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I began fermenting my first ever beer, a Saison, on September 14th, it has: 1 packet of T-58 Saison Yeast 5lb Light Malt Extract 1lb table sugar 2oz Mosaic hops 3.75lb mini mash 5 gallons water This is my first beer I've made, and clearly I didn't do enough research. Here's my story of...

So I started my first ever beer 8 days ago, on the 14th. I decided for my first beer to do a Saison due to its friendliness to warm temperatures, as my apartment is usually about 74 degrees and the closet I store it in might be a few degrees warmer. I did 5 gallons of water, 5 pounds of LME, a...

I was following a recipe for making a Saison ale, and didn't realize that the 3 gallon boil I was doing gets 2 gallons of water added to it once it's in the fermenter. Although I still followed the recipe, I didn't realize how much lower my original gravity was going to be than anticipated; I...

I'm looking to make an ale that resembles some of the excellent beers I've had in Europe; from Spain to Germany, I found crisp and clean pilseners and hefeweizens that I just can't get here in the states... everything sold here is fruit or hop forward and very strong, when all i'm looking for...