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I made a small mistake a year ago with a batch that I had put about $80 in ingredients in. Turns out the mistake wasn't a big deal. But I didn't realize it at the time. So, I let my high gravity, milk chocolate covered cherry stout sit in the secondary for a year. I bottled last night but...

++++ I need to know if I've ruined my beer by leaving it in secondary, on top of fruit puree and nibs, for approximately 3 months. The beer has been in indirect sunlight for months. I want sweet cherry taste, not bitter. +++++ This is my second attempt to make a quality batch of beer. I...

This is my second attempt to make a quality batch of beer. I started with an extract brew kit for an 8.1% ABV stout. I added about 4 oz of sweet baker's chocolate, 6 oz of semi-sweet baker's chocolate and about 6 oz of unsweetened organic cocoa powder to the boil. I also added one pound of...

This is my second attempt to make a quality batch of beer. I started with an extract brew kit for an 8.1% ABV stout. I added about 4 oz of sweet baker's chocolate, 6 oz of semi-sweet baker's chocolate and about 6 oz of unsweetened organic cocoa powder to the boil. I also added one pound of...

This is my second attempt to make a quality batch of beer. I started with an extract brew kit for an 8.1% ABV stout. I added about 4 oz of sweet baker's chocolate, 6 oz of semi-sweet baker's chocolate and about 6 oz of unsweetened organic cocoa powder to the boil. I also added one pound of...

I bottled my first batch (a stout with added cocoa powder and bakers chocolate) about four days ago. At that time, my beer tasted fairly decent. Nothing special, but some interesting flavor profiles brought about by the vanilla powder, and spice potion (cinnamon, ginger and clove disolved in...

:confused: Hello my brewing brethren. I just finished my third boil, and encountered new problems yet again. Just the facts ma'am: Brewed a switchblade jack pumpkin ale (dark red in color) extract kit offered by Jasper's Home brewing at boomchugaloog.com. I have only used their kits, but...

Hello my brewing brethren. I just finished my third boil, and encountered new problems yet again. Just the facts ma'am: Brewed a switchblade jack pumpkin ale (dark red in color) extract kit offered by Jasper's Home brewing at boomchugaloog.com. I have only used their kits, but even lacking...

I just racked my first batch of brew (a stout) into the secondary. Problem is, the beer smells and tastes more like green apples now (13 days since pouring into primary) than it did a week ago. Also, there is about an inch plus of brown sludge left in my primary after transfer that looks...

I have made a number of mistakes with this, my first, batch of brew. I am woring with a stout extract kit with a targeted abv of 8.1%. I initially pitched the dry yeast at too high of a temperature because I didn't realize the dangers of doing so in creating fusel alcohols. The recipe...

This is my first foray into homebrewing. I opted to start with the Thundercookie Gingerbread Stout kit offered by Jasper's Home Brewing at Boomchugalug.com. (They offer exceptionally high quality kits by the way.) I added unsweetened cocoa powder and 4.oz of semisweet bakers chocolate at the...