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Thanks for the feedback guys, appreciate it. This beer will be consumed in about a month, so it should be really good :)

Hey all.. I know this is a very general question as all brews are different. But generally speaking, the carbing process takes about 4 weeks, is there any issues with leaving the brew unrefridgerated longer than that.... Say 3 months. We are not in a position to drink our brew right now so most...

Hi, this might be a bit of a long post but it has 2 questions. On 12/22 we bottled our 1st batch of amber ale (after 3 1/2 weeks fermenting), added 1 cup of bottling sugar as per the recipe. 9 days later we threw a bottle in the fridge purely so we could learn what it tastes like. It tasted...

Hi all, a noob general question here.... When we made our 1st batch (made with extract), we poured the wort into the carboy using the funnel that came with the kit, the funnel has a small removable strainer which we used. The strainer had to be cleared every few pours. The recipe didn't say...

Just bottled our 1st brew last night, it was a 5 gallon amber using mutton mash (uk I think). Between my girlfriend and I the process went quite well, apart from it leaking at the seal of the spigot in the bottling bucket. Due to inexperience in bottling, the small leak and such, we ended up...

I know I know, it's not even bottled yet BUT.. Our 1st brew has been in fermenter for almost 3 1/2 weeks, did the 1st of our 3 FG readings tonight (hoping to bottle Xmas day). FG is spot on, so we tasted the sample we drew, it tastes like beer!!!! Good beer!!!!! , obviously flat, but good...

I thought iodophor is no rinse???. We plan to bottle our 1st batch on Xmas day. The plan was to sanitize the bottles, then onto the sanitized bottle tree and then fill.. I wasn't going to rinse the bottle after sanitizing, but should I?

Hi all, our 1st brew will have been sitting in the fermenter for 3 weeks this coming weekend. I will take reading and hopefully will have reached FG so we can start bottling. Here is my question: How full do you fill the bottles? I've heard fill to the top to lessen the chances of beer bombs...

You'll also find some good wineries out in temecula or you can drive an hour or so into the mountains and there's a some good small wineries in Ramona and Julian

Ok, sorry for dumb question, I shoulda read the FAQ first and would've found my answer :)

Hi all, what's the pros/cons of a secondary fermenter ?. My gf and I have our 1st ever brew sitting in a 6.5 gal carboy (it's been in there 10 days now and I'll prob let it sit for another couple of weeks) anyway, we are just going to rack it from there to the bottling bucket and bottle it. I...

Hi everyone, we made our 1st batch of amber 8 days ago, and the krausen ( I assume the foam on the top?) was plentiful and there was activity in the airlock (see pic1) now the activity has stopped and the krausen has rapidly disappeared (pic 2). Does this mean the yeast activity is subsiding, I...

Umm err, actually, it was the homebrew mart, it's run by BP, not the actual brewery, apologies for that :)

My girlfriend & I are totally new to this but have wanted to give it a try for awhile. We walked into Ballast Point brewery for some tastings, and walked out with a starter kit... Must be a sign :)

Thanks for the advice guys , appreciate it. When the wort is first transferred to the carboy, is it necessary to give it a good stir, then take the first reading, then pitch the yeast?, or is stirring something that is again, dependent on the brew you are trying to make? And reference to...

Hi all, first ever brew went into carboy 2 days ago and appears to be fine so far. Couple of questions on gravity readings. Took a 1st reading after the wort went into carboy, my instructions I was following said nothing about stirring everything up in the carboy after it was put in there...

Hi, My gf and I made our first batch of homebrew this weekend and as a result a couple of questions have come up that I hope people can help answer. I apoligise ahaead of time if my terminlogy is wrong but Im just learning this... Boiled a batch up using the unhopped dry extract (making 5...