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I stored the bottles of beer from my first batch in a closed dark cabinet above my refrigerator about 2 months ago. When I had first sampled it then, I didn't like it at all. Anyways, I had kind of forgotten about it until today when I heard a loud noise come from the kitchen. I walked in to...

Pictured is 5 gallons of sanitizer in the glass carboy. Is there sufficient headspace there to ferment 5 gallons of wort, or would it just be safer to ferment in my 6.5 gallon plastic ale pail? Thank you!

About to brew my second all grain batch. This time I’m going to try a hefeweizen. The recipe is one I found here on HBT: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f70/citra-hefeweizen-473178/ I punched in some numbers on the brew365 mash and sparge water calculator. It says to use 9 total gallons of...

Finally tasted my first batch of Brewer's Best IPA after 3 total weeks fermenting and 3 weeks in the bottle. I let the bottle chill for 5 days in the refrigerator. The beer had a nice head and good carbonation. It also had a nice amber color but fairly cloudy. Unfortunately it has a slight aroma...

I’m taking the leap from extract to AG brewing today and I am very excited to try mashing for the first time. Before I ask any questions here’s some information about the recipe and mashing equipment that I will be using. Three Floyd’s Zombie Dust Clone (found here on HBT) Batch size: 6 gal...

Hello everyone! I just started brewing a couple months ago and wanted to ask some questions before I start my first all grain batch. Before I do that though I wanted to take a moment to say hello and thank you for the amount of great information i've found here on this forum already. In all the...