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I've just begun drinking my second batch, an Extra Pale Ale which was a partial. My first was an Imperial Pale Ale, straight kit. I'm very pleased with both beers, but they both have the very same banana ester, with a bit too much sweetness. Both were also a little darker than I thought they...

My Extra Pale Ale has been in secondary for two weeks today. I was hoping to bottle but have to go out of town for a week. I've searched other threads, but haven't found specifically what I'm looking for. What are some pros and cons to leaving it in secondary for greater than 2 weeks...

Making my second batch now, and I'm thrilled with the fermentation. I put into primary one week ago today and had bubbling 20 hours later, and it is still bubbling occasionally. Should I bother taking the lid off to check the SG since I think that there is some fermentation still occurring...

Just brewed my second batch. I used my new auto siphon to transfer from my brewing pot to my fermenter. When I did, I sucked up a lot of trub (I used bittering, flavor, and aroma hop pellets). My brew is presently cloudy, and am sure the trub will sink, but will it negatively contribute to...

I've had an Imperial Pale Ale in primary for just over one week now. The OG was 1.054 and for the last few days the SG has been at 1.023. The kit did not include any SG numbers for me to work with, but I believe that this is too high of a number. I'm honestly not sure how to determine the...

Today is my 1st attempt at homebrewing. I've read books, web sites, etc... and thought I was ready to go. Haven't even opened the containers and I'm stumped. I'm making an Imperial Pale Ale. The Homebrew store owner thankfully talked me out of attempting an IPA (with the added hops...