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My first batch has been fermenting for about three days now, I tasted a spoonful a minute ago and the it was really bitter. Im making a Dark Lagger. My question is whether the taste will improve drastically after fermentation and aging is complete? Or will it simply add more subtleties and...

Good stuff, I'm really surprised as to how quick the response was. Thanks for all the help. Have any of you made your own recipes? I'm not one for using them when cooking, but of course I used one for my first batch, but hopefully in the near future I'll be experimenting. What considerations...

I've completed the wort for my first batch about 2 days ago. It has been sitting in my fermenting bucket for the past two days and there has been plenty of bubbling in the airlock, telling me that it is fermenting. My problem seems to lie in the airlock though, it doesn't seem to be able to...