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well me and my gf of 5 years broke it off unfortunately right after we brewed our first beer together. times are tough and i need to get my **** straight together...but this isnt the right forum for that :) her birthday just passed and i decided to make her a little gift, since she didnt get...

well..some of you may have seen my posts. my first beer.. everything was going as planned. everything was fine. i was bottling it. and i tried to ask as many questions on here as i could, but i knew i had missed something. Well i didnt take my blow off tube out of the fermenter and it was...

Hey guys, i'll be bottling today. Waiting for FedEx to deliver my bottles. Quick question, I got the bottles from Norther Brewer, do I need to intensively clean these bottles (if i do then with what?)...or can I just rinse them with my bottle jet and drop them in my sanitation bucket...

Well I will be bottling my first brew this upcoming weekend. It will hit 3 weeks in the primary and I will bottle it straight out of the primary and let it sit in the bottles for another 2 weeks. My fermentation was complete after 1 week but i let it sit for an extra 2 weeks in the primary...

Hey guys, i brewed my first beer a Saison last sunday. It fermented in about 74-78 degrees until about Thursday. It was bubbling every 4-5seconds, on Thursday it stopped bubbling at all and hasn't bubbled since...I know that bubbling doesn't mean anything. But can it be done so quickly? I...

well I posted my mishaps in this thread , but here are pics of my Krausen almost 30hrs into it. It is a Saison usng Wyest French Saison yeast. Does this look ok to you?? I've never seen a healthy Krausen..so I don't know.

hey guys, i searched all over the forums...but is there a "Show your krausen" type of thread somewhere??

Well i took a Hydro reading but then I topped off the wort approx 3.5 extra gallons and forgot to take hydro reading again. Well its been "fermenting"(bubbling every 4 seconds) for 24hrs now. Here is my recipe. Specialty Grains 0.5lbs Belgian Caravienne Fermentables 3.15lbs Pilsen...

so..i brewed my first this sunday. and boy oh boy...was it a mess. I used to read this board and see all people posting about how they make mistakes on their first brew day..etc. and I always thought, hey the process isn't that hard I shouldn't have many mistakes..boy was I wrong. Things I...

I have 2 questions. 1. I thought I was going to brew today in the morning so I activated my smack pack yeast on friday morning, however I am not able to brew today and might have to brew tomorrow. The pack is completely inflated and very tight I am afraid it might pop. Will it last till...

So i just got my FedEx from Northern Brewer. Everything was packed nicely and really light. I thought they forgot my Better Bottle but..its so damn light. So I got all my equipment except for 1 little thing. I had ordered the ported version of a Better Bottle (dunno if thats good or bad) but...

Hey guys, I am going to try and brew my first ever home brew batch next weekend. I have read a lot and do understand what it entails. I do hope some of you can help me out as I go along. First I am looking to brew a simple recipe, I am not looking for a great beer..if my first batch comes...

Hey guys, obviously I am new to this site, but I am not new to beer ;) quick info on my situation. simply I want to build a keezer, i am pretty handy so I think i can pull it off. here is the problem, I live in Brooklyn in an apt and hence don't brew very often due to the lack of space and...

hey guys, there arent any LHBS around my area so I would have to order all the supplies online and have it delivered to me. I am a little paranoid about ordering such a huge glass item over the internet. Since i am scared they might damage the package.. ..i wanted to use the glass carboy...

Hey guys... Ever since I visited Cooperstown,NY which hosts 2 breweries Ommegang and Cooperstown Brewery I have been very interested in homebrewing. I have read up as much as I could on it and probably should start with extract brewing, I want to be able to make a decent beer from extract...