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I'm pretty bummed about my latest brew. I brewed a Stella clone last Sunday, my 3rd extract brew, and have seen absolutely no signs of fermentation. I was patient this week thinking that it could take up to 72 hours to start but no go. The yeast I used was White Labs Czech Budejovice Lager...

I bottled a Belgian Hefe tonight and was filling the last of my bottles when I ran out of brew to put into the last bottle. It smelled really good with a combination of nuts and a slight banana scent. I swigged some and just swished it around my mouth for a few seconds before spitting it out...

I've heard this rumor around but have you guys ever done it or heard about it? If you fill a 1 gallon jug with pop tops some liquor stores will give you a free keg.

The usual time to wait to taste is three weeks I guess. I couldn't wait and tried my brew today only 5 days after bottling. It didn't taste very good. I was brewing a Fat Tire Clone and it tasted a little like a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. Will the taste change as the beer ages in the next 2 1/2...

I just recently bottled 46 beers into 12 oz beer bottles but had a little left over so I put it into a 2 Liter Sprite bottle. If I crack the Sprite bottle after a week to take a swig, will that hurt the carbonation?

Unfortunately my bottle supply is running low and I'm bottling tomorrow. Besides beer bottles what else can you bottle in?

Once bottled, how long will my beer last for in good taste condition? Ballpark Avg

Ok so my first brew has been fermenting away for the last 5.5 days. It now bubbles like once a minute or so. Is that a good thing or a bad thing or is it different for every beer. How do I properly transfer my brew from the primary to the secondary carboy and why is it necessary? Also Can the...

So I brewed my first beer tonight. Woohooo :ban: After chilling my wort to around 80F I was ready to dump it into my primary. I have a giant strainer that I used to cover my primary bucket. It accumulated a bunch of beer gunk on it. Is this normal? Did I do this step right?:mug:

Ok so before I begin it seems that there could be about a million things that could go wrong in one of the many steps in the brewing process. I just recently purchased a brew kit from AustinHomeBrew. I bought the Fat Tire Amber Ale (Extract) Kit that I will attempt for my first brew. Ok...

I've doing a lot of research lately and like AustinHomeBrew and their 6.99 shipping. I found this Kit which looks good to me. As far as the glass upgrade is that something I should do? I would also like to brew this Beer. Would this kit brew this beer fairly well?

I wanted to order a recipe kit from AustinHomeBrew and when I went to do so it has all of these extras such as: additional yeast, an ice pack, yeast fuel, an alcohol boost, and priming sugar. I can guess as to what the alcohol boost does. They recommend a certain yeast for this, is it going to...

Several years ago I was fortunate enough to spend an entire year in beautiful Colorado with micro breweries plentiful. I first sampled Fat Tire and have grown to love this beer although some consider it "bad". I love it. Unfortunately, I am in GA and New Belgium doesn't ship their products...