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Good news...it smelled okay...and it tasted okay...little strong but thats what we expected...thanks for the help friends

Alright gents here's my problem My buddy and I brewed a beer a while back...probably 3 months....we have had the most unbelievable scheduling conflicts since then....we Brewed a Belgian Strong Ale....now we are finally able to bottle the damn thing but i've realized that since we brewed it...

We've only tasted our first......and it's not as awful as we expected...given all the issues we had while brewing it.....it's drinkable, but not tasty to any degree.....we're prtty positive that this #6 batch will be the first successful batch, as far as a brew that tastes good.

I'm 12 days in on an American Wheat ale, my friend and I brewed it on Monday and it's been fermenting nicely but there is still a really thick layer of well carpet it looks like on the top of the beer, we have no idea how normal this is, it just doesn't seem like it's going anywhere, so my...

We did mill it ourselves....the local brew supply shop has a mill that they permit people to use....i guess it's possiblt that it was not a very good mill job...but i don't know why or how it could be.

After having a few techniques in the art of all grain brewing revealed to us. My brewing buddy and myself made our my our second and third batches of beer...t'was his 3rd time...he had the pleasure of attending a group brew session, I on the other hand had to work...either way, we decided to...

We never did move the beer out of the first fermenter.....should we still consider doing that? or will the beer be ok in 1 fermentation tank up until we bottle it?

i love fine scotch's....perhaps i'll remember that next time

So our Primary fermentation was over...we were 10 days in and it was time to transfer to the secondary...this is where everything turns to crap for some reason....our first problem is that we were unable to get a continuous stream of liquid from the fermenter into the carboy....we just got...

So I've heard....Sounds awesome...it'll be most valuable to the learning process..in regards to setting up a brew session.

Yes Elmhurst Illinois

Hello friends and enthusiasts alike. The other night My buddy and I fulfilled a relativley new dream of becoming beer brewers. While the process took us all night and was ultimatley a huge fiasco. The experience was well worth it. We dove right in brewing an all grain "Blegian American...