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A starter should go for 24 hours for pitching correct? If you get a stir plate do you leave it on and stirring the whole 24 hours? I've read reviews that some get hot and the motor might not last long if left on that long repeatedly.

Just saw this old thread from searching. My first batch was an American Pale Ale that I steeped at around 170 for an hour and it tastes awful, astrigenty and bitter. It's been in bottles for about six weeks now and I think they're getting worse with time, it's undrinkable and I'll either have...

Interesting... good to know it wasn't all my fault. :D Thanks for the info, I'll try steeping at 150 for 30 minutes next batch and see how it turns out.

Really, so 150 is the target for steeping? Why do my instructions say to steep in the mid-160's? This is good to know for my next batch, that grainy bitter off-flavor is the worst.

My first brewing experience was a batch of cider, which I ended up using british ale yeast for and it came out tasting a bit yeasty/beery for cider. Still drinkable. My first beer brewing experience was my last batch, American Pale Ale from Brewer's Best. It came out with a bitter, grainy dry...

I guess my question is: is rinsing right after drinking then running them through a dishwasher cycle enough to sanitize them? If not I shall buy a vinator and rinse with star-san, I just don't know if that's a necessity.

I've been washing them in the dishwasher without soap and with heated dry. My buddy said that should get hot enough to sanitize them if I bottle right after they come out. Guess it's too early to tell if that's true or not, I've only bottled twice but I haven't detected problems yet. I may...

Star-san is so foamy, i usually need to scoop some of the foam into the sink when I'm sanitizing everything.

Yuengling is pretty much a local legend around here, almost everywhere in PA you order a "lager", you get a Yuengling. My grandfather loved the beer, even had socks and a tie with the company logo on it. It was the first exposure I had to it as a kid - 15 years later and there's almost always...

I wasn't drinking during the process, it was pretty early Sunday morning due to the time change. I'm not worried, I'll just be embarrassed when one of my buddies swallows a chunk of hop when trying my labor of love.

Bottled my first batch of beer yesterday, and American Pale Ale from BB. Here are the mistakes I made: I had to move the fermenting bucket across my basement to facilitate bottling, which stirred up some of the trub/sediment which transferred to my bottling bucket and into some of the...

I'm a noob at this, my second batch is an American Pale Ale that has been in the primary for a little over a week now. Took a gravity measurement and it's down to where it should be. The instructions just say to bottle after fermentation has stopped unless you rack to secondary, then it's a...

I have the same batch brewing currently, and now that I've read this I'll definitely be keeping it in the primary a month before bottling. However, I did not use extra malt as the yeast starter, just went exactly by the instructions. Grain bill is as follows: FERMENTABLES 6.6 lb. Light LME...

I'll try to take some pics. It's an extract kit, not gonna mess with all grain til I have a few extracts under my belt (and if I feel the urge to continue home brewing at that point). Thanks for the pointers, I definitely need to be more anal about sanitizing everything and pay closer...

It's an American Pale Ale kit I bought at the local HBS. I think I have everything I need. Any last minute tips, advice or words of encouragement to get me started? I made cider but it came out tasting more like apple wine since I decided not to carbonate it. Now I'm ready for BEER! :rockin:

Just bottled my first batch which is apple cider. Mixed a cup and a half of Splenda before bottling, turned out ok. Hoping it clarifies and ages well in the bottles.

Bottled the cider last night after a month in the primary. Final gravity was extremely low, something like 1.002. The cider was very dry so I backsweetened with a cup and a half of Splenda. The only thing I didn't understand was that a lot of yeast was still suspended, the cider is very...

This was my attempt which is still a work in progress: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/noob-here-brewing-my-first-batch-cider-267112/ I've since had some questions go unanswered so I stopped bumping my own thread and have kinda been learning as I go. I'm looking to bottle it next Monday...

I was thinking maybe campden tablets to kill off the yeast then sweeten with concentrate instead of splenda or the like. I think it's already carbonated enough the way it is.

0 calories a pint! You'll be a billionaire!