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My second batch was the 20th Anniversary Edition Oktoberfest from Austin Homebrew Supply. The Oktoberfest style is technically a lager, which requires lower fermentation temps, and a lagering phase. But I fermented mine at around 50-55 degrees and then carbonated without lagering. It has tasted...

I will be very interested to figure out how this beer turns out? My first kit was a true brew kit and it came with the Amber all malt ingredient kit. It fermented just fine, but I think I was a little impatience and bottled too soon. The didn't come out that great. I also didn't use the...

If I win I will clean my carboys singing Christmas Carols for all to beer... I mean hear.

I just bought my carboy a couple of weeks ago and being a broke college kid I didn't buy carboy brush. I recently cleaned my dirty carboy out with a bottle brush. But when I saw the carboy cleaner I knew I had to have one.

I only pitched one vial of white labs yeast in my batch recently and even without a starter it worked fine. The OG was 1.051 and FG was 1.012. Definitely keep an eye on your kettle for boil over, because I did have boil over in most recent batch. I thought I lost a lot of hops, but it has...

Well after two weeks of fermenting I racked my beer into my bottling bucket and then bottled my beer. Hit my FG at 1.012 and my OG was 1.051. Since I didn't have a way to consistently store my oktoberfest at lagering temperatures, I figured I would bottle and let it carbonate and then lager...

Thanks for the suggestions. Luckily last night it started getting cooler down here in Mississippi, so I just stuck my carboy and temporary "lager cooler" (described in post before) outside. It got down to like 40 degrees last night and it probably kept the temperature more stable. Even though I...

I made an AHS 20th Anniversary Oktoberfest this weekend, my second brew ever! I didn't know what I was really getting myself into with lagering and having to keep my carboy at below 60 degree temps. Anyways after a slow start with the White Labs WLP820 marzen yeast, I am finally seeing good...