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my rice is floating completely off the bottom of my vessel after only one week. should i go ahead and bottle, or wait another week?

I noticed that you used blueberry for flavor in one batch. How many blueberries did you use and how did you go about extracting the juices?

A friend of mine is from Wisconsin where his favorite beer "supper club" (which is a pale lager) is brewed at capitol brewery in Middleton, WI. They don't sell it here in Kentucky, so i was wanting to surprise him with a batch if i could find a recipe. Any info on this would be a big help...

Thanks for the helpful information!

A week ago from today, i brewed a Belgian wheat ipa that i got from austin homebrew supply. The kit called for an OG of 1.070 with a FG of 1.016. when i took my OG reading it came out at 1.090. Today i took my first reading since fermentation began and it came out at 1.025. I just need to know...

This belgian wheat ipa will be my 4th batch overall (5gal), but my first ipa. First of all i was wondering if i can dry hop this beer and if so what would be my best options for hops? the flavor hops that i used in the boil were a half oz. of saaz and halleratu at 30 min. and another half oz. of...

its definitely the band-aid smell/taste

just drank my first beer from my autumn amber ale batch today and its good except for the slight plastic smell/taste im getting. anyone know if this will mellow out over time, or is it permanent? i read that it could be the PH levels in my water causing this and if thats the case, any...

thanks for the feedback guys, i feel much better :)

yeah i smelled it last night and it smelled normal, i was just worried because ive heard that "fuzzy" or "veiny" looking objects can mean there is an infection of some sort, but hearing someone say it looks normal is a big relief! :)

ive got some fuzzy objects floating in my carboy...is this bad?? this is my 4th batch of beer that i have brewed since i started home brewing about 2 months ago, its a bavarian hefeweizen thats been fermenting for about 9 days at around 67 degrees. everything was looking great until the...

this is my 4th batch of beer that i have brewed since i started home brewing about 2 months ago, its a bavarian hefeweizen thats been fermenting for about 9 days at around 67 degrees. everything was looking great until the fermentation slowed and the krausen began to subside to the bottom. after...