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So, my first attempt at reusing yeast resulted in a really weird film at the top of the beer during fermentation. My guess is that this may result in some sour beer, so I plan on tasting when I move to my bottling bucket, but I wanted some feedback from you guys to see if I should bother trying...

Hey guys, so I followed the wiki on recapturing yeast out of the trub left in the carboy after primary/secondary fermentation (found HERE) and I wanted to know what to do with that yeast before I'm ready to brew my next batch. So, the idea here is that I had a brew that turned out great, and...

Hey everyone, I was wondering if anybody had a good Marzen recipe that didn't take too terribly long to brew. I've been considering the Winky Dink Marzen described in Complete Guide to the Joy of Homebrewing as that seems to be one that won't take too terribly long to make (~4-5 weeks). Many...

So, I recently brewed an IPA recipe that I got through my LHBS. Just before bottling, I sampled a taste and it was great! However, a couple/few weeks later, I've now tested 2 bottles, about a week apart each, and have noticed some major changes in the flavor of the beer since I bottled it...

So, in talking to a friend of mine the other day and talking about how expensive better bottles are ($30 a piece at the LHBS), he asked me, "Why don't you just get one of those 5 gallon water jugs that they put in water coolers?" I thought about this for a while and couldn't come up with a...

So, I've noticed that between my last batch and my current batch, the piece of hose that I use for my blowoff during the first few days of fermentation gets pretty grimy with sediment and what looks like hop particles. I've struggled to find an easy way to get this clean, and up till this point...

Hey guys, I was wondering if anyone might be able to help me out in finding a good resource (online preferably) for extract recipes or extract + hops recipes. I would like to get a few more brews under my belt before I jump into grain recipes and would like to stick to the simple stuff to...

Ok, so I started a honey lager a couple weeks ago and a few days ago bottled them and tossed them in the fridge. Because I didn't have a good place to let things sit and ferment at ideal temperatures, I used a high temperature lager yeast (Wyeast 2112), which has ideal temperatures between...

Hey everybody :tank: I just signed up today having only just started my foray into the world (and obsession) of home brewing. I've had a number of friends and relatives that have brewed in the past or currently brew their own beer, and it's something that I've been fascinated with for...

So, I was reading just now about how most folks generally recommend tinted bottles (brown) for their beer so that it doesn't spoil from light/sunlight. This all makes perfect sense to me in how the beer gets skunked. I'm currently working on my first batch of beer, and my question is this...