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That's good. I'm enjoying a blue moon right now. All this wheat beer thinking got me thirsty. Little more spice would suit me fine. Thanks.

Is the Austin Homebrew Belgian White Beer closer to a Blue Moon or more like the Allagash (which I think is lighter in color and a bit spicer than a Blue Moon)? Either way I like both. Thanks for your replies.

I was up in Maine recently and enjoyed Allagash White. Can anyone recommend a good Belgian wheat beer extract kit? I'm looking for a nice wheat beer to brew for the summer. :mug:

Follow Up: OK, I went long and placed a few bottles in the fridge for three weeks. Good News - smell is gone and beer taste great! Brewed on 3/10/10 Bottled on 4/9/10 2.5 weeks, first bottle opened with rotten egg smell on 4/27/10 ...another seven weeks (three of which were in the...

Sounds like I can't do any worse for going long.

They are definitely carbed up. I'm going to follow your advise and report back in six weeks. Thanks.

Thanks YooperBrew. I needed a little more explanation so I found this on Wikipedia: The key difference between an ale and a lager is in fermentation; a lager is fermented at a much lower temperature, and with a different yeast, than an ale. If continuous fermentation is not employed, the...

We brewed on 3/20/10. Moved on secondary seven days later. Moved into a finishing carboy nine days later. Total fermentation time was 20 days till we bottled on April 9. (1.052 OG. 1.014 FG) That gave us two weeks in the bottle. The only thing different than our other brews was this was...

I poured the first bottle of a Pilsner Style Lager. I chilled the bottle in the fridge for an hour or two just before pouring. Good color, clear, nice head, and smelled like SH*^. Sulfur (Rotten Egg Smell). Taste OK if you can bring your nose to the rim of the glass; I couldn't repeat. We...

I was reading how colder temps will help drop out the yeast (cloudyness). I have a few bottles of a Brown Ale sitting inthe fridge. I want to see if thay get clearer then the ones I'm storing at room temperature (70 deg.) Congrats. :mug:

Brewed on Friday night. After 72 hours with little activity at the airlock I pitched another packet of dry yeast tonight. Rookie mistake. After I pitched the second pack of dry yeast, I took a hydrometer reading: 1.010. Formula for ABV%: (OG - FG) x 131.25 = just about 4%. Yeah...

Yes; we recorded our OG (1.040). We chilled the wort down to 70 degrees. I popped the lid and we do have a little activity but nothing like we've had in our previous batches. In the past fermentation took off like a rocket and finished having bubbles in the airlock in three to four days...

English Brown Ale (Brewers Best) My brew buddy and I placed our finished 2.5G of wort in the fermenter, then put in the dry yeast, then added the remaining water to bring us up to 5G and then stirred vigorously to incorporate the yeast. After 36 hours we have very little fermentation...