 5g batch in primary for 7 days and then in secondary for 14 days. I then boiled up 2 cups of water and added 3/4 cup of corn sugar to it and put it in my bottling bucket, then siphoned...

Recipe: 1lb Crystal Malt 40L 4lbs Dry light malt extract .5 Perle hops for 60min .5 Cascade for 5min 1lb Brown sugar (estimation was off so i probably only did .5lb) Started with 3 gallons and lost about .75 of a gallon and added 3 more gallons of cool water to the wort. I just boiled some water and...

Hey guys, I just did a brew and got a lower OG then what I wanted so I was going to add some sugar to bring it up to my desired OG. The reason it is less is because i just sorta guessed about how much sugar i added instead of weighing it out. So when is it too late to add sugar? I just finished the ...

That's what I wanted to hear. Either way i was gonna wait it out but that comforts me more. Thanks, ill update if anything further occurs.

Hey, I started my first ever bacth last week and everything has went great up till recently. I had my beer in primary for 7 days until my gravity was consistent for 3 days straight. I recently (2 days ago) racked my brew into my secondary carboy. Yesterday I noticed little white stuff floating NEAR(...

I was kind if leaning towards that result as well sloth. I guess i just have to be patient. I'll be able to tell by taste in a few weeks whether it is over 6% or not.

Thanks everyone for your responses, you have helped me a out a lot in becoming a better brewer.

No I definitely added .5lbs of sugar and i spun the hydrometer when i used it. I just recently took a reading today and got 1.03 two days after pitching which gives me a 5.6% alcohol. Perhaps my hydrometer wasn't calibrated because that's the only thing that i could see being possible. I'm gonna rea...

Shaggy my recipe was 3g of water in the stainless steel pot 1lb canadian 6-row brewed for 25 minutes at 160F 4lbs Dry malt extract added when wort came to a boil .5oz northern brewer hops added and timer started for 1 hour .5lbs dextrose at 30 minutes in 1 irish moss at 45 minutes in .5oz northern b...

I just started brewing my first batch today so I'm pretty new to this all. Before pitching the yeast I got a hydrometer reading of 1.072. Is this too high? A lot of other readings I have seen on forums have been between 1.05-.106 so I was just wondering. Other information that may help: 5 gallon bat...