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Now drinking the first batch i bottled. Not great, Maybe not good, but OK. Fine. Most of it has that slight band-aid after taste. My Question is this. 'How come every couple of bottles I get one that has no off flavors?' In fact it's real good stuff. I don't understand how...

If I still lived in Cleveland it would make for a great weekend trip! We'd get all of it bottled...well however much makes it into the bottles anyway! BARLEY WINE and a STRAW! Whoa! I can feel it already:drunk:

They are... 1). - Homebrew taste GREAT when drank at 60°F to 70°F! 2). - Homebrew taste GREAT when still unconditioned & green! Also, I just secondaried an Oktoberfest that I could easily start drinking RIGHT NOW! Fortunately I can wait long enough for it to get even better.

Can i over steep the grains? Instead of steeping for 20 minutes can i just let it go for 40 minutes?

I didnt have the ice cubes sitting out. Had to run and get a handful. Batch boiled over only a little bit. Like maybe two cups worth of foam on the stove top. Will that affect the batch? The target OG is 1.052 - 1.056 and my batch came in at 1.056. It's an Oktoberfest kit.

I just bottled my first batch of beer. I have a primary with all the yeast in it. Is there something i can do with it, other than throw it away?

EricCSU, Oops, FensterBos said rOcking not rAcking. I didnt rock the pail instead i twisted it. From side to side a 1/4 turn once; gently. Word was 'rousing' the yeasts may be helpful. Though i'm more concerned about any loss to the CO2 layer when i opened the lid to check the gravity...

So i checked the fermentor temp in the early morning and learned that it gets down to 66f at night. Ah-ha! I moved it off the floor onto the table. Where it reads a consistent 70f. I rocked the pail slightly too. Will check again in 2 weeks. I'm now thinking about getting a germination mat...

So rousing the yeast, in a fermentor, with the slightest twist of the bucket WILL NOT harm the brew? Or cause an off flavor?

A Scottish Ale extract kit. Recipie states: ABV%: 3.25% - 3.5% OG: 1.034 - 1.038 FG: 1.010 - 1.014 Bottle after a week Current status: OG = 1.036 In fermentor 2 weeks @ 68f SG = 1.022 Question - has this batch stalled?

Thanks all. I drank it.

How many of you return the beer sample back the fermentor after you check gravity?

When you say you brewed it as an ale does that mean you did something different than what the directions said to do? OR do you mean make it as directed but ferment it as an ale?

I was given a Brewer's best German Oktoberfest LME kit as a gift. It's a lager but i don't have a fridge or temperature controlled area to make it in. It's from out of state so i cant return it either. Is there something i can do with it to make some sort of an Ale instead? Thanks

Like i said to my mentors, I'm more interested in quality process than drinking the beer Right Now. The local store has a great selection of real beers that can take care of me 'till whenever. From the comments it looks like this beer will be in the primary for a month. Don't know if i'll...

Background: First batch, 5 gallon Scottish ale LME kit, went in plastic fermentor last Saturday (1/1/11) with a OG of 1.036 and a little unstrained trub. Situation: Two award winning mentors differ in recommendations. -One says direct bottle in two weeks. -Other says use secondary...

Good point, yes yes, good point. But what is it saying if if i started brewing Saturday yet already have two full cases of empties? From the Holidays of course! No, we didn't have any visitors. I was just extra festive that's all...

My first batch just recently stopped bubbling after two days. I've haven't been relaxed, I have worried, cause i don't have a Home brew...yet! But now I feel better after reading this thread. Really, I think all all kits for newbies should include a 12 of a local home brew. The cost would...

Haha. As a newbie shooting from the hip i don't know if CO2 saturation around the fermentor is a problem; requiring positive ventilation. Certainly the cabinet wont be airtight. I'm not that good of a carpenter.

If a build a cabinet to store the fermentor will a passive vent for the CO2 be enough? By that a mean a hole near the base of the cabinet.