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I've been reading up on barleywines and I think I'd like to try one at some point in the next month or two, but I have yeast questions. I get that since they are so high in alcohol, you need to pitch a lot of yeast at the beginning of fermentation. A couple of things I have read suggest using...

Thanks. I'm still really new to this and just sort of assumed I should wait to check gravity until it had settled down a bit. Here's another really noob question. As long as my test tube, beer thief and hydrometer are all sterilized - do I carefully pour the sample back in or just toss it out?

I brewed an ESB on Saturday afternoon and fermentation had started by Sunday morning. By Sunday night, it was really working, same for Monday morning. By Monday night it had slowed down a lot and now, it has nearly stopped all together. I just saw two bubbles in about 2-plus minutes of watching...

Once you mix up a batch of Star San, is it okay to keep it in a spray bottle for long periods of time? I'm thinking ahead to when I want to take a sample of my beer in a couple weeks. I won't want to make up a whole gallon or two of Star San just to sanitize my beer thief. Will a few liberal...

OK, I know I probably didn't hurt anything with my brew, but I want to hear that from some folks so I won't worry about it. Just finished my second brew. Pitched my yeast, put the lid on the bucket and popped in the airlock... and the rubber gasket popped out and went into the wort. (It was...

For the first time, I was just told in a very annoyed voice, "All this stuff in the kitchen is in my way!" by SWMBO. I feel like I have arrived.:rockin:

So I'm doing my first solo brew tomorrow. I know vodka works best in the airlock, and I have some... but, it's good expensive vodka. On the other hand, I have a big bottle of cheap gin that has just been sitting in my cabinet forever because no one ever wants to drink it. Is gin okay to...

That's great advice. Thanks. I really should have thought of that myself, but being the noob that I am, for some reason it never occurred to me to just try a sample after a couple months. And honestly, the bad mistake I made in my first batch was while bottling. If I wait close to a year...

Makes perfect sense, actually. This might be something I do because I am going to be storing my beer in an upstairs closet and then bringing it downstairs to bottle in the kitchen. Hmmm... just when I had my mind made up, this board gives me something else to consider. That's a good thing...

I've been reading several of the long primary vs. secondary threads and had decided on skipping the secondary with my next batch until reading this quote. Does the secondary really help increase clarity? Or is that also debatable? Also, I am brewing an ESB tomorrow. Is that even a brew where...

I am going to be doing my second brew tomorrow. This will be my first solo brew though as my first batch was done with my brother. First batch was an extra-hoppy IPA. It was easy, but mistakes were made. I'm going to put that knowledge to good use when bottling brew No. 2 - an ESB. I haven't...

So, my brother and I have talked about brewing our own beer for well over a year (maybe 2) and we finally started about 2.5 weeks ago. I'm pretty sure we funked our first batch (you can read about it here), but I am far from discouraged. I've already placed my order for my second batch. So has...

Hmmm... is that 2-3 weeks from the time it went in the bottle, or 2-3 weeks after it has finished bottle conditioning?

Thanks for the responses guys. This is one time when I wish I was wrong. Oh well, live and learn. So how long do I have until the "wet cardboard" taste sets in?

Hi guys. Really great forum you've got here. Glad to be a part of it now. My brother and I have been talking about starting to brew for a long time and we finally made the plunge a little over two weeks ago. We got a basic kit (plus a few extras) from an online homebrew store and bought one...