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I took another stab at creating a tripel and ended up with less than desirable results. My inexperience in brewing led me to adding a god awful amou t of candy sugar to help sweeten up and add a little more ABV to my batch. I ended up with a 13% extremely dry beer. Live and learn. So, I added a...

I have a beer that is 2 weeks into primary. I took a sample today to test the gravity and give it a taste. I knew going in that I made some mistakes, but thus far the beer is OK. It started at an OG of 1.102 and is now at 1.009. It tastes dryish with some hints of sweetness and a fairly strong...

Well, I tried to make what I think is gonna be a triple styled beer, but I think it's gonna end up being Meade like. My OG is a whopping 1.102! I'm using wyeast 1214. I put nearly 3 lb s of honey in along with 14 lbs of Pilsen grain. Will this end up being so sweet that it won't be drinkable, or...

Well, I recently made the switch to all-grain and decided to brew my 3rd batch this past weekend. My first all-grain batch went well, no hitches. My second I had a bit of a problem with a stuck sparge and ended up with the wrong OG yad yada yada. So, for my 3rd batch started out well. Got to...

Performed my first kegging this past weekend! I guess it turned out well. Ive read a ton of write ups on how and how not to keg that I just dont know which is the simplest and bet way to do it. Instead of asking how to, Ill just tell you what i did and yall correct or add to what I did or didnt...

I know, an odd thread title, but I couldnt think of another way to state it. I finally made the switch to all-grain and my first batch went really well. But my second was filled with all sorts of mishaps. My 2nd batch was supposed to be a Belgium Quad. First off, my target mash temp was supposed...

I know this is kind of a redundant topic, but I just wanted some quick clarification. I want to stor all of my HB and inside the house is beginning to be impractical because of space and my garage isnt A/C. I have a pretty decent walk space under my house and thought I could build some shelving...

Last year I tried brewing a beer that had agave nectar as ingredient. To date, about 110-130 days conditioning, only 2 beers carbed up. I just thought it was an anomaly. So recently I tried the same recipe again to see if i could get better results. Ive brewed about 20 different batches of all...

I almost named this thread, "Yall were right". But then my suprise was once again stammered by no carbonation. I have a batch that it seems just won't carb up. I tried recapping a few, and notta. Not one bottle carbed. Then tonight, on the 60th day in the bottle I decided on one last ditch...

My brew partner says different, but I say on a day we bottled two batches that we forgot to prime one of the batches. We bottled a Belgium Strong and a (Dont laugh) a Tequiza clone. After 7 days, i tried one of the clones and it was flat as all get out. The Belgium on the other hand was full of...

Im a new brewer and am on my 7th or 8 batch. Ive read in a few different places that your FG should typically be 20%-25% of the OG. Since reading this, Ive checked my notes and have found that other than 2 of my first 5 batches, the remaining 3 finished right around 40%-45% of the OG. Despite...

Before anyone gives me hell for even considering brewing this clone, let me explain. Im only doing this for experimentations sake. I for some reason liked Tequiza. It was one of those beers that was perfect ice cold after mowing the yard on a hot summer day. Since they dont make it anymore and...

Seeing as this was my first batch, I had no clue what problems, however small, might occur. Everything went pretty well at first. The problem I ran into was the siphon connection to the curved tube. I used the clamp that came with the kit and it didnt create an airtight seal. We mustve siphoned...

My brew buddy and I, brewing only our second batch, attempted a clone this past weekend. The recipe states the OG at 1.086, but our pre-ferment sample read 1.121. What can we expect, if anything, from such a descrepancy? What could we have done incorrectly?

OK, Ill try to make this easy. Myself and my nrew buddy are brewing today. Its her turn to be the brewmaster, so Im just her lackey for the day. We have reached an ambiguous point in the process and i need advice. here's the recipe instructions verbatim: "To collect wort from mash...

Ive been perusing this forum for a few days now and thought perhaps I should finally posta thread and ask questions that have probably been asked 10,000 times already. First off, Im a 100% newb to brewing. So bare with me if I dont understand all the lingo and whatnot. After 20 years of subpar...