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I brewed a pale ale on Sun, had an issue with my wort temp....cooled it too much and pitched some 1056 at 60 deg. Put the primary in the basement, checked it two days later and it was bubbling away at 78deg.....ooops. Now I know I need a swamp cooler. Today I looked and the bubbling had...

I am a complete noob, and I apologize in advance if this a silly question, but I don't think I can wait 4-6weeks to get the answer myself:)...just looking for some input. Could anyone give me an idea of what this might taste like? Sound like anything you know or that I may be familiar with...

After my last batch, I cleaned my fermentation bucket with Sun Oxy cleaner and rinsed it out. I laid the lid on top, didn't seal it, and put the bucket away. Today I pulled it out to get ready to brew and noticed several small spots of mold in the bottom. Obviously there was still a little...

Yesterday was brew day, all went well....I think....put the wort in the primary, sealed it up and put it in my usual spot. Well, it's beginning to get warm in GA, so today the ambient temp got up to 78deg inside while I was at work. When I got home and checked the "fermometer" it read 77deg...

I have a recipe that calls for 1oz of dried lemon peel- added during last 7min of the boil. My question is- Do I just put the dried peel into the boil where it will wind up in the fermentor, OR do I put the dried peel into a sock so it can be removed before going in the fermentor? The recipe...

I seem to be only getting 4.5 gallons out of a 5 gallon batch. At first i thought it was loss from transferring from primary to secondary to bottling bucket, but my last batch I kept in the primary until bottling day. Still only managed 48 12oz bottles, and the last one I had to really work to...

I got a Porter recipe- Portlands Haystack Black Porter- brewed and in the primary on 2/13. My recipe called for 5-10 days in the primary, then transfer to the secondary for 1-3 weeks. I decided to just leave it in the primary....it's been there since 2/13 undisturbed. I was planning on...

Just realized I never added my dry malt- 3 lbs....just added my liquid malt..Boil has 12min left...any way to salvage this?

Sorry for the noob post, I did search- "smack pack". I have a Porter on the stove now and I am about to pull it and chill it down. I have a Wyeast Activator that I popped this AM, it has swollen up and looks ready to go, my question is: Do I need to make sure whatever vessel I "popped"...

Wow...is it me or is this the most highly carbonated beer of all time? I just tried it for the first time today and took a drink from the bottle, I could not believe how carbonated it was. Decided to try one in a glass and only poured a bit in and the head occupied about 3/4 of the glass...