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I brewed a vanilla cream ale awhile back. Itsunami been in my basement about a month i just cracked one open. It has a really bad grainy aftertaste. Could that mean i mashed the grains to high of temp? from what i remember i think it was a little high.

I have a vanilla cream ale in the primary right now. I didn't add the lactose in the boil. The guy at my lhbs said it can be added at bottling time, i just needed to boil it like priming sugar. Im going to add the vanilla and rack it to secondary on Monday. I should be able to add the lactose...

Yesterday i only had one of my homebrews in the frig. So i went downstairs to grab some more for the frig. Turns out i didn't have any more! I've been brewing for about three years now and this is the first time this has happened. A major miscalulation on my part, it sucks and im ashamed of...

If i buy unpastuerized cider from the orchard, do i have to pasturize it? or can i just brew it and bottle it and enjoy?

I brewed an octoberfest instead of making it a later i used a kolsch yeast. The mash went fine and so did the boil. I pitched the yeast at 78°f. Its been bottled for about two weeks now. Its carbed fine. It has a slight after taste though. Could it be because i pitched the yeast at to high of a...

Has anyone successfully brew a good batch from the true brew kit? it was the first beer i ever brewed, over two years ago. I screwed it up then, didn't boil it long enough. Since then i have successfully brewed a few of their other kits. I have even brewed a few delicious all-grain beers. So i...

I just bottle an Oktoberfest. I couldn't let that little bit in the bottom of the bucket to go to waste so I poured it in a glass to try it. It tasted pretty grainy. Should I be worried? It was an all grain batch, that I batch sparged. What would cause that kind of off taste?

Got home from work today and checked on my beer. This is what I found. Im scared to touch. Looks like its about to blow. I can hear it venting a little bit. So I think I'm just going to let the pressure go down, if it doesn't blow first. :)

Does anyone have an easy equation to figure mash efficiency? I brewed my second batch of all grain yesterday. I didn't figure eff. For my first batch, but I wanted to for this batch. I was reading Palmer's how to brew, I might of had one to many by the time I was reading it: ) but I couldn't...

Anyone live in Iowa and growing hops? Im going to grow my own these year. I've done some research and it looks like cascade is about the best for hot humid Iowa summers.

I know it been talked about countless times on here, but I'm going to ask anyway. Is it acceptable to use brown sugar? If so how much?

I'm fairly new to brewing and this forum too. Could I get some help with abbreviations? For example SMWBO. I tried the search feature with no luck.

Mine would have to be; "beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" Benjamin Franklin

Is it OK to use a apple cider that has asrobic acid for a hard cider?

Does anyone have a good all grain recipe for a peanut butter beer?

I recently brewed my first all grain beer. Had a few hang ups. I didn't get any rice hulls for the mash, I had a stuck mash, yeah that was fun. Once I finally got everything under control I got about 6 gallons for my boil, was hoping for 6.5. When my boil was done I had 4.5 gallons left. My OG...