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I have been brewing only for a few months now and have produced three beers from extract, the first two a combination of LME and DME and the last all LME. The first was a brown, the second an IPA, and the third a red ale. Thing is, they sorta all taste the same to me; that twangy character...

I recently ordered a vile of white labs irish ale yeast from my LHBS. They however, did not ship it with a freezer pack like they said they would. It got here over night and I plan on brewing my red ale either today or tomorrow. Should I refrigerate it or just leave it at room temperature...

Well, I checked on the IPA in the secondary and it is .006 off the high end of the FG at 1.020. My Brown ale in the bottles are also way over FG. I read in another thread going on that Munton's Dry Ale yeast (Mine just says Muntons Active Brewing Yeast) has a low attenuation rate. For the...

I have had a few anxious questions regarding my first batch in the past few weeks, but this one is really getting to me. The last thread was my concern of not seeing any signs of carbing yet even though it's only been a few days since bottling (Sunday). Now, however, I've possibly got the...

I just bottled my first batch of extract brown ale this past Sunday and have had no visible signs of carbonation yet. I realize it has only been a few days but from what I've read, there's supposed to be a yeast layer forming at the bottom. Well, I've been looking through the forums and have...

Well, just bottled my first batch (Brown Ale) on Sunday; best feeling in the world by the way. It spent 1 week in the primary and 2 in the secondary. I had a thread a couple of weeks ago after racking regarding my hydro reading being about 1.014 when the instructions specified 1.012 as the...

I am going to give an IPA a shot this weekend. It will be my second brew (the first one's in the secondary). This recipe calls for steeping some grains before adding the LME. However, their method for the steep is different than what I've been reading everywhere. They say to bring a...

This is my first brew. Anyway, when I was transferring it to a secondary I took a sample for a reading and a quick taste. First of all the H. reading was .002 higher than the stated 1.012 TG. And more importantly, I thought that it had a bit of a sour taste to it (it did smell pretty good...

As I said this is my first brew, but I have been researching like mad in order to prevent any potential mishaps. Nonetheless, I've got a problem. Yesterday, I transferred the brew after a week in my plastic primary to the glass carboy secondary. This morning I noticed a ring of what...