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I am currently on day 7 of my second batch of beer which is a porter based on a recipe from my lhbs. I took a hydrometer sample today and tasted the sample. The beer is currently at .02 and its supposed to have a final of .015, but the real problem came in when I tasted it. It tastes very...

I like this PET bottle idea. Am I understanding this correctly? Take the uncarbonated beer out of the fermenter, put it into a 2L bottle, charge the bottle with CO2 according to this chart, shake it and let it dissolve into solution. Boom! force carbonated beer? If so that's awesome. That...

I am trying to figure out some alternatives between putting my beer in bottles with the waiting and putting the money into a full kegging system. I am brewing 5gal batches and my main concern is that I would like to be able to bring beer to other people's house and/or give it away to friends. I...

Me too please

Then after three hrs you take it out and turn it over to let it drain again, but for 24hrs now Then after 24 hrs you take it out, cut it, and let it soak in salt for 3 days Then lastly you just let it age in a jar of salt water. I have to say it tastes GREAT! Has just the right texture...

I have been looking into brewing beer for the last month, but since I am in the middle of a move and can't get my equipment until Oct I opted to make some cheese in the meantime. I am very lucky to have a goat farm right down the road where I was able to get 1 gallon on fresh milk and from...

Awesome! Thanks for all the good advice. I think I will be doing a weizen as my first beer and try to move into lagers with a fermenting fridge after I have a couple brews under my belt. Pics to come in a few weeks of my first beer.

Ahh ok so by making sure that whatever sugar I use to carbonate has a high level of fermentable sugar then the beer won't turn out too sweet? How will the taste differ if I use malt extract for carbonation instead of corn sugar? Also what ingredients in the wort should I concentrate on to...

Oh yea I realize that. I am just trying to figure out new styles of beers that I may like and be able to describe my taste properly. I don't want to only stick to the biers I know I like, but I also don't want to brew 5 gallons of something like an IPA and end up not wanting to drink any of it...

Hello beer brewing world. Over the last month I have been reading up on home brewing and have been getting ready to buy my first brewing materials in October (when I finally move). Until then I have been thinking about WHAT I will brew and I wanted to get your input on what styles I...