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hi billy, keep working at it! maybe your kid just wasnt drunk enough to appreciate the brew.

6.6lb Pilsen LME (half in the beginning, half 15 minutes from the end) 3lb Pilsen DME 3oz aromatic malt 1oz kent goldings hops I'm sure it'll come out fine, but it'd be nice to know if we did everything correct. Here's a pic of it so you can see the color

yea its an extract. bought it as a kit at my LHBS.

Thanks man. I really didn't want to dump the last batch either, but it sat in primary for 2 months and went through 2 wyeast packets and only dropped to 1.030 gravity. I could have bottled but didn't want to risk making 2 cases of bottle bombs. Although that does sound some what fun. :D

So I'm attempting my second beer, a Belgian blonde. My first beer, a Cali common, never finished fermenting and I decided to dump it. Any way the blonde has been in primary for 3 days an had a nice krouzen(sp?). Only thing is its a darker brown then I was expecting. Almost like a brown ale...

so i moved out of my parents house a couple months ago and now that im settled in, i want to start brewing again. i made one batch a while back but it never finished fermenting, so im eager to try again. heres the problem though, at my parents house, the basement stayed around 70 degrees all the...

ok sorry a long weekend got in my way, but im back on track now. this is an extract recipe, off the top of my head i dont remember the recipe but it had 2 cans of LME in it. when i aerated the wort, i poured it back and for between the bucket and pot a bunch of times. i think my best bet is to...

And yes, it tastes sweet

It's California ale yeast. Temps are around 66-68. Starting gravity was 1.050 and I'm using a hydrometer. Just checked it an it's reading right.

So my beers been in primary for 2 weeks. I checked it last week and I was at 1.030. Checked it again today and it's still at 1.030. I'm thinking my yeast tapped out. This is my first batch, anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks guys. Glad I posted this before I just went Shea and did it guess I had a case of noob patience. ;D

I just checked my beer and I had planned on switching to secondary today (5 days in primary). Not a lot of krausen on top and my fg is at 1.030 right now (started at 1.050). Should I let it sit in primary for a little longer or will I be ok putting it in secondary?

in, cant let the yinzers invade too much. :p

seems like every wedding i go to, the traditional beer is miller lite :rolleyes:

im kinda jealous of that party :D

when i get a lagering fridge i want to try to make a lager clone. ever try it before? figure if i really wanted to get crazy i could just drive a couple miles and grab some legit skuke water too. :D

looking at it on beersmith with out the crystal malt, it looks like it makes it a little lighter, where with it it pushed it to the darker side of a tripel. so i might take your advice and leave it out.

is the clear candi sugar in rocks that much worse. only reason i have it on there is thats what the guy gave me. he had a grocery bag that contained a total of 8lbs DME, 2lbs clear candi sugar rock form, and 8oz of c20 grains. me getting that with my setup is the reason behind me trying to make...

ok, that looks better. its saying i need 280 billion cells. so its saying 3 yeast packets with no starter. never done a starter before, what all is involved in making one?

ok so i took out a 1/2lb of sugar, got rid of the bravo hops, added 3oz of stryian goldings to give it an IBU of 25. also added the .5lb of flaked wheat and honey malt. ok, i think i might kick it up to 2 packets, just to be safe.