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So after two batches of some nasty infected beer, I was sitting in my hotel room over seas reading all the responses to my previous thread and thought, "so what is the specific bacteria I'm dealing with?" I know there's several variants of bacteria that exist during our brew process and the...

So my previous batch of my favorite macinac red turned out sour and undrinkable. I have not changed my process and have had great success with the brew. So, I just thought maybe I got something infected or something was missed in cleaning. I really didn't think anything of it. So, brewing on...

So, today was brew day. I'm doing a fat tire extract but also adding a secondary dry hop for a more hoppy flavor. Started with 3 gallons of water, got the fermentables and hops on, aroma hops were good, and the wort looked really clear. That being said, my OG for my recipe was supposed to be...

So, I am using an extract kit called a machinac red. White labs yeast, Amber LME, crystal hops. Brewing went well and had no issues during the cook process. The recipe called for using only 2.5 gallons of water during the cook and add the final water at the end right before adding to the carboy...

Hello all. I live on an island south of Detroit michigan.

So I brewed a nice red today. It's an extract kit that I got locally and has great success with others I've talked to. So with all my brews, I started with 3 gallons of distilled water. Brought temp up to 158, added my grain t make my tea. Let that sit for 20 minutes, temp went down to 155...