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it was at about 1.005

i already started the bottling process so i think ill bottle half and keep the other half in bucket. thanks for all the advice. Its given me some hope

do you think i should try bottling it or dump it?

I've made several beers and this is the first one that looked like the pictures above. I'm hoping im just over reacting. If the pictures don't do it justice it looks like a thin layer of icing on top of the beer. Thanks in advance for any advice anyone offers.

I was brewing a beer a couple of days ago and had a couple of people over. As were waiting for the sparge to finish my pumkin beer gets noticed. This beer is a spice bomb that i dont believe will mellow out. I enform everyone if the like it they can take a case home. I open a botle and everyone...

I would suggest keeping it simple and like the prevous poster said picking a style you know more about.

I was bottling my second batch and I thought every thong was going perfect. It only tool me about an hour to do it All. As I was bottling the last bottle I noticed the pot with the boiled priming sugar on the counter.

+3 gal English brown +5 gal Lemon-Lime Hefe Weizen +5 gal pumpkin jumpkin =23,490

When you go to a party and bring back more empty bottles then beers you brought.

The Irish moss sounds Like a good idea. If you made an irish red that is simmilar to the one I'm planning I must be on the right track.

I just started brewing and want to make an Irish red. This will be my fourth batch and second all grain. So far my recipe is as follows. 6 lbs maris otter 4oz chocolate 4oz 60L crystal .25 citra at 60 min 12% .5 oz cascade at 10 min 5.5 % this will be a 4 gallon batch as i only have a 5...

I would suggest giving it another week. Let it sit in the primary/secondary for at least two weeks. Most people seem to recommend 3. Welcome to the world of brewing. I'm a new myself to.

Delabeling bottles. How is this only the second time its metioned.

if it was an extract you might not have mixed up the wort enough after topping it up with water. I've done this before it's nothing to worry about.

thanks for all the advice. went with the corona mill. I would get a roller but they are currently out of my price range. will look up more on conditioning looks very useful.