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Hey, Walker, thanks for the quick response. I think I'm inclined to leave where it is rather than change the climate & possibly upset the yeast or something. I'm in no hurry. Besides, I don't really have any place else to put it where it's dark most of the time. I'll just keep checking the...

Things that make you go "Hmmm..." I decided to move the brew to a warmer climate as suggested here & made an interesting discovery. Though I've seen no action in the air lock, when I took it out of the hole on the lid for the move I was able to look inside & smell it (the plastic carboy is...

I got my plastic carboys many years ago from a home brew supply called BIERHAUS INTERNATIONAL INC. 3723 W. 12th ST. ERIE, PA. 16505. I have no idea if they are still in business or not. They have always worked well for me. I've never graduated to glass, though I have been advised to do so by...

OK, I'm back again with a similar problem I had back in Dec. I'm starting to think it's due to bad yeast. I used the same liquid amber malt & brand of dry ale yeast this time as back then and the result is pretty much the same. I boiled the wort extra long this time, about 1 1/2 hrs, and was...

Yeah, this isn't rocket science, I should be able to turn out decent brew without too much effort. I guess I must have let something into this last batch that caused it to go bad. As you say, Pig Pen (contrary to your name!), "clean clean clean". Didn't get a chance to cook up a batch this...

Hey, I haven't checked in for a while. Some here may recall a couple of months ago I was looking for advice about a holiday brew I was making using ginger as a spice..."ginger ale", if you will. I've made it before & it turned out well but this time it didn't. Right from the get-go it was a...

Thanks for all the quick replies. David 42 asked about the OG, which I think means "original gravity" (I'm not that experienced as a brewer). Well, honestly, it has hovered around 1.010 since right after the yeast stopped percolating. It really hasn't changed much. As I explained in a post in...

OK, the ale has been in the 2nd stage fermenter for 10 days & I'm about to bottle it. It has a gravity of 1.010, where it has been since before I transferred it. I want to accomplish two things. First, it still seems to have a fair amount of stuff floating around in it when I draw some off in...

Thanks for the great advice, guys. I haven'y gotten to the keg bit yet but plan to down the road. In fact, for my birthday last year my wife got me an antique, pump style twin keg tap outfit made in the UK. I'm not set up to use it yet but hope to in the not too distant future. It will help...

Thanks for the reply, Bill. It's a relief to know that the brew is OK & my efforts are not in vain. Each batch seems to behave a little differently but this one was really odd. I thought I had screwed something up big time. I'll do the transfer today & probably bottle it next weekend. I live...

Hey, I just registered after stumbling onto this cool forum.I'm not exactly a beginner but I brew infrequently & still have lots to learn. Anyway, I'm currently trying to re-create a very succesful brew I did a few years ago using ginger root as a spice- real ginger ale! I was a hit then & I...