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Hey folks, so I brewed a Porter on Saturday night. Went into the fermenter at around 9:30 PM with an OG of 1.059. When I woke up on Sunday morning I noticed it was bubbling a bit, nothing too rapid, but I figured it would kick up later in the day. Got home that night and it was going even...

I had made my second batch (a sweet/milk stout) back and March. I had some trouble with it not reaching the FG it was supposed to and ended up giving up on it. I never actually dumped it though and I'm wondering if it is still ok to continue on with. I just took a peek and there doesn't seem to...

I've been browsing the forums and various homebrew supply sites looking for good summer beer ideas. I decided one of the beers I definitely wanted to make was a saison, but couldn't find a recipe that I really liked so I figured I'd try to design one myself. Feedback would be greatly appreciated...

Brewing this recipe: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f37/irish-car-bomb-stout-133375/index12.html#post3862270 FermentingFreak didn't give OG/FG, but BeerSmith gave me 1.057 and 1.016. It's been in primary 16 days now. Just took the first gravity reading and got ~1.028. It hasn't shown any signs...

Brewed my first batch last night and just checked the fermenter to see if there was any signs of fermentation yet, and boy was there. VERY active, good thing I used a blow off tube. Now, I assume the reason it started so quick was because I pitched a starter AND an extra vial of the yeast I was...

Ok, so I just finished making my starter for my first batch, which I planned on brewing this weekend. Everything was going fine until I went to add the yeast to my flask. Cracked the top and got a nice unexpected yeast explosion!! I got MAYBE half (being optimistic) of the original contents of...

Ok, so every Thanksgiving and Christmas, my mother (and her mother before her) makes oatmeal/peanut butter/chocolate chip cookies. They're delicious, and I was hoping to pay homage to them in beer form for the upcoming holidays (I'm pushing it on time, I know). It will only be my second time...

Getting ready to order what I need to get started and I've decided to go with better bottles for my fermenters. I wanted to use a blowoff tube, but I was unsure how that would be done with the better bottles. Does the typical 1 inch tubing fit in the better bottle the same way it does in a glass...

I was looking into buying my first kit and trying to decide on what size kettle to get. Do most people boil the full 5 gallons? Or less and then add water in the fermenter? Is there an advantage to one or the other? I'm going to start with (and probably stay with for a while) only...

Hey everyone. Just getting interested in homebrewing and aiming to get started after the holidays. I'll be reading up a ton on here and hope to get a decent grasp on things before I try my first batch. Looking forward to using the site, it seems fantastic.