I know that the pros and cons have been debated furiously about whether to rack or not to rack into a secondary. I've tried to research on these forums, The Complete Joy of Home Brewing, and several homebrewing stores in the area, and I've gotten lots of different answers.
I think I...
Exact thing happened to me, skullbaby. I posted the other day about it, pretty much everybody said it was because the lager yeast wasn't meant to be fermented at higher temperature. I'm a bit annoyed with the kit, but so it goes. Hopefully both your and my beer will get better with time. Here's...
I used a Brewer's Best Munich Helles kit. Ingredients were 3.3lbs Pilsen LME, 3.3lbs Munich LME, 4 oz Honey malt, 4 oz Vienna malt, 8 oz Carapils, 0.5 oz bittering hops, 0.5 oz flavoring hops, and lager yeast.
Pitched my yeast when the wort was about 60 degrees (give or take). Had the wort in...
Hey everybody - just drank my first brew the other night! I posted a while back about a possible infection, but you all quite rightly reassured me, and thank you for that.
My beer turned out fairly well. It's a Munich Helles that I brewed as an ale in a secondary. Smells great, good light...
Thanks for all the replies, everyone! Compared to some other infections I saw, it looks pretty benign. You've already put my mind much at ease, and I can't wait to try my beer.
Happy brewing!
Hey everybody. I've got another "is it ruined?" question. I'm a newbie, my first batch is in my secondary fermentor right now, so I really don't know what I'm doing.
So here's the story: I got a Munich Helles lager kit, brewed it up, put it in my primary fermenter. I don't have the...