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Everything turned out swell. Even the NA version of it was great, but tasted side by side you could tell it was just missing a little something. The carb on the NA wasn't the best though. After cooking I pitched basic ale yeast added sugar and bottled. Just wasn't enough carb power. That...

Yeah funny thing is its not a dark beer. It's a blonde Belgian table beer. And I believe the ph should be fine, we use an awesome water filtration system that you can specify exactly how you want your water to come out with level of ph alkalinity etc. I've never actually tested the exactness but...

So here's the cloudiness. Well see how it clears. Ill try going to a secondary. Ill report on how it turns out. Thanks guys.

So I did a real stupid and boiled my grains while doing a brew in a bag. Then forgot Irish moss for clarity :/ so thoughts on possible outcomes from the boiling and tips for getting the clarity of the beer post boil. So if your wondering why or how I did this like an idiot. Ill explain that...

It was a nice gold color until a week ago it turned red.

Pilsner urquell clone turned red in lagering after about two months. what the heck does this mean!?

Any Body know the expected calories from this recipe? I'm looking for a Guinness clone recipe that is as low calorie (or lower) than the original. You know a nice DRY stout.

To help dispel some of the mystery, the place where I stay and brew at where at first ok with me brewing there but now they are weirded out about it and don't want any one to know there is beer being made on their premises. So I need to move it to a buddies house ASAP, and it gets more...

And sorry some of those are noob questions of which I'm pretty sure of the answer I just want to be double sure. Thanks guys

I also have a bottling bucket handy, would it be a good idea to rack the beer, clean the carboy then rack it back to get a bunch of sediment out before transport?

Ya, I'd rather not explain, too long and complicated. The set up I have now is a plastic carboy with a rubber stopper with a hole in the middle and one of those small air locks shoved in it. I have on hand tubes and jars and sealed caps for them as well. What would be the best way to cap it...

Due to extenuating circumstances I have to move my beer while in the fermenter. It has finished fermentation and needs to be transported in a car over windy mountain roads then freeway. I know air is bad, but how bad? Will this really ruin the beer? Or should I rush to bottling and pump out a...

Oh and no they are only 5 gallon containers. Yes next batch I want larger fermenters.

After cleaning the airlocks there has been no problems since all is working fine. To watch the temp I have a quick read thermometer in between the wall of the container and the shielding. And it has read fairly consistently in the low 60's. Is this I viable method of watching the temp?

Ya keeping them in the 60s and looking forward to some better air locks. And after the first blow out I cleaned out the second airlock and both are doing much better. Thanks every one.

Thanks! I just needed some relief. Ya definitely going to get the blow of tube next batch. And my carboy is a tight Virgin flour and doesn't have a hor ;) thanks again for the reassurance.

My first time brewing beer and I decided to do an Irish stout. I got home and to my horror the top had blown off. It spent about 8 hours exposed I'm guessing. The exploding problem has been solved and shouldn't happen again, but what are my chances of it being infected? Is there a way to tell...