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Making an Orange Pale Ale that sat in my primary for a month. I added hops and dried orange peel for an additional 4 days, then strained and moved to my secondary for a settling period. The first week after I had moved it into my primary, I saw the beer get really clear, which only got better...

Well I wanted a orange kick. My local brew house had a pretty talented guy that worked there who left to go on his own and they always had HB beer on tap there. The best one I have ever tried of his was what he called a CPA... citrus pale ale. I love dogfish heads 90 min IPA so i wanted to go...

I may get lucky, my primary sucked in some of my airlock vodka lol

I used sweet orange peel. I hadn't thought of anything else to add, just kind of grabbed what I knew of and went with it.

Hello On a whim, I decided to throw together a 2.5 gal batch of a Pale Ale. I haven't done one in a while, and didn't put a whole lot of effort into it. But to be honest, I just added hops for dry hopping and when I smelt the fermenter, it was the best I have done to this point...

That is why I am asking the question if "green" means what I am smelling.

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8 lb 2 row Brittish 1/2 lb cara-pils dextrine malt 1/2 lb caramel vienna malt USA 1/2 lb wheat malt Uk 1 oz Uk bramling cross leaf 60 min 1 oz Uk wgv whole leaf 20 min Tbsp irish moss 15 min wlp001 California Ale yeast Mashed crushed grains at 152 degrees, but tempurature tapered...

yesterday I bottled up my first AG Blonde Ale. It sat in the primary for 5 weeks before I racked to my bottling bucket. It definitely smells like beer, but there is a hint of the smell of the grains I used. It has the exact same smell as when I was mashing. The first week of fermenting...

if you are worried about a heat snap or anything, the best way to get your temperature down or to keep it at a constant is to get a towel wet and wrap it around your fermenter and have a fan blowing on it. I do that for the first week for sure since so much happens in that first week with the...

good to hear. This batch will be my first one to use my primary only, so it will get a chance to sit for 4 weeks. So it should have plenty of time to settle as you say. thanks

Ok well the krausen has finally settled down a bit and isnt pushing to the top of my carboy anymore. But I should mention that it has a bit of "doughy" smell to it, mixed in with beer smell. It is very thick and traps bubbles, I really dont expect it to sink down to the bottom of my carboy...

Has anyone else had this same result from using WLP001 California Ale yeast? Im not kidding, this krausen is soo thick its like gel. I have had to replace my blow off tube due to it clogging as well lol.

One thing I am learning is that every beer you brew will have a crazy first week after pitching, and no two will be the same. This time I have made an all grain blonde ale. I pitched saturday and today (tuesday) is the craziest day yet for krausen. Every other batch has been the next day...

sounds weird. Maybe give your fermenter a couple of twists and get that trub a churn to get the yeast going again. I dunno, it might also be your grain wasn't crushed well which could have caused a bad mash? Thats just a guess cuz I only have done one all grain (which was yesterday), I would...