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I recently purchased a nice 9 gal 2 weld brew pot. Today was my first day brewing with it.... Apparently I didn't wash it out well enough before hand and now there is a grey filmy oil coming of in to my boiling wort... I've pretty much accepted that this batch is getting tossed but I thought...

Hey there, I'm on my Boyfriends account here, I just heard a loud noise and found that his fermenting bucket had popped open, theres beer all around the top and in the airlock also. It is an IPA, brewed yesterday and started fermenting some time overnight. He's at work and I'm not sure if it's...

I ordered about a half pound of hops today. I was looking for 1 bittering, 1 flavouring and 1 aroma variety. I was leaning more towards the grapefruit/citrus flavour in my selection for an IPA. Upon reading the descriptions on the home brew site I went with Summit for my bittering. After I...

I just made a double IPA. My OG was right on at 1.080. I pitched a standard rehydrated pack of Safale US-05 (11.5g). I thought it would be fine as that's all that came in my kit. Now I'm a little worried I didn't pitch enough with this high gravity ale. Should I have pitched more? Is it too late...

I recently ordered a double IPA recipe kit. The hops in these kits always vary due to availability but this time there seems to be a big difference. The original recipe called for 4oz of Columbus, 2oz of Zythos Aroma and 2 more ounces EACH of various bittering and flavouring hops. What...

I recently brewed my first ever batch. An APA. The recipe called for an OG of 1.051-1.055. I accidentally put a little too much water in. About .5 gallons. So my OG was 1.047. Today, I took a gravity reading as I plan to bottle this weekend. It's been 2.5 weeks. The recipe called for an...

Toronto to be specific. Originally from Southern New Brunswick though. Just finished brewing my first batch 2 days ago. An APA. Kept it simple. A few temperature issues with my fermentation but everything seems to be under control now. Had a blast doing it and can't wait to start my next batch...