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I mixed up 5 gal of Wal-Mart Apple Juice, a pound of sugar per gallon of juice, and a packet of Montrachet well over two months ago. The ferment was strong and vigorous. Now it's clear as a bell. At one point it slowed down, but now, it seems as if it's gained a new head of steam...

Forgive the noobish que here? But how do you store the yeast between batches? More specifically, do you rack a fresh beer right into a dirty bucket? What if you are not going to brew for a week or two after you rack the beer off the cake? Do you still rack into a dirty bucket? Or do you...

My last batch had......hmmn...let's see... My pocket knife, and welding gauntlet in it during the boil. After flame out...a bee decided to land in my straining funnel to sample some of that sweet nectar, and consequently got drowned by the oncoming rush of wort that I had already poured. In...

:confused: Why? Is the poo supposed to ruin the beer?

Is there a difference in the taste? I know there is in a commercial brew when the beer has been pasteurized and the beer is force carbed. But in the homebrew arena. Does the force carbing make a difference over CO2 derived directly from the live beer?

I dropped my swiss army knife in a batch of EdWort's Haus Ale a few weeks ago. In my efforts to recover it with long handled tools, I dipped my crud encrusted welding gauntlet that I use with my BBQ rig in the wort. I bottled last Friday, and couldn't resist to try it Wednesday. (It's...

Grommet in the bucket here too! 1st batch!

You didn't happen to be the gentleman with about ten gallons of water at Wal-Mart of Valrico that I stood behind a week or so ago? :D

11283 + 5 = 11288

Not an expert by any means, but maybe it's the soap residual in your preferred sampling glass? Do you wash your glassware in the dishwasher? If so...do you use Jet-Dri? Try rinsing your glassware out before you pour a brew. Wipe it down with a paper towel (optional), and see how that...

This is you??? :D

Like the second poster said...depends. If you're gonna be on well water then do this experiment. Urinate in your brewpot for a week...then for good measure...poop in it after a night of heavy drinking and enjoying your favorite greasy food. Stir well, and cover. The smell is a dead on...

My current batch is the Wal-Mart house brand @ $2.24 a rip. It had the same ingredients as the more nationally known brand I bought last time for double the money. Those ingredients were I believe: Apple juice and Ascorbic Acid..Vitamin C...which will not get in the way of fermentation...

+1 on this advice...escpecially for this kit of beer. It was my first brew, and I "molestered" it quite often in the name of science after it was bottled. Day 7 was drastically different from Day 10. Furthermore...day 21 was radically different than day 18....who would figure eh? As more...

I had a metallic taste show up in an All Grain batch last week. It was fine while green. Fine one week into the bottle conditioning process. It showed up somewhere around the second week of carbing. Tonight is week three, and I have a sixer in the fridge since Wednesday. Hopefully it...

I made a batch for my mutts over the weekend. I deliberately left them soft and chewy. They drool when they see me pull out the treat bag. I've never seen 'em get sooo excited about a treat.

Sipping coffee one day at my desk. I said to myself, "I want to brew my own beer." Punched it into Google. Found this site. A week later I was unwrapping my equipment from Mid-West. Here I am, barely two months into it. Three batches (plus one 1 gal of Apfelwein) later. Two of them...

You're welcome. Glad you liked it. Are you aware of Cigar City Brewery opening soon?

So there I am. Feeling pretty damned good about myself. Last brew session, I identified weak spots in my process, and had successfully NOT replicated this time around. I was supposed to collect 6.71 gallons of wort. I was damn...close..if not spot on (I'm no good converting fractions.) (I...

+1 on Southern. Great people. Helpful staff. They're interested in your success. Very classy. Nice people. They hold grain and extract classes every couple of weeks. In which they also feed and provide homebrew samples to everyone. They have a good selection of equipment, and a ton of...