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Was digging through my closet tonight and found my sonny oat ale that i got from AHS. The problem is i got it like 6 or 7 months ago. all still sealed in the bags and everything. I am wondering if it would be worth it to brew it or if i should just accept my loss and order a new or different...

I just got my AHS extract summer blonde ale or something like that it is a golden ale. But i have been really busy. It came on monday afternoon, and I have just gotten the box opened and the yeast put in the fridge today?? Did i just ruin my yeast or will they just go dormant again???

Well, I thought I was ready to order my stout and get it brewing but i have done more sampling and reading and now i am up in the air. I even went out and bought a sixer of Guiness to renew my taste buds. What I was previously set on and what I still probably get, the Oatmeal Stout Kit from...

I did a search in the bottling and kegging but i wanted a little more specific answer. I bottled my amber ale a little over 2 weeks ago. Today i moved a couple of them into the fridge to drink later tonight. My question is, as i was doing this i remember reading about bottle bombs and I...

I am going to brew a cream ale this after noon. I am going to be using a primary that i have done one batch in already. There is a little bit of smell left over from the previous batch is that going to effect the taste or should i put a little bleach water, or is my star san when i sanitize...

I finally got my cream ale kit from Ahs and it has an OG of 1.054. Would that be something that I consider using a blow tube with?? Also, I am going to brew it either tomorrow night or Sat. and my empty primary has a hint of smell from my last brew, is that going to be an issue or...

i want to try cheesehead's ccva and I am wondering what the heck is the lactose that you use and where can you get it, brand names and things, and also is the caramel 60l the same as crystal 60L i think it is. Also, Is is too hard of a beer to do if it is only my 4th or 5th batch...

I am about to begin my third brew next week that will open up a primary. I am looking into doing a darker beer for my 4th batch. I am looking at doing a stout. I don't really mind darker beer but i don't want to get something really strong with my first batch. I was wondering if there was a...

Well, I am very happy I just go my first brew in bottles. I was only able to fill like 46 bottles but I am ok with that. I think everything went pretty smooth I used the 2 cups of water with 3/4 cup of priming sugar, SO that should be alright. Man i can't believe the trub that is at the...

I was looking through one of these threads and read how someone made a cream ale and then right before the pitched their yeast they put vanilla flavor in it. I was wondering if anyone can give me any more info about how much and what the outcome was??? I think i want to try that for my 3rd batch.

Just wondering if there is anyway to filter when you are racking your beer from the primary to the bottling bucket?????

Just asking around to find out if you could brew something that you have already done and really loved what would it be.

I am about a week and a half in to my first batch it is an amber ale. It has been in since last saturday. I haven't done anything with it except leave it alone. the bubbling went for like 3 or 4 days then quit. I have been reading a lot about people taking samples for their hydrometers? I...

I am wanting to get my second batch going asap as everyone seems to suggest. My only question is I have been looking at the extract kits from AHS and am worried that I will not know how to do it all?? My last kit had 3.3lbs liquid malt extract, 2 lbs dried malt extract and a little thing of...

I have looked for good instructions on this step but haven't really found a lot. I will not be ready to bottle for a couple of weeks because I just completed my first batch yesterday. But i have bottles coming to me from Austins and I want to be prepared. Since I am buying new bottles what...

I just got done with my first brew today. After doing a good amount of research and taking notes it was time to just do it. I think everything went OK. but I am still worried about the outcome. The problems I had during the brew is that i didn't know how to go about the sanitization...