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WOOT! My first brewing attempt has been a success! I jumped right in with all grain brewing and made a nut brown ale. I made all sorts of mistakes, but the wisdom on here told me to just let it sit and it will be fine. Some of my mistakes: did my entire boil lid on, let my wort chill at...

I brewed a Sam Adams Winter Lager Clone yesterday. When I took my OG reading I realized I made a mistake somewhere as my OG was 1.022 and my target OG was 1.069. After going through my recipe again I realized that I failed to buy all the grain I needed. The recipe was for extract brewing with...

I have my first homebrew (all grain) in my primary for a little over 4 days now. It's a Brown Ale. Fermentation has slowed considerably. This being my first brew, I am following step by step instructions which tell me that I should rack to a secondary now. However, I've read a lot on the...

I have my first batch in my fermenter right now and am about 55 hours in. I pitched my yeast at 70* early Friday morning and the temperature rose to 77* within 12 hours. Someone on here suggested putting a wet towel over my primary with a fan blowing on it. I did this and the temp dropped and...

I brewed an all grain Brown Ale last night for my first brew since a Mr. Beer kit attempt in college 8 years ago. I cooled my wort to about 68* before transferring to my primary and pitching my yeast. I'm storing in a cool place with ambient temp of 67*. It's been about 18 hours since I...