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I plan on making a Pilsner or Lager in the near future however I'm a little confused with the fermentation techniques. Here's an example.. Primary Fermentation Plastic 14days @ 10c Secondary Fermentation Plastic 30days @ 4c Other Fermentation Plastic 6days @ 20c Diactyl rest When...

This might seem like a silly question but how long does this keep for? Usually picked stuff lasts forever as long as the seal isn't broken.. Not sure about the home made stuff though. Thanks!

I think the problem might be related to yeast. It seems that all the brews I make end up very dry. There's no maltiness/sweetness to my brews. As for the Dark.. I might just be fussy. I've had 2 people try it and they told me that "it's what a dark is suppose to taste like" Personally, I think...

Has anyone else had a bad streak for brewing? I'm now at my 3rd batch of "non-worthy to serve" homebrew. I followed recipes from different sources and they all turned out crappy. My dark turned out tasting like burnt beer, My lager turned fruity/odd and my IPA turned out to be WAY too bitter...

I've done it before with a pilsner. The outcome was amazing! The aroma of cascades is a very nice one when used for dry hopping. You don't get that citrus taste. you just get the nice floral aroma. I even had a female friend that chucked her moose head lager at stole my brew because it tasted...

Wow!! Just bottled the brew last night and it tasted/smelled so good! I can't wait to see what it will be like once it's aged a bit. The extra pound of DME and some dry hopping with Fuggles really enhanced the flavors/aromas. This might be my best brew yet!!

Damn.. wish my local brew shop stocked the 5.2 buffer. My tap water smells like public swimming pool water. I might get an inline charcoal water filter to reduce that. I did purchase gypsum but I'm not sure how much I should add. Would this cause my beer to have a musty grain smell? My last 2...

question.... Why would anyone want to brew a Bud clone? It's such a generic flavorless beer that you can get super cheap.

I'm not sure you'll get much carbonation after just 48 hours. You might want to let the brew condition in the bottles for a couple weeks.

Welcome to Home Brewing! It feels great when you brew and get compliments from your friends! It gets even more fun when you start getting into Extract/partial mash brews. I can't say that I got the same luck with my Cooper's Australian Pale ale. I used 1.3Kg of liquid malt extract as the...

Thanks BjornBrewer!! It's already smelling amazing! :) Thanks for the name idea JKNAPP.. I will baptize it as EarWax Special Bitter!

Good day. I finally received the Drinking water quality table from my city. Just by looking at the measurements, Would anyone say that I need to treat it prior to mashing or topping up the carboy? Thanks! pH 9.2 Total chlorine (chloramine) mg/L 1.61 Bromide mg/L < 0.004 Bromate...

it's been in the primary for 2 weeks, I've tasted strong IPAs before but they didn't have this type of bitterness. they were more citrus like. I'm not overly concerned anymore. I've added the 1lb DME and she's fermenting nicely again. I'll leave it in for another 2 weeks then dry hop with some...

Just added 1lb of DME. that should sweeten things up a bit.. Should I be pitching new yeast also? It's in the secondary so most of the yeast stayed behind and went down the drain.

This website has helped me out a lot with some basic calculations/recipe creations. http://beercalculus.hopville.com/recipe

Good day, I used my home made immersion chiller twice now and noticed that my brew comes to a complete stand still when I first submerge it. My question is, can this cause any harm to the brew if the temperature drops to below boiling when submerging it and slowly climbs back up again...

I used the hydrometer to measure and came up with 1.050. Perhaps it was the sludge from the hops making it more dense? How much DME would be recommended to sweeten it up to a more balanced level? I have about 1 kilo of Extra light extract for emergencies..

it's a 5gal batch, started out at 1.050 and it has fermented down to 1.010. I was thinking of adding some LME but There's not much room in the carboy. It would have to be very concentrated. My good beer to bad beer ratio is not doing so well lately.. my buddies are scared to try by brews LOL

Good day, I just brewed a Pale ale that required 2oz of Fuggles and 1.5 of Haulertau. all of the fuggles for 60min and 1.5 at 30. 4.5lbs 2row and .5lb caramel .5lb brown sugar. 1lb liquid malt extract. I just transferred it into the secondary and it was painfully bitter! Not the good citrus...

Good day, I'm looking to make an ESB brew following a recipe from a fairly old book. It asks for 5 Saccharin tablets. Would anyone know how to substitute this ingredient? I'm not big on using cancer causing artificial sweeteners. Thank you.