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Ok, thanks for the advice. I've brewed a lot of batches and this is the first time I ever smelled this odor. It's still doing its thing so hopefully it will fade.

I hope this batch is gonna be ok. I came in the house from work and the rotten egg smell is everywhere. It's still fermenting and the airlock is bubbling away on Day 3. At what point do you know a beer is contaminated? Just curious what I should look for.

It's a White Labs California Ale. It's not awful. It's slight. I just noticed the odor when I walked into the kitchen and thought it was coming from the garbage and then realized it was the fermenter. Lol. I peeked in and it looks like a nice normal thick krausen.

I am brewing a Winter Warmer Strong Ale. I pitched the yeast a bit cold, so after 12 hours at 62, I raised the temp to 68 and in no time the krausen started to form and the air lock was bubbling away. It's Day 2 and I'm noticing a slight sulfur scent coming from the airlock. Infection or is it...

Sounds good. I don't wanna over spice it. Thanks!

I'm brewing a pumpkin ale using cinnamon sticks, whole nutmeg and allspice. It's being added to the boil 45 min in. Do I remove it when the boil is finished or does it stay in the fermenter?

Thanks! One more question...I have whole cinnamon sticks, nutmeg, and allspice with the kit. It says when to add but not when to remove it. Does it come out when the wort is chilled? Or stay in through fermentation?

Have a pumpkin ale recipe that calls for 5 lbs of fresh pumpkin. It's still August and I can't find a pumpkin. Can I use canned?

I'm happy to report that after only a few days, the brew actually has a little bit of head. A huge improvement from the weekend. I swirled the bottles and put them on top of the fridge. I'm enjoying one now and even though it's not fully carbed, it's enough to drink it and enjoy it. I wanted to...

Again, thanks! I appreciate all the posts. I will definitely wait. I tried 2 beers from this batch and both were flat. But I will wait it out and report back. Didn't mean to offend anyone by thinking about dumping, I was just a bit disappointed and wanted to make sure since I never used cane...

Thx everyone. Yes, I was also confused about being told to keg. I'm a new brewer and have only my kitchen to brew and store beer. I have no desire right now to keg. And it is a 5 gallon batch that I used 2/3 cup cane sugar. If its low, will it still eventually carb up? I took a bunch, swirled...

I guess I have OCD when it comes to that too. Always de-label and mark the top of my caps with the initials of my beer using a Sharpie.

Well. Unfortunately, a keg doesn't solve my current problem. I always pour the priming solution into the bottling bucket first, racked the beer to the bucket and I swirl it with my giant spoon. It should be mixed in just fine. I will try swirling and putting them on top of the fridge and...

So on advice I read online, I bottled my beer using cane sugar for priming for the first time. I boiled 2/3 cup in 2 cups of water and added it to the bottling bucket. I read that it will carbonate fine but take 3 weeks. So it's been 3 weeks. I opened a chilled bottle, there was the slightest...

Just took a small sample and it tastes like beer. The krausen is huge, I guess from the honey, and I think that's the weird smell. But it's down to 72 and tastes ok and the beer without the krausen smelled fine. Whew!

It's been in the primary for about 5 days. It had an odd smell even before this happened, but I added honey to this batch so I'm hoping that's just the krausen with the yeast and honey. Smells the same now as it did yesterday. I used a White Labs Ale Yeast. Thanks for the tip on the timer...

My house always gets cold and I keep a heating pad under the bucket and put it on low when I see the temp dropping below 65 just to raise it bit. I knew one day I would do what I did today and forget to turn it off. So I get home and my temp is around 78. Did I completely lose my batch? Its back...

I used a variety of New Zealand Hops and orange blossom honey.

Thanks! I'm hoping I will also have a luscious beer when this is all done! It seems to be a nice combo of hops and honey so when I saw this kit, I had to try it.

I'm brewing a mini mash kit I purchased. It's a New Zealand Honey IPA. A pound of honey was added after the boil before chilling the wort. Of course I don't have my notes in front of me so I'm not sure of the exact yeast, but it was a White Labs liquid ale yeast. Anyway, there was nothing...