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Took my first go on a new mash tun, and overshot my gravity out of the mash. I watered it down before the boil and ended up with extra beer, no problem. I was brewing a german pilsner and was shooting for around 1.009 FG. The beer ended up at 1.013 and is sweeter than I wanted. I wanted...

I just brewed the Hop Hammer (double IPA) recipe from BCS. When I moved the beer into the carboy, cold break, proteins, etc began to drop out. After the heavy stuff dropped out, the liquid had stratified into two distinct layers. I had never seen that before and thought it might have something...

I am currently on my third all-grain batch (a munich dunkel). My other all-grain beers have been drinkable (good flavor), but even with modest starting gravity (1.047- 1.055) none of them have finished below 1.020. I assumed my mash temp was off, but my thermometer is calibrated and is showing...

Brewed the American Pale Ale from Brewing Classic Styles. It barely had any flavor at all- very strange. After a few sips, you can taste a gentle hop bitterness, but no flavor from the late additions at all. Even the malt flavor is much less than I anticipated. Any thoughts would be helpful b/c...

I have found great success using clarity ferm when creating "gluten free" beers for relatives in the past. I know that its intended purpose is to eliminate chill haze. Whirlfloc is a clarifying agent. Is there any reason to use both whirlfloc and clarity ferm? I am assuming that whirlfloc...

Trying my first attempt at my favorite style, APA. I have some extract from from another kit that I want to use, but am unsure as to what specialty grain to throw in with this. I simply dont have enough experience to know what qualities the grains will give me. I have put the rest of my recipe...