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So finished my first all grain yesterday and as I predicted I messed up a little. End result I have ~5 gallons of a Wheat beer in the carboy with active fermentation, but my efficiency was terrible. The first mistake I made was putting all 4 gallons into my preheated Mash tun. After adding...

Every time I read one of the craigslist deals I would think why can't I find a deal like that. Well I finally did (a friend pointed the listing out). https://charlotte.craigslist.org/for/4842890617.html I got the whole lot for 200. My friend who pointed it out is taking the 2 carboy's and...

I posted this in the Extract thread but thought I would cross-post here. I have been brewing for 2 years but this is my first recipe so I thought it would be appropriate to cross post here as I am a beginner in this field. So I put together my first recipe - a Chocolate Milk stout and would...

So I put together my first recipe - a Chocolate Milk stout and would love some input as I can go in 2 directions with this brew, here it is : • 6 lbs. Dark DME • 8 oz. Black Malt • 8 oz. Chocolate Malt • 4 oz. Carapils • 2 oz. Roasted Barley • 1 oz. East Kent Goldings @ 60 min • 1 oz...

Brewed an Irish red on 3/23 and it seem to have stuck. Extract kit that used Winsdor yeast. I added an extra 1.5 lbs of DME that I had and hit a SG of 1.072. Have taken 2 readings 3 days apart and am stuck at 1.024. I just gave it a shake and upped the temp to try and get the yeast moving...

So I kegged last weekend and was going to brew the next day and pitch on top of the yeast cake. I didn't get a chance to brew and the carboy has been sitting in the closet for 10 days. I left some of the beer on top of the cake with an air lock in the carboy. I'm brewing now and am wondering...

I brewed an American Hefe last Sunday using sa05 yeast. Hit my target of 1.060 and had active fermentation with the krausen forming 24 hours later - Monday. Here it is Sunday and the Krausen has yet to fall. My blowoff tube in a bucket of starstan is still bubbling away. The only mistake I...

Brewing an American Hefe in a few hours and am looking to add orange to it. I have 4 large oranges and was going to peel them with a vegetable peeler to make sure not to get any of the white pith and add that with 10 min left in the boil. I was then going to juice the oranges and reserve that...

So after brewing for almost 2 yrs I made what I think were a couple of mistakes with my brew. I was trying some new things and I think that was what got me side tracked. I brewed a IIPA and was using some advice a friend gave me. It is a high gravity beer so I modified the recipe by removing...

So I have been brewing extract kits for about 2 yrs now and have made many enjoyable brews. I decided that I wanted to try a high gravity beer and I know that it can present some challenges. I plan to brew next weekend after I keg up my Scottish ale and my Pale ale. It is a double IPA...

I brewed an Outback Aussie Ale this morning that has a color rating of 11 and it is more like a 30. Simple process of seeping my specialty grains for 20 min at ~152, brought to a boil and added ~2.5 lbs of light DME and hops, continued to boil and added remaining light DME ~2.5 lbs with 5 min...

I've had an American Pale Ale cold crashing since Saturday at ~38 deg. I only have 1 temp controlled chamber. I want to keg it tonight and then brew again tomorrow so I would have to raise the temp of the keg to 60 while my other brew ferments in the chamber. Will this cause any off-flavors...

Gonna brew an Aussie Ale kit that I picked up at my LHBS and after doing some reading on here I was thinking of trying something new. 5 lbs Light DME 1 lb crystal malts 3/4 oz Brewers gold bittering pellet hops 1/2 oz HallertaueG finishing whole hops Safale US-05 dry Yeast My usual...

Just purchased a Pale Ale kit from my LHBS and the recipe is not quite what I am used to seeing: Dumping the DME into cold water and dissolve, Add specialty malts, set burner for medium/high and afterr 20 min, bring to a boil then remove malts. Add bittering hops and boil for 35 min...

I converted a 12cf to a fermentation chamber using a Johnson A419 controller. I was wondering if I need to offset the temp of the controller to get a proper temp in my carboy. I am using a 6 gal glass carboy.

OK, So I have been brewing extract kits, some with specialty grains, for about 15 months now. I just converted an old fridge to a fermentation chamber using a Johnson A419 controller. I really would like to get into kegging next and then progress my brewing from there moving away from extract...

OK, so with 2 brews under my belt I am ready to mix it up a little. I have 2 kits from Northern Brewer, a Petite Saison Extract w/specialty grains and a Cream Ale Extract w/specialty grains. I will be making 5 gal batches. I would like the Saison to be ready for the 4th of July and will...

Well, like most Noob's I just had to try one from my first batch. It was an Amber ale that had 3 weeks in the primary. Been in the bottle for 9 days and 24 hrs in the fridge. Tasted great and had a nice clean finish. It was slightly under carbed but not as much as I thought and had zero head...

Hoping to brew my second batch tomorrow - a True Brew Pale Ale and looking for some help with the instructions. I had some help with my first brew, a True Brew Amber which is currently 1 week in the bottles and most everything I have seen here is that the instructions that come with most kits...

I know it takes time to get the process down and thanks to a great forum that helps new brewers like myself. I tried to follow the advice given here and even read all 500+ posts of Revvy's bottling thread. I welcome all suggestions/comments on my first bottling. Just a quick background: It...