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So I tried making some invert/candi sugar using some of the recipies found on the forum here. Everything went fine, got it to the correct color, and after putting it in the freezer, it seemed to be the correct consistency. Unfortuantely, I can't get the sugar off the wax paper. As soon as I...

Well I don't know if the long fermentation was a sign, but I definitely screwed this batch up. Can't explain the aftertaste exactly, but it tastes pretty bad, and the initial taste isn't good either. I think my problem might have been that I didn't use a yeast starter for the high gravity...

Yeah I had the exact same thing happen to me, tiny moldy white spots within 24 hours of the racking to secondary, but within a few days it was clear they were just bubbles.

It's been about 15 days now, and it has slowed down, but is still bubbling about every 20 - 25 seconds. There's still a layer of krausen on top, but it appears to be thinning out now. I don't know exactly how long it took to get started, as I had left, but it was going within 6 hours I would...

I am brewing a Belgian wit, using 5 pounds of wheat extract and 2.5 pounds of honey, which I added at the beginning of the boil. I used White Labs Belgian Wit yeast to ferment. The beer has been actively fermenting (bubble through the airlock every 15 sec. or so) for over 10 days now. There...