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i bottled way back in october, and the two beers in question were poured/drank about 2 weeks ago. although i noticed it w/ previous bocks as well

My apologies gents, it's an issue of head "formation"

Def. an issue of head "retention"

and that's the glasses i pour into and drink out of, not the bottles i rack into. right?

The way I learned is to boil a couple of cups of water on the stove and put 3/4 cups of priming sugar in. The rack the beer from my secondary to my bottling bucket and add the boiled priming sugar. Then stir it up and rack to bottles. Is this the right way? It is also possible that I forgot to...

So I have recently made a Bock w/ an extract kit. I bottled about 50+ and recently poured two glasses for my friend and me. The glasses were the same, I poured them the same, but yet one came out w/ no head and one came out w/ a perfect head. I sanitized all my bottles before bottling, but...

I've had my bock and pale ale side by side, and they have a slightly similar taste. But they all taste similar to what I remember my nut brown ale and weizenbock to taste like. So it's mostly off of memory.

Thanks for the great information! I know that opening one would be a lot of work and money and a lot of people will be nay-sayers, but I'm considering doing this and trying to gather as much info as I can. And of course, I need to get some more years of experience under my belt.

The flavor is pleasant, I guess I was just thinking/hoping that the flavors will be different. If I use different malts, will that impart a different taste? I really enjoy hoppy beers (like sam adams hallertau imperial pilsner) and may try that next. or perhaps a hoegaarden-ish beer because...

Extract kits, but w/ different yeasts. Mostly dry yeasts, but I used a smackpack for one and a liquid yeast in a tube for another. And excuse my beginner-ish-ness, but I'm not quite sure what a partial boil is.

Well, the best I can say is that they taste similar to the first batch I brewed which was a Nut Brown Ale extract kit from Northern Brewer. I've only been drinking good beer for the past 4 years and have only started to really think about tastes since I stated brewing. So I need to get some more...

I have a brewbelt which keeps it at 72-74 (a little warm?). But I did not have it for the first two batches I've brewed. I did brew them w/ ale yeasts and they stayed between 65-74 degrees. Did you want all the specifics of the recipes? or just ingredients?

Wow, that was quick. Yes, I will def. be doing some searching on this forum. So far the most populated forum I've found on homebrewing. I'm sure there is great information out there, I just wanted to fire off a quick post to get the ball rolling. Thanks for the welcome and happy brewing!

Hello all, This is my first post and actually my first time joining a forum. I have been homebrewing since Christmas '06 and have brewed a nut brown ale, weizenbock, oktoberfest, bock, pale ale, and pumpkin spice. I've noticed that the beers end up having a similar taste, and I wonder if...

Hello all, I am a recent college graduate from a business school with a great interest in entrepreneurship. My other homebrewing friend and I have toyed around with the idea of opening a brewery. Now of course we need a lot more experience in homebrewing, but we feel like this is a...