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I should also note that you guys were right. My soon to be beer is looking great. And I'm going to start looking into this whole starters and liquid yeast business.

I have this posted in a separate larger thread but I thought I would repost it here because it seems very relevant and this is a fresher thread: It's been about 12 hours since i pitched the wyeast American Wheat, I simply smacked it good and pitched it right into the wort. I don't know how to...

This thread is making me feel a little better but I'm still worried about my beer. It's been about 12 hours since i pitched the wyeast American Wheat, I simply smacked it good and pitched it right into the wort. I don't know how to make a starter, I didn't know such things were necessary. There...

Thanks buddy

So I'm looking for a nice and balanced Amber Ale. I've just begun home brewing and I want to play with the blend of hops and malts along with alcohol content. So what I'm thinking of is a variation of my first brew recipe, a simple amber extract and Willamette hops. I want to add 1 lb. of...

...and to anyone who gives a damn the beer turned out fine. It was an Amber.

At this point I'm not too worried about it. I posted this to see if anyone would give me any reason to worry and it just showed that none of you have any idea what backwash will do to half fermented beer. The few people with a relevant reply all said not to worry, and I appreciate it. If there...

At this point I'm not too worried, no one has really given me an indication that I should be. It seems to be more of a gimmick than anything, but Ill let you know. Anyway, I didn't pour the spit beer out because it had my sugar mix in there and I didn't have enough for another batch.

Thanks for the suggestion BruDaddy. It'll go at the top of my list of Brewing Needs.

I just bottled my first batch of brew yesterday and everything seemed to be going great until it came time to syphon it into my bottling bucket. What happened is I had never done a syphon before and had no idea what I was doing. I tried filling the hose with water, dropping one end in the beer...