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I don't think that's the case but my taste buds may not be refined enough to discern what's going on. Only happened about twice out of about 20 beers of oatmeal irish stout, but there was a bit of a funky aftertaste both times, not enough that I didn't finish the beer, just something a little...

Good ideas all, yes, I am definitely straining every beer, and yes, this is private reserve only. I am definitely going to be bottling, no room/$ for a keg setup, but I am sure as hell ditching the wing capper for a bench top. And not only was it a twist off (which hasn't been a problem for...

I pour my beer until I see the particles of sediment start to drain, but lately (could just be imagination) I've been thinking that I notice some off flavors. How "deep" do you pour your beers, and how much effect does the pour have on the flavor, versus the quality of the brew process, for...

Thanks, the bottle tree wouldn't have worked this time because the bottles were all full of beer, but I am investing in a bench top capper that I think would have prevented this.

Bottling up 5 gals of a honey brown ale kit from Nothern Brewer (smelled real good, nice color, etc). Using the hand capper, put the first bottle on the kitchen counter, capped it, squeezed the capper, and just obliterated it. Glass and beer everywhere. I can't be sure that some glass didn't...

I see, that could be a pain. I may give it a shot with my stout, maybe I'll bring that to Ohio for Xmas instead of a 6 pack.

I bought 2 1-gal growlers (full of beer) from Whole Foods a while ago, and I'm wondering if I can use them for bottling up some homebrew. They are twist tops though, so I don't know how long they will keep the carbonation. The beer that was in them was still carbonated a week later, despite...

Good advice, I have a bunch of NB Gold and Amber LME that I ordered just to have, I would just need to grab some grains and I could use the American with that. I'm don't have a spare bucket for the bitter right now, so that would give me plenty of time to get a new pack.

The brown got a british ale yeast (wyeast), I figure that won't be too bad. The other pack just says "American", think that will be bland? I'm a fan of straightforward beers, I figure I will give it a try, and I'm sure I'm going to end up re-ordering both kits anyway in the future, so I'll get...

Here's a great way to take a homebrew kit and give it a little bit of your own personal brewing style. Order 2 kits, a honey brown ale and a british bitter. Put the smack packs in the fridge. Brew up the honey brown, but instead of grabbing the correct yeast pack for it, be an idiot and grab...

What sized hole do you have to drill to use those spigots? I have a brew bucket without one, that I would like to drill into to put the spigot on so I can have more versatility out of each bucket, is it 3/4" or 1"?

Best of luck with everything, both of my dogs have had mast cell tumors which means we are always on the lookout for trouble, hopefully that wasn't the case with your boy. I usually just jam them pill really far back (you get slimed on the hand but no biggie), as my dogs will just eat the treat...

Ah, see I got screwed by the airlines because I had to but a full price ticket for my 2 yr old daughter, but the trade off is that she gets to check in bags as well, so I should have no problem fitting a dozen beers here and there.

I'm flying to Ohio for Xmas, and taking some brew with me. Gonna box it up, maybe with some newspaper padding, put the box into a plastic bag in case of spills/breakage, and just put it in the middle of my suitcase with all my clothes around it. I think it will be fine, beer bottles are pretty...

Oh, believe me, it's not due to me that the stuff can't be drank for so long. If you brewed a pool sized batch of beer I could probably put a pretty good dent in it. I promised to brew it for someone that won't be able to drink for around 9 months, so discounting the bottles that I will keep...

Yah, maybe you all live in the cleanest places on earth, but I'd rather buy 500 bottles of beer out of the store than risk coming into contact with any of the disgusting beasts that populate NYC. There's a lot of talk about ash tray bottles and that, what about people with STDs, or any other...

It won't eventually leak through the cap seal? Sweet, I have a plan now.

Cool, I will freeze/fridge the stuff when I get home, I'm sure I can stuff it somewhere. So let's say I wait a month and then brew the beer up, leave it in the secondary for a month (or 2), and then bottle it. In theory, it should stay carbonated for a long time right? Or is there basically a...

I got a couple of kits from Northern Brewer, but I of course realized too late that I forgot to tell them not to crush the grain, as I am not planning to brew these batches for at least a month, maybe more. The grains are in a ziploc type bag, you can definitely smell them outside the bag, so...

Cool, I was going off memory and not research. This is a dry irish, so I am in range.