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I used pellet hops once, the beer nearly exploded in my secondary, I'm thinking my head space was too small.

I recently brewed a red ale and added 3 pounds of honey for the first time. Here was my recipe 6lb Pale Malt Extract 2lb Amber Malt Extract 3lb Orange Blossom Honey 1 lb 80L Crystal (Grain) 1/2 lb (levabon) Crystal 1/4 lb of Red Wheat (for color) 2 ounces of cenntenials 60 mins 1 1/2...

Last 20 minutes of the boil for me, never had a problem.

I brewed a chocolate stout, I tasted it, I had a few friends taste and were pretty overwhelmed by it. The aroma is great, the initial taste and mouthful is great but it leaves a horribly nasty after taste in your mouth. It taste like dirt, old coffee, feet and chocolate blended together. It...

My beer hasn't had these symptoms when I bottled no fungus, stink, or anything of that sort, looked totally normal but I am noticing a slight sourness to my beer three weeks after bottling, I shelved them for three weeks and they spent a couple of days in the fridge.. The beer has a slight...

Sour bitter tasting.. It has a slightly sour aroma.. however, it doesn't smell rotten by any means and its barely discernible. I'm just wondering whether or not it could be infected or that the Stout has some sour qualities that I didn't know about prior to brewing.

I brewed a Stout with fuggle hops, everything went text book with sanitation, I made sure everything was sanitized etc. I had new racking tubes with this batch, however, I noticed a slight tinge of sourness in my beer. It wasn't pervasive at all but I noticed an extra sourness at the end of my...

Thanks a lot guys, those comments really helped me out a lot! :) Its tough when you brew with some passion, love, and someone has to tastelessly bash your beer (your hard work!) by saying its garbage. You guys are awesome, thanks for the support .. Bottoms up!

Not sure if this thread belongs in this section but I'm putting it because I'm a newbie. I learned how to brew a few months ago and just completed a red ale, I offered the beer to a few friends and they said it tasted great. The only criticism I received was that it was a bit weak but overall...

Ah my bad, Here is what I used: 1oz of hops with White Labs English Ale yeast, I was using a 5 gallon carboy as my secondary fermentor, I had very very little head room in it.

Hi guys and gals, My red ale has been sitting in my secondary fermentor for about two weeks, last week I decided to throw some centennial hop pellets in my secondary. The first week, there was hardly any activity, the hops actually settled at the bottom of the fermentor. Last night (a...

Thanks a lot Revvy, that was a great read!

Yeah, I stopped messing with the beer, I'm just going to let it do its thing, if it taste like a horses anus or smells like it, I'm tossing it. I guess what caused the anxiety is reading all the countless horror stories, sanitation lynch mobs, and things people should do or shouldn't do...

If it is mold (which it does look like it or the beginning stages of it) after looking at hundreds of pics with the same prob. Should I worry about Oxidization? because mold needs O2 to grow. Also, I closed the airspace by adding some distilled water to prevent further growth. I'm not sure if I...

Quick question, did you remove the stopper on your carboy for any other reason than dry hopping?

The same thing happened to me today, I saw a few specks of mold starting to grow in my secondary, I realized it was probably due to my head-space, so I just added a distilled gallon of water to tighten the space and prevent it from growing more. I rather drink weaker beer than moldy beer, I'm...

It looks similar, although I had a big one and two really small ones in there. I haven't noticed any off aromas yet. I just pray that there is nothing wrong with this beer.

Here is a picture of it, its the white dot, I couldn't get better shot of it. Do you think its a yeast raft or anything I should worry about? All the surrounding matter is the hops I threw in on Sunday. [/IMG]

Here is the image of it, its the white dot, I couldn't get a clear picture of it. Do you think its what you describe or a bigger problem?

First time brewer here, I brewed for the first time three weeks ago ( a red ale), I took a look at my secondary fermentor today and noticed a white circle sitting on top of my brew. It looks like sugar bunched together, I'm not sure if its mold or what. I know its not bubbles because it...