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I took my first gravity reading of a brown ale I made on April 14th last night. Upon smelling and tasting I noticed a distinct sour smell/flavor. My carboy did not look infected and after further research I'm assuming it's acetaldehyde. I couldn't discern any green apple flavors but it wasn't...

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I brewed my extract porter (st Paul from NB) on Feb 20. I racked to secondary last Saturday to free up my 6.5 primary. I'd like this beer ready by Easter and I'm wondering if it would benefit more from conditioning in the carboy another week and then two weeks in the bottle or three weeks in the...

As the title says I'm two days into fermentation and I'm wondering if I should stick my carboy into a cooler with water and ice. The ambient temp is 67 right now and the fermometer is reading 73ish (b/t 72 and 74). However, when I got home from work today the ambient was 70 and my fermometer...

After my first extract batch I decided to jump straight into all grain. My first batch went quite smoothly but I missed my gravity by a few points. I was hoping some of the more experience brewers would be generous enough to analyze my procedure and give some constructive criticism to help me...

I was hoping some amazing member of this forum would be willing to sell me a SS 5/8 Fender Washer! A homebrewing buddy of mine was kind enough to offer me the leftover SS 5/8 fender washers from his Mash Tun conversion, however, as I was converting my cooler to a Mash Tun it became aware to...

Just finished my first batch! It's the St. Paul Porter from NB. This will be my first and only extract batch as I've purchased the requisite equipment for all grain. Once I rack this bad boy to the secondary I'll be AGing the next one:) I also made some of Edwort's famous (infamous?)...

Newbie from WI here. This site has been a great resource in the few days I've been researching Home Brewing. I got my PhD working on beta-amylase in barley and have yet to actually brew my own beer. I figure calling myself BeerDoctor without actually brewing beer is a bit presumptuous so...