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Snaps, I would love to share this with you. I am in a very rural setting and I am either surrounded by Bud Light drinkers or the infrequent hipster that drinks the occasional Heffe, or lighter Ale. No, my friend, I have few friends who are ready for tasty beers. I'm the weirdo in my circle...

Relax, my good friends. Can't a guy get distracted by a sexy wife . . . New Years Eve . . . And a Barley Wine hangover?! I am pleased to report, however, that the bottled Houblonmonstre is very carbonated(and actually my clearest and best beer to date!). Two things come to mind: 1.) The beer...

Never thought about the growler as a "less than adequate" conditioning vessel, but it makes sense. Luckily I did bottle about a dozen bottles. I'm going down in the cellar and pop one. I'll be back with the results.

I appreciate the reprimand. I just needed a good pep talk to keep me going(thanks Atonk and B-Bomb!). I was hesitant to give details because I was speaking in general for the five kits I've done(1 stout and 4 ales). I will give the specifics for the Houblonmonstre that I recently did.as the...

Good stuff Aiptasia! . . . And YES, Atonk. What was I thinking?! I bottled my Houblonmonstre on Dec 5. I chilled a bottle for about two days and tried it last night. Very little carbonation. I am fairly sure I didn't use enough priming sugar. I used what the directions called for. I had half...

I used Irish Moss with my recent Sweet Potato Ale. I have an artesian well. I imagined that my water would just be a subtle impact.

I am brewing mostly partial(grain/extract) kits. I am following the directions to the letter(except for one tragic mis-step on one batch that resulted in a horrendous explosion). Best thing I've done is a milk-house stout - my first batch. I know nothing about my water . . . I do not use a...

I've only brewed 4-5 batches, but I have been passionate about each of them. BUT . . . I am sick and tired of all of them being "almost" good. I follow the recipes to the letter(they all seem a little "general"), and I always have cloudy beer with carbonation issues. I opened my first bottle of...

This fella talked me into buying the grain to cook with the sweet potatoes to convert the starches to sugar or something like that. Won't the extract in the wort(kit) take care of that?

Could have been a little of both. The recipe called for a yeast that literally "blew out" for 24-36 hours and slowed to a near halt thereafter. I could have bottled early. But I KNOW I skipped the "add water back to the 5 gallon mark" directive. In any event, I'm spooked. Don't know if this is...

I am making an Ale(extract) kit and was planning on adding grilled sweet potatoes and spices to the wort at various times. A fellow at a brew shop talked me into buying a few lbs of 3 row to "cook up" with the sweet potatoes at around 150 degrees. I'm ready to do it, but I just don't REALLY know...

It's possible. I ended up bottling 40 beers(a few less than most batches). I put almost twice the hops that the recipe called for. Could that have been a factor?

I have been "venting" 12 of these beers. I went down in the basement to grab another dozen. I picked one up and BAM! Instantly 30 other beers exploded simultaneously! Lots of blood . . . Lots of little cuts . . . No serious damage. Surreal moment, indeed! The basement smells awesome, but what a...

That's what I've been doing. Three or four beers at a time. Still foams quite a bit. I will just have to be patient. - and better at following directions next time!

I'm clearly a beginner, but . . . I neglected to add water to my wort to get it up to the 5 gallon mark( I was doing an all extract Belgian IPA kit). It has been bottled, but the priming sugar that I used has over-fermented the bottles leading to over-carbonation. Is it a loss, or can I open the...