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No the beer is already bottled. Im at work now so tomorrow I'll try to post a picture of it. Its just a weird color Iv never soon before. like I said, Tan with like a clay red hint to it. The good news is it still taste pretty good! ha. I dont believe the grians were mixed up but I guess...

So the other month I ordered a kit from Northern Brewer called Permafrost White Ale. As you can imagine this beer should be gold and clear (like is the picture). But for some reason and I’m not really sure why, mine came out in a really weird tan/reddish color. Anyone have any thoughts are what...

Who can fill me in on what affects/off flavors i might experience because of hot side aeration? Short story is I had the worst stuck sparge ever (nothing was coming out) and the only way to fix it was to dump all my wort into one vessel (fix the clog) then pure it back into the mash tun to...

Uh...that's some good insight. Thanks for your thoughts. Just never seen it like that before.

Yes I did use a whirfloc tablet.

After racking my Belgian blond I noticed the next day that there was a red hue at the top (about 2inches deep from the top) of the fermenter. I have never seen such a difference in color like this. What the hell is this about???

Krausen won't harm your beer. In a few days it will just subside anyways. No worries.

Yeah its defiantly not trub, I guess its more like a slime. But I did taste the beer and there is no sour taste or smell. So thats a good sign.

So I was dry hopping my Liberty Cream Ale (by Midwest Supplies, great store) with 1 oz of Crita hops. After a week, I opened up the lid and found this Jello-like stuff floating in the fermenter. I was able to scoop some out and it kinda looked like applesauce. It didnt smell like anything and it...

The starting gravity was said to be around 74 points and when I put that in a pitch calculator it said I needed around 250 Billion. So if I did under pitch it, is it to late to add more yeast? Also, is a two stage starter just making two mini beers and adding the yeast from the first starter...

hmm well for now Im at the mercy of my basement temps. But I like to think my sanitary practice is good. I spray Starsan on everything after the boil!!! I just thought with making a yeast starter that it would ferment a lot faster then what it is. I did take a taste and seemed to be coming along...

um crap... I dont remember what kind but it was Wyeast for Ales and the fermenter has been sitting at 68.

I was brewing a double hop IPA. It was my first full boil (5gal), first time using my wort chiller, and first time making a yeast starter. (midwest kit) The recipe said the OG should be 1.074 mine was 1.080. (weird) For my yeast starter I used 200 grams of DME, with 2 liter of water and let...

Thats the kind of solid input I was looking for. Thanks for the info!

I was wondering if I can get some feed back on this recipe. Its my first crack at making one and not buying a kit. Any thoughts on what to change or add? I heard of some people adding Beats to get a deeper red? Amber LME 4lbs Amber DME 1lbs 2 Row Caramel 60 8oz 2 Row...