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Right now there's an American brown ale in the fermenter having a party. That's my first batch! This Friday I'm going in for round 2 with a buddy, and we'll add a couple different pale ales to our fermentation room. Staying simple right now getting started and planning an IPA, and a stout for...

Just finished "the wolf in winter" which was a solid entertaining read until the last 30 pages. I really wish the guy who loaned it to me told me the ending was abysmal. Ha. Just cracked open "guns, germs, and steel." It's been recommended a few times, and I'm just now undertaking it.

I feel like when you look up ingenuity in the dictionary, there should be a picture of a home brewer. LOL. Great stuff. Thanks.

Thank you all! This forum is a phenomenal resource and loaded with great like minded people! Special hello to my brother in arms from Plymouth! Ha.

Yeah, I am using US-05. 75 degrees was as warm as it got (that is the wort temp, not the ambient temp). It was below 70 yesterday so it was in that range for no more than 24 hours (the 4th day). Right now the wort temp is back at 69. I'm hoping to stabilize at the right temps for the rest...

Hi all, I've got an American brown ale that has been fermenting for about 4 days now. It started around 68 degrees, but it was surprisingly warm where I live the last 2 days and the temp hit 75. I adjusted it this morning to get it back into the proper range. My question is if I should be...

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Thanks! That's about the time table I was planning on following. Everything seems fine, so I'll just give it a couple weeks and test, and then test it again shortly after to confirm its readiness for bottling.

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My first batch of American Brown Ale is sitting in the fermenter, and the yeast are doing a great job. So far, so good. My question is about Gravity readings from this point forward. I've been reading through the forum and a common troubleshooting option appears to be to take a gravity reading...

I was searching for local home brew clubs, and any time I searched for anything "homebrew" related, good old Google shot the forum to the top of the results. I'm glad it did, and I'm happy to be here.

What's up everybody!! New guy here from Western Massachusetts. I'm excited to be a part of the forum, and to join the homebrew community. I brewed my first batch a number of years back with a Mr Beer kit I got for Christmas...and I BUTCHERED it! Ha. Now I'm back with a vengeance with a...