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So I'm attempting my second beer, a Belgian blonde. My first beer, a Cali common, never finished fermenting and I decided to dump it. Any way the blonde has been in primary for 3 days an had a nice krouzen(sp?). Only thing is its a darker brown then I was expecting. Almost like a brown ale...

so i moved out of my parents house a couple months ago and now that im settled in, i want to start brewing again. i made one batch a while back but it never finished fermenting, so im eager to try again. heres the problem though, at my parents house, the basement stayed around 70 degrees all the...

So my beers been in primary for 2 weeks. I checked it last week and I was at 1.030. Checked it again today and it's still at 1.030. I'm thinking my yeast tapped out. This is my first batch, anyone have any suggestions?

I just checked my beer and I had planned on switching to secondary today (5 days in primary). Not a lot of krausen on top and my fg is at 1.030 right now (started at 1.050). Should I let it sit in primary for a little longer or will I be ok putting it in secondary?

when i bought my 5 gal kit on craigslist, it came with ingredients from a beer that the guy was attempting to make. so i got him to email me his recipe. i plugged it into beersmith (first time using it) and played with it a little. let me know if it looks somewhat normal to you guys or if it...

did my first brewday yesterday. i think it went pretty well. brewed a cali common exract kit. i was concerned with whether or not i was going to be able to get my temp to stay steady while steeping. thought i was going to have to be adjusting the flame on my burner the whole time, but it stayed...

do i take my OG reading before i add the extra water to bring it up to 5 gal? i was under the assumption that you take the reading after but i want to make sure. got 50 minutes till my boils done. great time for the question. haha

So I just bought a 5 gallon setup off of Craigslist. The guy gave me a bag of DME, grains and sugar. Think any o you guys can tell what he was trying to make and maybe round out this recipe? 2- 3lb DME muntons extra light 2- 1lb DME plain extra light 2- 16oz light candi sugar 1/2lb bag of...

there have been 2 bottles of this sitting in my fridge at work for probably 5 years. they were my dads so i layed off of them. well after 5 years, i figure they are fair game. so does anyone know how they age? thinking about having one tonight.

Hi guys, i found this forum while I was Google'ing home brewing. Ive been kicking around the idea of making my own home brew. for some reason, the idea of having bottles of my own beer just seems cool to me, but where do i start? Ive heard people say some bad things about the mr. beer, but it...