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I brewed up a batch of cream ale and everything went fine, but when it came time to bottle life got in the way and I just put it off. It wound up staying in the fermenter for about an extra month. Will this have any negative effects? I didn't think it would but when I tasted the beer on...

I brewed this kit once before and discussed some issues I had with it here. While the instruction for the kit are less than perfect the results were pretty good. What I got from my first batch was a little low on ABV but it's quite drinkable. So I'm preparing to brew again tomorrow and am...

Is there any tricks to chilling a HB for drinking? Just put it in the fridge until it's cold enough to drink? Or is there any benefit to letting it chill and rest for a while? A few days? A week? Longer? Just sitting here at work thinking about my brew at home :)

I boiled my second batch the other day and the OG came out a bit low. The recipe calls for 1.050 and mine came out at 1.030. The kit came with 4 lbs of grains and I think I could have used a little more water for steeping but other than that I felt things went pretty well. I'm not too worried...

I have my first batch in the fermenter and have a question. I took a specific gravity reading after getting everything in the fermenter but it was significantly lower than what the ingredients kit specified for the og. I didn't sweat it too much but now I'm not sure what I should expect to see...