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Do you soak the gelatin first? The instructions on mine say to soak in cold water for an hour and then add boiling water directly to it to dissolve the gelatin. Maybe the gelatin isn't entirely dissolved when you add it? I rarely bother with it but the last couple of times I used it I put the...

The starter was about 2 litres, but I just shook the bucket to add oxygen. I did open the bucket a couple of times, I thought I sanitized everything very well but there's always a chance of screwing something up. Guess I'll have to try again. Thanks for the help.

Hello everyone, I finally brewed my first lager after about 20 all grain ale batches! After waiting 6 weeks for my lager is finish fermenting I opened it up to transfer to my keg and saw some strange waxy stuff floating in it. Does anyone know if this is an infection? I've already kegged it...

if you're transferring to a secondary, fermentation should be complete before transfer. Using a secondary is for clearing and/or dry hopping prior to keg or bottling and not for fermenting. Take a gravity reading each day for a couple days, if it stays the same fermentation is complete. How many...

I bought my Danby kegerator for $150 off craigslist, in brand new condition. The guy was trying to make room in his garage for a third imported antique car from Europe. Easily my best deal ever.

Thanks for the advice. I know the keg is not frozen because of the consistency of the beer (I've had that happen before!). The recipe is close to an ESB, so additional particles being suspended could make a lot of sense. Either way, this beer is delicious and this is the best hobby I've ever...

So I've done three batches of beer so far, using the same recipe for all so that I could try to get used to my equipment/system without too many variables. But, something unexpected happened with my second batch in the keg, it darkened considerable over the first two days. IT was a light golden...