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ohh btw the sample tasted good...young but good. a bit darker than i expected.

Oh wow. Ok i found the recipie that i "based" my brew off. http://hopville.com/recipe/30160/home-brew/golden-winter-ale there it is. altough i did change a few things like the yeast. Thanks for the advice. I will aerate and warm it up a bit and see what happens.

It was 6 gallons pre-boil.

Uh oh. The dreaded 1.020 thread? I have not seen this. Not sure if i want to. lol Here is the recipe: 6 gallon batch: 7 oz. Flaked Barley (milled) 5 oz. Victory Malt (milled) 5 oz. Dextrin (Carapils) Malt (milled) 5 oz. English Crystal 60L (milled) 6.6 lbs. Northwestern...

I did not take a reading before hand :( (i know i should have) i was WAY to excited and forgot all about it. The recipe didnt say anything about the original gravity either.

Ok, i checked the SG last night. I'm still new to this (this is my second brew) and not sure if i am reading these things correctly but it looks like it is 1.020. I used a Wyeast 1968 London ESB smack pack and i got air bubbles like crazy for a few days, now nothing. When i pulled the lid to...

I recently started a winter ale and its been in the primary for 1 week now. Im pretty sure the fermentation got a good start and went strong for about 5 days at 68 degrees. Lately I have seen the bubbles in the airlock almost come to a stand still ( i know this isn't a sure sign of anything)...

:( well, considering Ive already bottled I guess I wont be getting 100% from my first brew.

My airlock was still bubbling approx every 30-40 seconds apart. But again, I know you are not suppose to go by the airlock for fermentation in the least bit so I ignored it. LOL. I too put all my bottles in a giant rubbermaid container. Nice move! I dont think I will explode any but I...

Ya, I understand patients is key. Trust me, I was more than willing to wait on it, I am in no rush (other than I want to drink it) but I thought you always go with the gravity reading. The only sure fire way to tell is by taking hydrometer readings, or so i thought.

I bottled my very first home brew last night, which also gave me the chance to taste it. :D I will say it tasted very close to what I am going for. It tasted a little green and obviously no carbonation, but other than that it was good. There were some very slight fruity notes that I hope will...

LOLOLOLOL:D

I have heard these reasons and I too tried cooling my wort as quickly as possible, but I am also wondering about some sort of time table. How fast is fast? 5, 10, 30 minutes?

Well I was a bit worried because my ale is fermenting at around 72*-74*F and I know that warmer temps can produce some fruity notes in the brew, so after smelling that apple scent I was worried about having a fruit cocktail in a glass instead of good real beer. Its only been 3 days since...

Well I'm glad to hear someone else's smells like apples cause mine reminds me of exactly like an apple hard cider smell. Good to know that should clear up.