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I'll sum this up quickly: A couple nights ago when I was taking my first SG reading of the fermentation, I accidentally dropped my unsanitized test tube into my bucket. I was pretty upset, but quickly pressed on, closed her up, and decided it needed another day or so. Last night I opened...

Beer going bad in secondary?

Wow, jeez. I figured the packaged "drinking" water I buy from the store is at least filtered/purified to some extent. I guess you never know?

Ah, so it's a good idea to dunk the entire plastic container before pouring? Never thought about that, the water flowing over the lip that's unsanitized. I guess you could just give the lip a few good sprays of star san before pouring, right?

Does any water added post wort boil HAVE to be pre-boiled? For example, I added two gallons of grocery store drinking water to my primary fermenter to top off to 5 gallons. Then I might have to add a few more ounces to top off when I go to secondary. Is it necessary to pre-boil all of this...

You didn't have any trouble with the wort burning easily? What can I do to prevent that? Just stir more often, don't dump the extract in directly on the center?

This is my first brew and I'm only boiling on my stove top. I think anything beyond that will have to come later. I figured I should master extract brewing first!

Man, I had A LOT of flakes in there doing boil. Like, a pile of them. Like I said though, I strained all the solid flakes out on transfer. Sounds like I'm in for some caramel notes though! I'm saying goodbye to the granite-ware, taking a look at this SS from amazon...

Wow, you guys were right. Got the pot all cleaned up and it looks good as new, no flaked off spots after all. So since it was indeed burnt wort, will this affect the final product in any way? Like I said, I strained all the solid flakes out...but perhaps there will be some off flavors present?

Now that enough people have mentioned it, I'll take a closer look tonight when I get home. I haven't washed the pot yet, so all the evidence is still intact. ;)

About halfway through the boil, the bottom of my pot started peeling and large flakes of it started floating up to the top. Needless to say I was a bit upset. It's a granite-ware pot, like the one in this link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000BO7C9C/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 Now...

Yeah, I'm not even doing partial mash. Just extract (+steeped grains). Thanks everyone for all the info! I'll be sure to keep an eye on the temp, and not squeeze just for good measure.

Well, so since it's not only dependent on temp but PH as well, do I need to add a PH check to my steps? Or is this a bit overkill? If so, what's the best way to go about doing that, and altering the PH if appropriate?

Hmm, now just to clarify, this is an malt extract w/ crushed malt kit...so the grain bag I'm referring to is just the crushed malt that the recipe told me to steep for 5 minutes. No mashing or anything. I was told to bring the water to a boil with the bag of crushed malt and then immediately...

Do you guys squeeze out the steeping bag a bit before removing? I did last night. I got a lot of rich looking liquid out of it, hope that was a good idea! :rockin:

Hi guys, just brewed my first ever batch last night. As I was pouring my wort into the fermenter and getting near the bottom, I noticed very little trub. Actually, almost none at all...after all the liquid was out of the pot there was just a mild trubish residue on the bottom and along the...

The star san residue kills all micro organisms, but not yeast??

How long does it take Star San to dry? I figured if I'm gonna sanitize my fermenter when my wort is cooling I would wanna make sure I'd have enough time for the sanitizer to dry.

Pardon me..."flame out" = very end of boil? I wouldn't mind a few extra IBUs actually...

It is just plain extract, with 1 1/2 oz of Hallertau pellets to be added at the beginning. The recipe is for an Amber Ale. It also says hold at a "gentle" boil, which was odd because I thought it needed to be rolling and vigorous.