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Thanks guys, I had a batch of blonde ale turn out tasting funny and the fusul alchohol info from Wikipedia seems to match what I was tasting. I did a Porter after that and the fermentation was over in 2 days with a final specific gravity of 1.022. I will not know if the flavor is off for...

How high of a room temp can the regular ale recipes take? I usually have the A/C on at 75 and the spot where I can put my primary without being disturbed by my two young children is warmer than that. I checked the temp in that corner of the room and it is usually 83 degrees. Is that too warm...

I did aerate prior to pitching. I shook the primary back and forth for two minutes prior to pitching and stirred for another minute or two when I actually put the yeast in. I'm not going to take a SG reading until day 6 or so, and I don't feel like I'm hung up on numbers, per se, just...

I started a Porter a few weeks ago and had a problem reaching an end Specific Gravity lower that 1.022. Beginning SG was 1.052. The dry yeast took off rapidly at the beginning of fermentation and the air lock was very active for the first day and then slowed for a day and then stopped...