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haha..No I just had to end the gloomy post with something positive.

I brewed (or at least tried to) a Blonde Pilsner type ale today and what a disaster. I should have stopped at the begining but I continued on with mess. My mash was extremely low in temp, conversion was probably minimal, don't know why the dramatic temp drop, except that it was very windy. I...

I started reading this post but now that I realize it's over three years in the making, I don't have the time to read all of it in just one sitting. I think the idea is great and I just recently used it to bottle a few beers. The only question I have and I hope it's not off topic, but what's...

Welcome to the addicting world of home brewing. I started off two years ago when my wife bought me a beer kit for Christmas. I started off with a kit and extract beers. Two years later I'm brewing all grain 10 gallon batches every other week. There's usually something in the bottles, the...

Okay, so I kegged the batch yesturday after letting it sit in the secondary for two weeks. Tasted a small sample and it tasted pretty good. A final gravity reading of 1.011. Overall I'm very happy with the batch being that it's my first All grain batch. Goes to show that even though...

I took the OG after I topped off so I guess I'll wait to see what my FG is going to be. There is already some activity in the airlock, I'm curious what the end result will be.

HokieBrew you're absolutely right about the boil, I was thinking the boil was pretty intense, but it was my first batch outside on the propane burner. I guess I'll take all this as a learning experience and press on from there. Thanks for the advice.

Good question..I actually had the same thought during my brewing process, but as you can see I ended up with the opposite problem. Curious to see any replies.

Thanks for the advice, I'll let you know how it all comes out.

I brewed my first All Grain Batch of Nut Brown ale, and I had more problems than I anticipated (actually I think I screwed it all up) My sparge did not acheive the temp I wanted. It was about at 148 degrees. Then I was unsure how much water to start with so I ended up with 5.75 gallons of wort...