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Hi there, This is my first time brewing Saison, I am using Mangrove Jacks - French Saison yeast. A layer of mold float on top of the wort during fermentation, already passed one month and the mold still there. (as shown in the picture) Is this normal? Should I remove the mold manually? Is...

Hi guys, I no expert in homebrew, especially in sour beer brewing. I Google a lot, but i still hav a lot of doubts, wish some of you may help me in this matter. 1. What base malt should we use? What mashing temperature is suggested? Mash for 1 hour too? What really mean for acid rest? 2...

Hi, I not really a pro homebrewer, been homebrewing quite some time, just found out recently I left only pale wheat malt with a little unmalted wheat. I'm wondering can I brew a beer without malt barley?or it is the must to homebrew with malt barley? Thanks for any information from you guy..

I use a pump to recirculate my wort during the mashing, will the water drip from the top to the wort cause oxidization, which will cause my beer taste like wet cardboard ? I thought by logic, before the boiling stage, oxygen doesn't matter because boiling will somehow release all the oxygen...

Recently I brewed an pale ale, everything seem fine after 10 days of fermentation at 22 Celsius. The bubble inside the fermentation already settle down, not much air coming out from the airlock. But today I opened the cover of carboy to dry hop, after I put back the airlock, immediately got...

Hi, I'm still new to homebrew and did few batchs, I am wondering why most recipe require to boil different hop at different timing? I tried boil single hop at 15 minute only, and I think is still ok. If the timing is for the flavor and bitterness, how to tune the timing? any specific...

hi, is that ok to chill the wort with ice, instead of using wort chiller? I found some of the homebrewer just drop a big sanitized ice into the wort for fast chilling, seem like no problem at all...

Hi, I am new in homebrew and have few question wish you guys can do me a favor, thank you very much for any information. My questions are: 1. Is that ok to mill the barley using normal blender instead of using mill? 2. Is that ok to put too much yeast for the fermentation? Will it speed up...

My fermenting beer after one week, appear many particle floating in the beer, not equal size, floating around. I did open the cap few times before that, is that contaminated? My last few brew didn't have such strange thing happen, I open and smell but it smell very nice. Still can drink? here...