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I have brewed 4 batches of beer now (5 gal batches). One (a christmas ale) has turned out well. All the others have had a certain taste to them (a soapy alcohol taste) even my christmas ale had the taste to it. Any ideas on why the beer is coming out this way ?. Thanks - Nick -

I have brewed 4 batches so far, 2 have turned out well, and the other 2 a Oktoberfest and an American pale ale both turned out not so great, they both taste and smell almost the same ( a soapy taste) and seem overly carbonated. both batches used the same exact amount of priming sugar. Any...

I am going to be making a sam adams brown ale clone, and want to add some honey to it, how and when and how much should i add to lightly flavor the beer. making 5 gallons

Beer is in 4th day of fermenting, i opened it up to take a hydrometer reading. it was 1.020 the ending reading should be around 1.014. The beer has a sort of solvent smell and taste to it, it is a wheat beer and i definitely could taste the beer but its overpowered by this smell and taste. Will...

ive heard you can sanitize your bottles by putting them in the over at 350 for an hour, is this true, and does it sufficiently sanitize the bottles? i like this idea over using any chemicals to sanitize. Also i am fermenting my first batch in a glass carboy, are there any ways or signs to...

Hey, i brewed my first batch a few days ago, at first the fermentation was very active, blew off the airlock, now there are no bubbles coming out of the airlock, the beer turned very cloudy, but now is starting to clear pretty well. Is it still fermenting ? its right at about 70 degrees.

my first batch of beer began fermenting last night (about 4 hours after sealing it in the carboy) the fermenting was quite vigorous as it filled the airlock with foam, I rigged off a blow off tube and took care of the problem. It is wheat beer (true brew american wheat kit). Today the beer has...

I am primary fermenting in a 6 gal class carboy, can I siphon my beer into the bottling pale, then clean and sanitize the carboy then transfer the beer back into the cleaned carboy for secondary fermentation? Also, I forgot to let the wort cool down after boiling and added it to 2.5...