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Brewers Best - Gluten Free Ale. "The wort is crafted from White Sorghum and Belgian Style syrup, and then complemented with an addition of orange and lemon peel. Lightly bitter with undertones of floral and citris from the hops, this ale is smooth and refreshing." I bought this last weekend...

I'll apologize in advance for a newb question, but what do you mean you put 2 oz of nibs in at flame out? Does that mean that after doing your full boil of wort was complete, you turned the burner off, and then let the cacao nibs steep in the wort for a while? If so, how long do you leave the...

I soaked the cacao nibs (4oz) in just enough vodka to cover the nibs, then dumped everything into the fermenter. No contamination, so it worked like a champ.

After letting it condition about a total of 6 weeks in the bottle, the sharp alcohol taste has started to mellow out, and has turned out to be pretty good tasting beer.

So when I originally opened my yeast packet for this kit, I spilled a small pinch of the dry yeast on my counter top. I decided not to pitch it bc I didn't want to risk contamination since my counter top isn't sanitized lol. So during clean up, I put the small pinch of yeast back into the...

Yeast - Muntons (regular, not the Gold). Quoted to work from 57-77F. No Starter, just pitched dry. Mashing/Steeping Temp - not completely sure. The true brew directions said to bring 1.5 Gallons of water to a boil, remove from heat, and then put in grains and allow to steep for 20-30 minutes...

Hey all, I brewed the True Brew American Bock kit 10 days ago (2.9.13), but the final gravity is not where it is supposed to be. OG was 1.054 @ 65F. FG is supposed to be between 1.012-1.014. I'm stuck at 1.022 @ 65F...is there any need for alarm? I'm just at the 10 day mark, and planning...

Mine has been bottled for 3 weeks now, and I have had mixed results. I put a few beers in the fridge for about 10 hours...the first one tasted great. The second & 3rd beer didn't taste that good, it had a beer flavor, as well as a nut flavor, but also had kind of an off, strong alcohol flavor...

What did you end up doing with the cacao nibs? Did you put them in during the last minute of flame out, or just basically add them dry to the fermenter? I've gathered all of the ingredients to make a chocolate bock, and wondering what the best method would be (I wouldn't mind more of a...

How much chocolate did you taste when adding nibs to the boil only? Was it a pretty strong flavor, or just hints of it?

So how long did you let yours soak? Should I go ahead and add half to my wort while still boiling? I'm sure i'm overcomplicating this, but I just want to make sure I do everything the right way.

I don't have a secondary fermenter, I just have the primary, and then the bottling bucket with spigot. Will I be ok just leaving it in the primary for 3 weeks instead of the normal 7 days or so?

Here recently I tried Sam Adams Chocolate Bock, and immediately wanted to make a 5 gallon batch. I'm new to home brewing, and have only brewed one extract kit so far. (Still waiting for them to age/condition in the bottles.) My LHBS doesn't have a chocolate bock kit, but they told me that I...

Yep, mine had that same ring around the top. I'm guessing that at some point during the first part of fermentation it bubbled up pretty high and left a ring of sediment and stuff behind. I'm on my second week of conditioning right now, Saturday will mark 2 full weeks exactly. Although I plan...

How long did you wait until you cracked one open? Was there a certain amount of time that passed when it seemed like the flavor of the beer had reached its full potential?

Also worth mentioning, my buddy at work (he's a more experienced home brewer) said that sludge at the bottom of the glass is a good thing because it means that the yeast is consuming the priming sugar and multiplying. He also said that he can't really taste the yeast, but its supposed to have...

I checked my bottles today, and I have a comparable amount of sludge in mine as well. I didn't even think about designating 1 clear bottle in order to be able to check clarity. I used all brown bottles. I think the only reason you're not supposed to use a clear bottle is b/c it lets light in...

When I tasted mine it tasted good, just flat. I'm excited to see how it tastes once it's carbonated. I just bottled Saturday night so I didn't expect to see any results...but I grabbed one of my bottles and flipped it upside down, and saw there was a descent amount of sludge at the bottom of...

I'm glad you all are saying that it looks normal, that's re-assuring to hear!

yeah I tasted it and it wasn't sour or anything. It just tasted flat but I figure that is because it's not carbonated yet.