Transferred the "first try" to bottles the other day. Tonight I have begun with midwest's pumpkin ale. I added the liquid malt and am now trying to get to a boil but their are a bunch of white flakes floating around. The last kit I used wasn't liquid malt and I didn't have any of these...
So all of the foam the first day was normal? I was thinking it may have been since I added the yeast then carried the carboy downstairs swishing it around a bit.
As soon as I attempted cooling the mix of wort and water I realized I should have cooled the wort separately a bit first. I just...
about 36 hours ago I started my first try a brewing. I purchased brew craft deluxe kit and rocky mountain amber ale. Boiled and mixed everything according to the directions. When everything was done I added the mixture with 2.5 gallons bottled water to the glass carboy.
First problem was...