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i have noticed this also if i bring the strike water up to temp fast and do not let it stabalize at 165 or so before i add the grains. if i heat it up quickly and as soon as it hits temp, turn off heat, throw in grains, and cover, i experience the same thing. it seems better to bring the...

the bottle was just a regular ole brown beer bottle. i always boil priming sugar with a pint of water for 5 then put in the bottling bucket and siphon beer on top to ensure a good mix. i am going to start weighing my sugar now because of this. i was hoping it was just an infected bottle...

Hey guys, need a little help/advice if possible. i brewed a batch of amber ale a little while ago. primary'd for 4 weeks. primed with 3/4 cup corn sugar. dont remember my gravities as im at work. anyway, 1 week into conditioning, a had a bottle bomb. first one ever. that was...

im as new as it gets around here, so im not being a jerk, but if you search late extract addition, a ton of threads will pop up completely explaining everything about the procedure. and dme and lme are the same except 2.75lbs dme = 3.3lbs lme... people seem like like dme more because of less...

Hey guys, New to posting on the site but have been reading it for months. i bought a funnel for my carboy at my LHBS, as i have been brewing in buckets so far. Got home and noticed surface sratches all over the inside of the funnel. i guess they came from the funnels being stacked on top...

I brewed it this weekend. did the extract version. Went a little different route with the pumpkin. I used a real pumpkin, cut into 1inch cubes, and baked for a hour. then steeped the pumpkin with the grains instead of boiling. i was curious, so.....we will see what happens!!!!

for the extract version, it says flaked wheat. i am not doubting that, but from everything i read and what the guys at the local store told me, flaked is for grain version only. will the flaked wheat not convert correctly if i steep it with the crystal and biscuit malts for 30 minutes? do...