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So I got a question. I over carbintated my last brew. I usually just turn mine on to 30 psi and let her set for a day and a half to 2 days. This time I got a call and left for work out of town and totally forgot about it. so it sat at 30 for 5 days. it is super carbinated but if I pour and let...

I am so gladd I read this thread. I got a wheat in the secondary that taste like azz. Not really my thing. I tasted a sample before i was going to bottle it a week ago and thought why waste my time with this... So it has been setting there. It had a little melony tatse almost and I thought...

Awesome!!!! Thanks guys. I figured it was okay. I will bottle tomorrow. Okay so it had some white stuff floating on the top. So I figured if give it a taste before I bottle it. It taste nasty. Kinda melony. Ii have never done a belg what ale but I can't imagine its suppose to taste like this...

So I am kinda new to brewing beer and this Belgian Wheat Ale I did is caused some worries. I do not know if it is because I used the white labs yeast this time but the top layer just seems different this time. There is this white stuff and I know I may be being a little to freaked out about it...

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Okay so I took a hydro reading. It was at 1030 down from the OG at 1070. I racked it off into my secondary and had a sample. It tasted awesome! I figure I will let it set in that for at least two more weeks. Is there anything else I shoulda done besides the the cleaning of everything?

I will let it set till Friday night then do the reading as I am out of town.

When I added my yeast the hydro reading was at 1070. I figured that was because I had added 12 oz of honey to up the ABV. My temp was at 68.

Okay so I was just thinking about it. Could there be a problem due to my OG being high? I had added 12 onces of honey to kind of kick up the ABV some. my OG was at 1070 when I added the yeast.

Jason, I just noticed where you were from. I just moved up to IL from Plano. My gramps Lived there in Mckinney. In country Ridge, right off 75.. small wolrd.

Cool, I have relaxed now. I am still really excited and am thinking of doing another batch when i get back home saturday.. Do y'all ferment in the glass? That is how I was taught for the mead we make. The lady at the store told me to use this bucket I got it in now. I just think it would be a...

Okay so, my first beer brew. I know I should prolly relax but I have made such a great bond with this Oatmeal stout. I made this batch saturday and I must say i was really pleased with how well it was working as of ysterday. It was bubbling like mad. I had to head out for the week for work so I...