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I brewed on Sunday afternoon and by Monday my beer was fermenting to the point that all the trub was actually swirling around in the carboy. Below is a video of what I mean, it's just going crazy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGN4gk1LgBk Should I be worried or just happy that the yeast is...

I have a larger I brewed and the first gravity reading was 1.07 (or at least that's what I wrote down) three weeks later after a very active fermentation process my reading is now 1.12. Is this even possible? The only thing I can think is my first ready was actually 1.17 but I remember...

I brewed this beer on Friday night and as of Sunday I'm not seeing any activity. I've also never seen my beer look like this before. I'm wondering if my yeast is not active because it looks like everything from the bottom of the carboy has bonded together and is now floating around like a brick...

So I did my first all grain this weekend and it came out with a very strange green color. It’s a pilsner and it had three different hops bags I used so I’m guessing one might have opened during the process but shouldn’t it have cleared or settle to the bottom after a day or two. The fermentation...

I bottled a Belgium white this weekend and my FG was 1.16, and according to my notes my SG was 1.30. When I threw that into the ABV calculator it says my ABV is 16%. There’s no way that right because this was a partial mash batch, 5 gallons that I got from the beer store. It thought those were...

I’m tackling my first AG brew this weekend and was looking for a recipe that would be good to start with, something light preferably. I’m open to any suggestions. I’ve been looking through my Joy of Home brewing book but nothing is jumping out at me. Kraig

I made a mash tun this weekend but I seem to be having two issues. One, I inserted my ball valve but I have a little bit of wiggle when I open and close the valve. Do you put something in the middle to fill in the space in the cooler? (10 gallon Rubbermaid) Second I used a braided hose and...

I'm ordering a wort chiller today from Midwest and am probably going to go with the Super Efficient Copper Chiller with garden hose connection for $75. I was wonder what the difference between the stainless & copper is? Does the copper cool faster and also does anyone know why that one is super...

Right now I've been do extract brewing and want to make the switch to all grain. i have a $75 GC tp Midwest but im not sure what to get. my current setup is a cajun cooker, keg shell that i cook in, boottling bucket, and two carboys. can i use my keg with false bottom to do all grain?

Also, I keep seeing people mention using a “starter” when using the White Labs yeast and I’m not sure what that is. I’m on my 5th batch of extract brewing and I always use White Labs (all my local bew shop has) and have never used that and all my beers seem to start fermenting within the proper...

I have a larger that's a little over a week old in the primary and my books (Joy of Homebrewing) said that it should be at a temp of 50 degrees in the primary. My carboy is in the basement and in Colorado it's been warmer than normal so my temp in the basement has been in the low 60's. What...

I’m on my third batch of beer and so far all of them seem to have a familiar caramel taste. I’ve did an Irish pale ale first, fat tire clone, and an Oktoberfest from extract. The first one was really good, but the fat tire clone and the Oktoberfest both have a very similar caramel taste. Is it...

This is my third batch of beer and I want to try the primary to the secondary method with my Oktoberfest. I’m completely scared that I’m going to ruin it with air contamination though. Currently my beer is in a 6.5 gallon glass carboy. (will have been in there one week on Saturday) Do I just put...

So I had a total brain freeze and I bottled my beer too early I think. I made a Fat Tire batch and I bottled it after only being in the primary for 7 days. It had pretty much stopped fermenting which is why I thought it had been sitting for two weeks, but then my wife gave me a told so when she...

I brewed a wheat beer this weekend and it looked and smelled great until I added the syrup and now it’s way too dark for a wheat beer. I did it from a preassembled beer store brew kit. Someone mentioned that I probably should have used some irish moss. Will it still taste the like a wheat...