Recent content by chaos2425

Hey everyone. Could someone help me out. I am new to home brewing, just bottled my first batch two days ago and now am starting a mexican lager. I want to try a Belgian Wheat and add fruit into it, so it absorbs the flavor. How should I add the fruit? Any suggestions would be great! Thanks.

I have a question about using fruit while brewing. When are you able to put the fruit in? Or is it a package of some sort that you buy? I figured it would be fine to cut some orange slices up and place them in the fermenter for the week. Is that how it is done? Also, it tap water alright to...

Yeah it was my first attempt and it was a lager. We fermented at under 90° (that is what the directions said to start at. After that it went down to room temperature, which was in our basement. Around 60-65°. Is that alright?

Alright thanks everyone! I am making my second brew this weekend. It is a Mexican style lager. Figured I would make another batch while I wait the next couple weeks for the bottling process to complete on my first batch.

I just brewed my first beer ever with my brother. We actually just bottled tonight. During the fermentation phase it started to smell funky, actually it smelled like sulfuric acid. But it died down and it smelled like an IPA when we went to bottle. My question is is that it seemed more like...