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I brewed a Belgium Tripple extract beer. The instructions called for a two month stay in a secondary carboy which I did. I bottled it about a month ago. After two weeks I popped the first bottle: pretty flat. I popped the second one today about a month since bottling and still find very low...

So brewed a Belgian Tripple extract kit today. The instructions said to add 3.15# of the LME at 60 minutes and 6# LME at 20 minutes. I thought the reason for the 60-minute boil is to convert the malt extract to fermentable sugars, how is that going to work for the 6# that only boiled for about...

I have a good collection of Grolsch flip-top bottles to store my beer. A friend gave me some Ginger Beer bottles from Trader Joe's and they seem perfect for home brewing. 750ml for two glasses and a porcelain flip-top that seems to take the same size washer as the Grolsch. Has anyone used these...

I brewed my first extract IPA today and ran into some issues.... I guess you can say I learned a lot. Previously I have brewed extract Belgium Ales, Stout and Belgium White without issues. The recipe called for 2oz of hops at start of boil, another .5oz at 30 minutes and a final 1oz. at 45...

I have one 6-gallon carboy I use as my primary fermenter and two additional 5-gallon bottles. The milk stout I brewed last is taking longer to ferment, probably because the temperature on my basement floor dropped to 62F. I brought it upstairs and it has been bubbling away at 64 degrees for...

My brew pot holds about 3 gallons. So far I have only done extract brewing kits. After steeping the grains in a bag I let them drip for a while, then added the extract and started boiling. I found a lot of additional "goodness" dripping from the bag later. (I read somewhere not to squeeze the...

Just found this forum and enjoy reading the posts. After not brewing for 20 years I now have the room and time. I grew up on the Belgium border and like most Belgium brews. First batch was an extract - Belgium Abbey Ale which turned out great. I look forward to learning and at some point sharing...