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Agreed, my batches have around 1/8 inch of trub on the bottom thus far... Brewsume Muntons Nut Brown - started December 15th, 2013, bottled January 3rd, 2014 - Mild off flavors suspected from high pitching temp, overall, a good first batch! Muntons Irish Style Stout, brew day March 9th, 2014

My first (and only) brew had some off flavors (bananna) and I'm pretty sure it was caused I pitched my yeast too soon. I've read (may not be right) but just cooling it naturally is okay but I plan on using the big snow bank in my front yard to get to 65ish. It does matter thought, but things...

Ur AIR CONDITIONING went off and it was 80 DEGREES... That is all, I live in Duluth, MN and, until now, I've been pumped with above 0 degrees... Brewsume Muntons Nut Brown - started December 15th, 2013, bottled January 3rd, 2014 - Mild off flavors suspected from high pitching temp...

Im pretty new to brewing but from what I know, fermentation will do nothing to compensate for the extra water. You'll likely have a lighter, less flavorful and less alcoholic beer in the end (unless you add extra malt but that shouldn't fix the flavor at all) Like I said, I'm new but I have...

Well that seems pretty logical now that you say it cause half and half is fairly easy. I'm a bit worried about the yeast, especially if I end up adding more sugar as I've heard that with higher gravity brews it takes longer and I want my yeast to be full force no matter what. My first brew I...

Hey all, About to start my second extract brew. I got almost all of the things I didn't have for last time but I don't have a scale yet (an accurate one). So my kit calls for 2.2lbs of malt (Muntons Irish Style Stout) I have a three pound bag of traditional dark dry malt extract and I am...

I have it in my amazon cart right now... Maybe I'll just add that to the cost of my next batch!

After a quick internet search it seems that this taste will be metabolized by the yeast after it bottle conditions longer. It's been 10 days since bottling and I just couldn't wait any longer

Well I fermented my beer for 16 days, and then bottled and am having my first taste as we speak. It smells... Very beery, almost like a Hamms or other cheap beer. The head is good (see the photo) and it has almost a buttery taste to it if that makes sense... It's drinkable by all means and about...

So the bad news is that I don't have a test tube and I couldn't find anything that would have been suitable for a gravity test without wasting 32 or more ounces of the brew. So notes for future brews, get a thermometer, a test tube, a turkey baster (siphoning it for a sample was not...

Appreciate it, there might be a turkey baster in the house cause it is in a carboy right now so I'll need to either siphon or use something thin. Obviously I'll sanitize whatever I use. Like I said, I'll have to check my hydrometer to see where 5.5 potential alcohol falls for gravity. But I...

Hey all, about to do my first post fermentation gravity reading on my first brew, a Muntons nut brown ale extract. I have the hydrometer but didn't have a container to test as little of liquid as possible. Being a noob, I plan on siphoning off enough beer into as small a glass as I can to drop...

In think lienenkugel must brew all their batches with lacto bacillus then because that stuff always cleans out my insides! Brewed in my home town!

Being a noob myself this is probably not great advice. But everything I heard suggests to continue with everything as planned and go for it. I don't think that there is usually harm in some infection and it's a waste of a batch to discard it before trying. So my noob opinion is to bottle and...

It's only been 3-4 days since it started fermenting (Friday night) and even the instructions, which are what I would think is the earliest possible completion time says 4-6 and I don't want to test it a lot out of fear that I'll infect it or aerate it I guess.

First batch that I started on Friday, started fermenting really Good Friday night through Sunday. Checked it today and the foam is gone and it is bubbling about once every 30 seconds to a minute. I've read a lot, about the stages of yeast, but without reassurance from the intelligent people...

Thermometer... I forgot mine!

Here's a pic of what's going on, just seems... Too calm for being in for about 3 days after some aggressive fermenting...

Like the rookie I am, I didn't get a thermometer with the 150 I spent on everything. I am almost certain I pitched warm wondering what to expect if this was the case. What's banana esters?

Thanks for all the help. I got my first batch going Friday night and, like any good rookie, I checked it regularly (doing primary in a glass carboy so I could watch more without opening it) and it was bubbling like crazy for the first two days, especially I Saturday and Sunday. Today I took a...