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I'm on my third all-grain batch. The first was great and the second sucked. With regards to the second I can't even fathom where I went wrong, not taking gravity readings is the first problem but probably not the only. Ultimately batch #2 was tasteless, as in water-like and a complete loss...

I haven't brewed in a log time. So I get everything set up and next thing you know, my burner won't light. I did about everything I could to get it working including disassembling the valve assembly and still nothing to show.. I am majorly pissed.... and no I had plenty of gas, propane too

About six weeks ago I brewed (AG) a Bavarian Dunkelweissen. Everything seemed fine. I mash, sparged, boiled, sanitized, etc. I don't take gravity measurements because I'm lazy and figure 3 weeks for fermentation/3 weeks for conditioning should be fine. While a bubbling blow off tube isn't a...

The title says it all. Mrs. Bigeb is pestering me about what I want for X-mas but I'm in the middle of a brain fart and I'm drawing a blank. Anyone have any thoughts or preferences of what they want?

I've had a smack pack sitting in the basement for about two months. It hasn't been refrigerater or exposed to heat. Question: is the yeast still good or should I order a new smack pack?

I think we can all agree we all know a good deal about brweing beer but can someone tell me how malt liquor is different?:confused:

I'm getting ready to order some grain from www.brewmasterswarehouse.com but I can't find any information that indicates whether the grain is crushed or whole.:confused: I don't have a mill so whole grain would be a problem. Thanks!

It just dawned on me that most of the bottles I've been saving are screw top! Now I have to go and buy and drink a bunch of non-screw top commercial beer. I guess a beer drink's gotta do what a beer drinker's got to do.

Yesterday I brewed up a batch of Honey Cream Ale. This was a DME recipe and during the boil stage I didn't get/see the large hot break as I expected. I understand extract brews won't have as large a hotbreak but this batch's break was smaller than my first. Since I got the whole pot to a...

I'm getting ready to brew a Honey Cream Ale kit. One of the ingredients that comes with it is honey (imagine that.) I had a few questions. One, with the addition of honey, do I need to worry about bottle bombs? I know fermentation will consume the sugars and that I should measure gravities...

Well I just finished my first extract brew and finished bottling yesterday. Everything seemed to go according to plan so hopefully everything will come out OK. The brew looks and smells like Sierra Nevada Pale Ale; assuming this is the way it tastes in 3 weeks I'll be a happy camper. If...

I'm a new brewer and have been reading a lot about various brewing techniques. I'm hesitant to try new techiniques such a partial or full grain methods until I'm confident in my efforts. The question I have is "is there a noticable difference in the quality of beer when comparing malt...