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Hi All, If this is better off in the beginner forum, feel free to redirect. I'm still working on nailing my process and as such my previous attempt had a bit of banana, not really what you want from a stout. I'm currently brewing an IPA and have had it sitting a cooler full of water and...

Apologies if this question belongs in the beginners forum... tl;dr at what point should remove my swamp cooling setup and let the fermentor come up to ambient (happily a steady 68 - 70 in my condo)? Or is 70 too high in which case should I keep using a wet towel but without the fan...

I'm pretty sure this is a case of RDWHAHB, but I have to ask. I took a OG reading from my carboy which resulted in the neck being sticky with wort. When I pitched my dry yeast (I know, second brew, not quite at the point to make a starter yet) stuck to the neck. Brew has been going nicely and...

First time brewer here, so I'm probably overly nervous. I bottled on Sunday with the help of a friend (I filled, he capped) and everything went nice a smooth thanks to the advice I found in Revy's thread. I pulled a few bottles out last night to take a peek and using a flashlight (this is a...

Well, my stout has been sitting in primary for just about 4 weeks now. This was my first beer a several dumb things were done by me. Most notably, not taking an OG reading and dumping the wort into my bottling bucket as opposed to my carboy. Given that it's in the bottling bucket already...

Well this is embarrassing but the good news is, Google searches suggest I'm not alone in screwing up some aspects of my first brew. I'm brewing a dry stout and followed the recipe for the boil to a T... until. I found myself with a bag of dextrose that wasn't on my list. Foolishly I decided I...