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hey guys, i brewed a penguin maibock from joy of homebrewing over the weekend and its smelling like rotten eggs today. no big deal but i decided to put it in the basement and air out the house. i came back and was thinking - is this hydrogen sulfate smell actually hydrogen sulfate? should i...

i just opened up my container of munton's light extract and there was this light brown stuff on top; almost tan. i mixed it with the brown stuff below and its ok now, but is this a bad batch, or is it normal.

hey guys, my apfelwein(edwort) is fermenting quite nicely, but i noticed a little black thing (probably like 3 mm around) stuck to the side of the glass carboy. it was fizzing like a banshee. is that an infection? what can/should i do

Hey guys, I joined the club and put together some of Edwort's Apfelwein. Unfortunately I took my yeast out only like 30 minutes before i added it to the mixture. I noticed it clumping at night so i shook it slightly to get the yeast moving around. This morning the same thing happened. It...

Hey guys, I made a German Kolsch (Itsok from Joy), and did 1 week in primary, 4 weeks in secondary (from 50-60) and 2.5 weeks in the bottle (I kept the bottles at 45-55). Its hardly carbed at all unfortunately. Did I lager in secondary too long? Should i have not let them sit in the...

Hey guys, I got all the parts for my Hoegarden clone yesterday from the brew store. I based the recipe off of Joy of Homebrewing. I accidentally left my book over at my SWMBO's house (just a girlfriend, but just as fierce) and she's angry with me so i figured it a good time to brew, but...

Hey guys, I am doing a Itsok Kolsch from Joy of homebrewing. It has been lagering for 2 weeks now out in my garage. I checked on it today and noticed what appears to be condensation around the neck of the carboy. I have attached a picture for your viewing pleasure. I noticed that the...

hello, i am trying to brew Itsok kolsch from joy of brewing. it recommends a 55 to 65 lager in the book for the beer. I can however, do a 40-50 degree lager in my garage. so what do you think.... put it in the garage for a few weeks, or just do normal conditioning between 65 and 75

I remember reading somewhere that they keep for about 4 months, but I just read Joy of Homebrewing, and he said he had a 20year old brew. Here's the recipe i used: Cincinnati Pale Ale Ingredients: 3-4 lbs. of Pale malt extract syrup, unhopped. 3 lbs. of Amber dry malt extract. 12 AAUs...

hey guys, i am going to bottle tomorrow and have a question. 3/4 cups of corn sugar + 2 cups of water (as per my instructions), boil then let cool. i then add that to the bottling bucket and siphon my beer on top. how long do i wait to bottle? like do i start as soon as the beer is done...

hey guys, i transferred a raspberry wheat to secondary on the second and plan to bottle this sunday. unfortunately the temperature in the secondary's location is a little chilly and has thus dropped the carboy's temperature to 62 or so. should i do anything (like move it) or just let it go...

Hey guys, i transferred to secondary last night and have a question about the bung. I tried pushing the bung down into the carboy but it keeps popping up a little bit... like it doesn't seem like its sitting in it properly. I took a big breath and blew around the bung/airlock and none of...

hey guys, i am going to rack to secondary today and my LHBS told me using a puree with nothing added will work. am i to mix it or just put the puree in and let the beer sit on top? thanks, jota

Hey guys, how often do you stir once you add the bittering hops. Is this supposed to actually be bubbling boiling? or just really hot? I'm stirring constantly right now but wasn't sure so i thought i'd ask

hey guys, http://tastybrew.com/newrcp/detail/272 has a recipe i wanted to do. this is my third batch so i have no experience with grains. When i go to the LHBS what am i looking for exactly? What is American Wheat ? I assume these are grains? American Two-row Pale CaraPils Do i add...

I just inherited a bunch of old budweiser bottles that are of the non-twist off variety. unfortunately the person that had them before was a heavy smoker and the bottles smell like it. ideas on getting rid of the smell? I was thinking of filling up my bathtub with hot/warm water and putting...

hey guys, upgrading from mr. beer. two options: http://www.midwestsupplies.com/products/ProdByID.aspx?ProdID=6874 http://www.austinhomebrew.com/product_info.php?cPath=178_33_52&products_id=400 opinions? other ideas? do i need anything else? I have bottles already. thanks, John

Hey guys, I am bottling for the first time and my girlfriend noticed i was using a tablespoon of sugar as opposed to a teaspoon. Um, what exactly is going to happen? Will they blow up? Taste sugary? Or kill me when i drink it :-p