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I'm happy my mistake is providing entertainment for everyone :D

It wasn't that I was purposely pouring fast (that stuff is so thick I don't think I could pour it all within 2 minutes If i tried! :D) but more of the fact I'm still new to this and didn't even take into consideration it could burn if i did pour faster than normal. Lesson learned...next time I...

Thanks for the tip :tank:

Yeah that makes sense I did add the extract while it was on. If i take a towel to it, i do get some black stuff on the towel as well. I added the extract when the burner was on low which i did for the first two (the first beer i brewed was the same as this) and the beer came out amazing. Good to...

Hi All, after brewing my third batch I noticed this black stain at the bottom of my kettle. I use an aluminum kettle and used some Oxyclean to clean it out. This is my third batch and I didn't have this issue with the first two which I find strange. I'm not sure if this is bad or fine to just...

n00b brewer here so I apologize if this question is dumb but how do you go about bottling this? Should I move it to a bottling bucket or just bottle straight into bottles from the carboy? If you move it to a bottling bucket I assume you don't need to mix any sugar with it? When moving it to the...

? what are those and is it necessary?

Sounds awesome! I live down in Fall River, MA on the border of RI. There has to be some local to me. I'm going to have to look into this.

All is well with my batch. For my first batch it came out amazing!. Everyone so far loves it. This is better than beer i've spent money on at the packie. I was worried it was going to suck and end up getting discouraged but instead I am motivated to continue! An additional $350 later (and 1...

Re-hydration appears to be successful! Within 4 hours i started to notice bubbles. Seems really quick, might be an intense fermentation. Should probably get the blow-off ready just in case. The only thing i didn't do is stir for an additional 30 minutes. I did 10 times the yeast weight, boiled...

Brewing my second and third batches this weekend. I have 2 packs of yeast in the fridge and apparently need to rehydrate. My first batch I didn't put the yeast in the fridge. I got the extract kit, let it sit for 2 days at room temp, brewed and pitched. I had a crazy fermentation the next day...

So I just finished bottling my first batch of beer! Definitely excited about it. Even tasted a little (Couldn't help it) and it tasted like a beer so that's a good sign! I got the Caribou Slobber from Northern Brewers. I'm concerned I didn't rinse my bottling bucket well enough. The night...

Thanks everyone for the replies. I only used the spray bottle to spray the inside of my fermenter (pretty heavily) before dumping the beer in and used it to spray my equipment. Going forward I will just use the proper ratio but still good to know it won't effect health and the beer! On a...

Yeah his brews are excellent and he has won contests before but I'm more worried about any negative health effects it may have by putting too much starsan in. If it's just a flavor issue then I will take care of that on my next batch but if there is a chance this can get me sick i will dump it...

Hi all, new brewer here. Co-worker got me into it. He makes some excellent beers! I've always loved beer so I'm pumped to get into this. Anyway, I have a question about Star San. He uses a 32oz spray bottle and mixes tap water with the StarSan. He mixed it up for me while I was brewing my...