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Hey everyone, I had to take almost a year off from brewing due to travel for work, moving across the country and getting married...Whew! I'm now in a place where brewing makes sense again and just finished brewing an American IPA last Saturday. I hope to be spending some more quality time on...

A few weeks ago one of the floor managers where I work found out I was a homebrewer. In the process of talking to him about that hobby he offered to give me an old keg he had sitting around. So without thinking things all the way through (and concentrating on my dreams of a 10 gallon boil) I...

Hey everyone, I recently tried my hand at making my first stout, a Guinness draught clone kit. After being in the bottle for almost two months they still seem to be more bitter than a typical pint of Guinness. The hops tend to overpower the roasted flavor more than I would have liked. Is the...

After many months I believe I finally nailed down the bad aftertaste I was getting in my beers. It was from the water I was using to sanitize my carboys and bottles. Just that tiny bit of tap water was giving my beers a nasty lingering aftertaste. Almost like a hops bitterness, but harsher and...

Sooo. I'm starting to become a little desperate. I've been trying to figure out what the extra aftertaste in my beer is. I've brewed about 6 batches so far and all of them have had the same funny taste carbonating. I though it was my water so I switched to distilled for this last batch. I also...

Soo, I have some left over supplies from my last brew day and I'm wondering what beers I can make with them. 6lbs golden light DME (LD Carlson) 2oz hallertauer hops pellets (3.8% AA) I know I'll need to make a trip to the brew store to pick up some more yeast/specialty grains but I at...

Just wanted to say hi. I'm new to the forums and to brewing in general. Just finished drinking some of first batch I made from an extract kit (English pale ale). I was really impressed with the results and couldn't help but think of the mantra that got me through it. Relax, don't worry. Have a...