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I need help identifying an off flavour in my beer. It's my third batch and so far my best, but there's a slight off flavour. I've read everything about common off flavours and I can't really tell if it's oxidation or diacetyl or green beer. I don't eat a lot of cardboard or butter so not sure...

My basement is generally pretty cool in the summer (between 60-68F) and in winter about 5-10 degrees cooler. I live in a 100 year old house in Toronto if that helps guesstimate what the basement is like (probably similar to Chicago / Detroit in terms of home construction and weather). So I'm...

Bottled my beer yesterday and when I did the priming sugar I based it on 5 gallons, to get to about 2.75 volume of CO2. Turned out it was 4 gallons of beer so I have about 1/5th too much, enough to carbonate to 3.25 Pretty sure we have nothing to worry about re. bottle bombs but some...

After doing an American Brown Ale that got oxidized and/or fermented at too high temperature, and a Christmas Porter that tasted like sucking on a mouth full of cloves.... We have real drinkable home brew! Instead of using the recipe and instructions from a kit I used the info I got...

Doing a primary in a big mouth 6.5 gallon for the first time and some of the krausen is leaking out of the side. We noticed when we got it that the lid was wonky and didn't screw on that well/easily but thought we had it right when we put it away to ferment. So if krausen is leaking out the...

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I'm doing a Baltic porter that was meant to be - 1.057 OG but ended up being 1.045; it's partial boil extract so I suppose I added too much water to the wort. It's sitting at 1.018 right now so I'm wondering if I need to repitch and/or if I bottle will this be a bomb risk? Meant to be given as...

So I made a couple silly mistakes pitching yeast on what I hope will still be a tasty vanilla porter. This is my second batch and here's what I realize I did poorly - would like to know if this sounds tragic or just unfortunate: 1) I rehydrated the yeast but didn't stir it in the mixing...

I'm an enthusiastic beginner. I have a budget of up to $1k USD to get started - how should I spend it? Currently I have a 5g brew pot, an Ale Pail and bottling bucket, a 5g glass carboy and a few odds and ends (basic siphon hose, etc). For now I'm doing extract brewing but I'm hopeful to...

Like the subject says, we transferred to secondary and there appears to be small particulate floating here and there. Not a lot, a few odd specks here and there. The beer is dark and the specks seem to be around the top but hard to tell without moving it around too much. Don't think this stuff...

Quick intro - been lurking for a while as my buddy and I got sorted out with a kit and some extract brew. Used a Brewer's Best American Amber and it's been in the basement fermenting for about a week now. Seems to be coming along, although after buying and reading "How To Brew" at the book...