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After that I just left it in my garage which is usually around 15C (59F) and it's been in there since.

I did not use a starter... I didn't think it would be necessary. Yeah, I definitely oxygenated it before pitching. The only thing I can think I did wrong was maybe pitch it a bit too warm. I had my wort chiller going for a good 25 minutes or so, I pitched it at approximately 28C

Well it was definitely 7.5lbs, it comes in small pails of 2.5lbs and there were 3 of them. Since there were no grains, I didn't have anything to steep so I just brought the 6 gallons to a boil while adding the extract. It's definitely the simplest recipe I've used by far, pretty hard to mess it...

I decided to brew a batch of beer for my buddy's bachelor party coming up next month. It was kind of a last minute decision so I planned on kegging instead of bottling. Most of my friends drink the the macros, no big deal, I'll brew them a basic American Lager and maybe convert a few of them...

Haha sorry I should have been more clear especially because this is a homebrewing forum. They're not home brews, these are just some rare beer I've gone through a bit if a hassle to get and I want to make sure they maintain or improve their quality over the next year or two. But thanks, sounds...

Hey all, I have a small closet that I'm currently storing beer in. I've got some great ageable beer put away and I'm just curious if the closet will suffice. It stays around 17 degrees throughout the winter and this weekend we had back to back 30 degree days, I checked the temperature in there...

What does keg lube do? I just apply it to the big o-ring at the opening of the keg or elsewhere too?

Thank you, this is very informative! I just assumed it was an issue with the keg, I never even considered the lines. I'll do this right away, despite being exposed to oxygen - do you think I'll be able to save my beer?

I kegged my DIPA a couple days ago, it poured fine the first night, it poured a little slower the following night and today it wouldn't pour at all. I checked the CO2 tank and it was completely empty (they told me I would be able to carbonate 10 or more batches with the tank, this was my 3rd)...

I absolutely love me some craft beer and always try to get my hands on something exotic (a lot of beer are exotic to Nova Scotia) when a friend is travelling. My girlfriend is staying in Phoenix for a week and I've delegated her with the task of hunting down some quality brews for her to bring...

I boiled approximately 23 liters for 90 minutes which brought it down to maybe 18 liters by the end of it. Then I topped it back up to 23 liters before pitching the yeast. Is it not recommended to do this? I figured it was fine since most extract recipes I've done require 5 liters of wort and...

Weird, I just signed up and came to these forums to post the exact same question. I used this extract recipe, full 23 liter, 90 minute boil and came out with an SG of 1.042. The only thing I did differently from any other brew was taking the hydrometer reading before it cooled completely. It was...