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I've brewed a couple of austin home brews 1gal kits to add variety to my 5 gal pipeline. at bottling they all have smelled just like that rubber stopper that comes with the kit. I wrote it off assuming that it would fade quickly once they were in the bottles and carbing up. Today I opened my...

I'm taking a Cruise later this summer & would really love to enjoy a bottle or two of my own brew while onboard but they do not allow glass, nor alcohol to be brought on board. You are allowed to bring two bottles of wine & up to 12 bottles/cans of soda. The brew I'm most interested in taking...

I just bottled a batch that has some stringy growths and possibly a little tiny hint of sourness. I'm going to ride that batch out, but I'm brewing this weekend and don't have time or money to "throw out and replace all soft plastics" nor do I think that is necessary at this point. I just want...

I'm an avid hunter & spend almost ever other weekend from October until Feburary (east texas so its not that cold) camped out at the hunting lease. My lease is a more family oriented lease and there aren't many campers & not a lot of drinking. I normally cook some wild game (duck, venison...

I bottled a Farmhouse/saison a few weeks back that tasted a lot like tank 7 at bottling time. I do not like tank 7 so I decided to add some vanilla flavor to the bottling bucket to hopefully distract from whatever it is in tank 7 that I don't like. Well, I didn't realize that we had a bottle of...

I've done two partial mash recipiecs from ahs and it dawned on me during the process yesterday that I may be making a mistake. My first recipe turned out really thin and dry with very little flavor, even though my og was right on. And I think I may knwo why.... The ahs recipe says to mash the...

So, I'm new to brewing & I've got a couple of "summer batches" brewed & in bottles and I'm ready for another brew. When should I start brewing my beers for fall & winter. Specifically, I want to do a stout or porter & probably an Oktoberfest or pumpkin ale. I have no idea how long these type...

Well, I forgot to set my wyeast out last night, so I did it 1st thing this morning. Now I notice a tiny pin hole at the top of the pack. I think I want to move the yeast to a sanitized bottle or something & maybe make a tiny starter. Porblem is I don't have any dme nor a flask. So what do you...

3 weeks ago I brewed my first partial mash, a belgian blonde, I used wyeast saison3724 yeast hoping to achieve a more robust flavor profile. Fermentation started 10hrs after pitching and the wort was kept at 80f for 1 week then ramped up to 90 over a few days and kept it there for another week...

I working up my 1st custom recipe & I'm going to add a small amount of bitter orange peel & some dried hibiscus flowers that I bought from AHS and was wondering what the right method would be? Do I add these late in the boil or "dry hop" them in a secondary? I had originally planned to use...

I have a huge bee hive in my backyard that I have succesfully harvested honey from in the past & like to use more of my "own" ingredients in a brew so I'm wanting to use some of that honey. The flavor of this "wild" honey is unreal & beats any commercial stuff. Ideally I would like to get some...

I'm looking to brew a beer with a slight hint of almond or a flavor similar to biscotti in the background. I want it to be faint enough that you can't find it unless you know your are suppose to be looking for it. I'm going to use cream ale as a base. ANy ideas on how to add an almond flavor...

I need a beer to be ready to drink by july 15th. I'm looking at making a beer in memorium of my Mom who passed away in 2010. July 15th is her birthday and there will be a family get together where I plan to server the beer. Most people are non beer drinkers or BMC drinkers. I'll be using some...

My Mom died in 2010 (age 53) from Lupus and every year, several times a year the family gets together to remember & celebrate Mom. Each year there are a few of us that cook something, make something, bring something or whatever to share with everyone else as a keepsake or tribute to Mom. Well...

Well, I've been wanting to do a saison & also move from extract to partial mash. I noticed today that AHS has this Belgian Golden Ale kit ( http://www.austinhomebrew.com/product_info.php?cPath=178_452_638&products_id=12897 ) on sale for $22 so I decided to get this as a partial mash... but I...

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about 8 days ago I racked a pale ale into my BB secondary (8 days in primary, FG 1.014). After seeing the threads about the star san foam being ok & even beneficial I decided to rack under the foam. well, 8 days later I still have some foamy spots on top of the beer & yeast rafts under the foam...

I spent a week in Pensacola Florida this spring & fell in love with Pensacola Bay Breweries RipeTide Amber ale. I normally don't drink amber ales, but this one was very tasty. Since the beer inst available here in Texas (or even outside of Pensacola) I would like to brew something similar. I...

I Just got into homebrew about 2 months ago & it seems that Saison is very popular right now... So I got curious & read the style guide lines. The style sounds very tasty & seems like a fun one to brew at home. I also really liked the idea of brewing a classic style & being able to ferment at a...

I'm not sure I'm using the right terminology here so bear with me. I'm tasting my first brew after being bottled for 10 days. I'm really pleased with the beer, especially so because I had fairly low expectations during fermentation. The carbonation & head retention are good & very close to...