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That's nothing. The other day when I bottled my first batch in 10 years, my auto siphon decided to start pulling air while draining into the bottling bucket. I spent a while letting it just do it until I realized the potential result of what was happening. Now I'm likely to have wet cardboard...

Ok guys - this is what I'm going to do. 2.5 - 3.0 gallon boil (for creating a 5 gallon batch total) Steep .5 lbs Vienna for 30 minutes at 150F Add 1 oz Mt Hood and ~ 1/3 extract and boil for 60 minutes Add .5 oz. of Saaz for 15 minutes. Add remaining extract at flameout. Ferment at 48 - 52F for...

Ok Folks, I'm placing an online order tonight, and I was going to go ahead and throw all of the ingredients from this on that order. I've decided to go ahead with the dry yeast instead of the liquid. I may give that a shot next time, but for now I'm going with either the Wyeast 1007 or...

Thanks! I knew that the malt extracts were about 20% water, but I wasn't sure if the same conversion could be used for additional ingredients as well. I figure that it was close, but I just wanted to be sure.

Let's say that a person wanted to make a recipe that called for 1.25lbs. of rice syrup, but all that was available was rice syrup solids. Can this be substituted and if so, how would I calculate? I've been looking around for a bit and I can't seem to figure it out. I've seen places stating...

Well, I've bottled the other batch and I have a free fermenter now. But, the fridge that I have available will only hold as high as 45F turned all the way down. (As warm as it will go). So, I suppose I'll need some sort of other way to control the temp. I need to get up a bit higher for the...

I ended up crashing for 3 days before bottling, and what a difference that makes! I skipped the gelatin because I was happy enough with the cold crash alone. It's been quite some time since I've made a batch, but I've never had one come out this clear. Now the agony of waiting to drink them. I...

All good info. I planned on late extract addition. As soon as I bottle my current batch (nut brown ale) I'll start working on figuring out the fridge I plan to use. I hope to get this new batch started sometime before Christmas for drinking in April :)

Yeah, it doesn't sound like a starter is something that I really want to mess with. It's not really that big of deal, but I want to try and make this as simple as possible without leaving anything important out. I'd probably just suck it up at least this once and just get more yeast up front...

I have considered doing a lighter ale, but I really want to give a lager a shot. If I begin the process in December sometime, it should be ready by about the start of the Spring. :) This is more of a challenge for me than anything else. Being that I've never done a lager before AND that...

A really light colored, crisp, light body lager with a lower alcohol content that's relatively easy to make is my goal. There are several reasons for this, but I'm not going to get into the whys. Well, ok. I suppose I could say why. 1 - I've never made a lager before. 2 - I've never made a...

Thanks for the information guys. There isn't any one specific recipe that I have in mind at the moment for this, but my next batch will involve a lower alcohol content/light beer. I've only ever done the darker beers, and I wanted to give the lighter beers a shot. While I was at it, I thought...

Hey all, I'm just doing extracts for now. I know most people ask for ways to increase alcohol content, but I'm wondering if there is a way to effectively decrease alcohol content. I mean, I know how I could do it, but I wonder if it would work for a recipe as a whole. Could a person just...

Thank you. I will stick to my original plan then, and that is what I have always done in the past. While I know it's not the norm to bottle straight from the primary, I suppose just don't have the experience to know why not. LOL I'm likely focused a little too much on avoiding infection...

Hi everyone, I've been brewing since 2004, but I've only done a total of 5 batches. LOL. I did 4 when I received a starter kit for Christmas back then. None were what I really called successful. Maybe one tasted good. The rest were blah. So here I am again. I'm fermenting a brown ale...