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Words can't explain just how upset this has made me. I checked on my cream ale yesterday, and all was fine, only to go to keg it today to find a HUGE lacto infection. My sanitizer in my airlock had evaporated (long story, but I know how that happened) , and some how I got a massive infection in...

So I've tried everything. Re-rousing my yeast, throwing a heat pad under the carboy, it's been 3 days and my Belgian Wit (my second ever all-grain) will not drop below 1.022. I added a starter I did yesterday of Wyeast Forbidden Fruit 3463 about 30 minutes ago, but I'm afraid nothing is going to...

Hi all, 7 days ago (almost to the hour) I was happily pitching a yeast starter of WLP400 in to my wit wort (my second ever all-grain). The OG was about 1.048, hoping for an FG of around 1.010. I had an aggressive fermentation within hours, with krausen dropping within 48-72 hours. Day 5 things...

Hi all! It feels great to be back after what has been FAR too long a period without brewing (nearly a year!). Hoping to jump back in with a Wit this weekend (my second ever allgrain!) but have hit a stump. I actually bought an 'all-grain kit' at a somewhat new LHBS a dude runs out of his...

After brewing a hefeweizen, a recipe I've done numerous times, just the Monday before last (September 30th), I ended up pitching my yeast wayyyy too high (high 80's-- Long story-- Don't ask). Unable to get another pack of yeast in the next few days after I crossed my fingers and waited. After...

So tomorrow's payday and I'm looking to pick up a complete kegging system from my LHBS, but am going to need a separate fridge to keep it in. Not looking for anything fancy, just enough to store 1 keg + c02 tank for the time being. Can upgrade later if needed. I've read that corny's are 8" in...

So the other day I picked up 23 liters of local, not from concentrate, pasteurized apple juice, after seeing a local homebrewer post a YouTube video where he took 3 liters or so of the juice, brought it JUST to a boil, dissolved 1 KG of dark brown sugar, and fermented with Coopers Ale Yeast. Now...

So, last Wednesday night I brewed my first ever 'Brew in a bag', this was my first ever experience using base malts, and I was/am extremely siked to taste the outcome. I fermented with Wyeast 3068 Weheinstephan, and fermentation took off within hours. While at my LHBS buying the ingredients, I...

Hey guys, I'm hoping to move on tomorrow from doing partial extracts/specialty grain recipes to partial mashes. Just wondering if anyone has any simple recipes using grains/hops/yeast that are widely available at most LHBSs. I've really been into Belgian Style blondes and tripels lately. Anyone...

Okay, so I know there are a lot of threads on this, so I guess I'm just looking for some reaffirmation. Today I decided to brew pretty much my all time favorite style of beer; a Belgian Tripel. My LHBS put together a pretty simple recipe for me; 250 grams of cara pils steeped for 20 minutes (I...

Alright HBT, this was officially my SIXTH brew yet-- 5 beers, 1 cider, 3 dumpers, 3 drinkable keepers, and this is officially my FIRST brew that I'm legitimately proud of, and feel the need to brag ! This was a partial extract/ specialty grain brew of a west coast style IPA, with over half a...

So this evening I bottled my 6th ever batch. By this point I'm pretty down pat with bottling, and didn't feel any need to read my kit's instructions-- Only to my demise. I had forgotten that I was supposed to rack my beer ON TOP of my priming sugar (1 and 1/4 cup dextrose dissolved in 1 cup...

Alright, I'm sure there have been a million posts similar to this one, but can someone tell me what in the HELL this black stuff floating on the top of my wort is? This is my first IPA, and I dry hopped (also for the first time) with about 145 grams of Cascades. It spent 4 (or maybe it was a...

Kinda' bored, why not share all of our complete setups? Still doing all-extract/ partial extract brews over here, although pretty damn proud of how much my setup has grown over the last couple months. Looking to do my first partial/ mini mash soon enough if someone can recommend a simple enough...

Alright, so I'm giving my first go at cider making, starting out with a Mangrove Jack apple cider kit. I'm at day 4 of primary, and when I woke up this morning, I peeked under the lid to see if the krausen had dropped, or if I should wait one more day to rack, and there was zero foam left, but...

Just curious if anyone has ever used this. We had our first snowfall up here in Nova Scotia the other day, and temperatures are just now dropping into the minuses (Celsius that is;)). It seems no matter how high I crank the heat in the house, the room temperature never get much higher than...

Any recommendations?? :mug:

This is a great community of home brewers. Been here just over a day, and feel right at home. But why the hell don't we have an IRC?! :drunk:

So after being ripped off by buying one of those ****ty Mr.Beer kits, and making two awful batches, last week I decided to switch to actual all-grain brewing. I went to my local home brew shop, and picked up a full starters equipment set for a 23 litre batch, as well as a Brewhouse Munich Dark...