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Hi everyone, after a long hiatus from the forums, I'm back with another noob question. Recently I bottled our first batch after about 8 months or so of not brewing. I just checked on the bottles and there is an excessive amount of junk in the bottom. I've never had this much before. Everything...

My girlfriend and I have been brewing for about a year and change now. We've done close to 15 batches from the Brewer's Best series with varying degrees of success. The latest, an Imperial Blonde Ale was meh but drinkable. I decided to add some left over hops and it just turned the beer a little...

Ok, so I responded to someone else's thread on another part of the forums, but didn't really get any response. I'm trying again with a picture. This California Imperial Ale has been in the 2ndary for 8 days now. I pulled probably too much of the trub from the primary in transfer. I usually don't...

My girlfriend and I brewed our first Dort from a Brewer's Best kit. Actually I ended up doing most of the work, as she had to go to work. I think I did ok, although pouring into the primary while straining proved very trick solo. We just bottled a week ago, and I have to say, the color is more...

Well my girlfriend and I just brewed our 5th batch this Tuesday, a Brewer's Best Nut Brown Ale. I think everything went perfectly. Last Night when I came home, I opened up my closet and expected to see heavy activity in the airlock. Nothing. Upon closer inspection and realizing the closet...

Well, I brewed a dortmunder brown by brewer's best. Everything went well. Although pouring and straining into the primary was a bit tricky because I did it solo. My girlfriend usually helps me out. I got good activity in the airlock for a couple of days after putting into the primary. Today...

Ok, so my girlfriend and I brewed a winter ale in November, and it was ok. She didn't like it. I thought it was drinkable, but not great. We added the spice in a muslin bag in the secondary that sat for two weeks. We just brewed our second one with the same recipe, but a variation or two...

Well, Just got done with my second batch, a spiced ale. It's a brewer's best kit that has a 8-9% ABV. It's in its 3rd week of bottle fermentation and when I cracked one open, it starts fizzing up out of the bottle immediately. I wonder why? Is it not done fermenting? Thanks guys.

the top blows off your primary in the first day. I'm brewing a california imperial ale with the following ingredients: 6.6 lbs plain amber malt 2 lbs lbs plain amber dry malt 1 lb crushed crystal malt 4 oz assorted hops nottingham yeast My girl and I followed the directions so...

Well, I am pretty happy with my girlfriend and my first try at brewing. Not perfect, but a lot better than I expected. So we schlepped down to the home brew supply today to pick up another kit for another brew and settled on a "holiday ale" from the Brewer's Best Series. The problem is, the...

ok, I know these questions must have been asked here before, but for some reason, I can't get the search function to work. I have some very basic questions that I'm hoping to get cleared up here. 1. relating to final gravity, my hydrometer reads 1.030 after two weeks of fermenting. It was...

Hi everyone, I decided on a whim to do a search and see if there were any forums on home brewing and here I am. I figured there would have to be. Just brewed my first batch of IPA with my girlfriend today. It was a bit stressful, but I think we got it done. By the end, I was so fried, I...