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brewed an oatmeal stout on saturday, pitched yeast at 66 degrees, set up airlock - everything good. this morning at 5 am (monday) the airlock was clogged with over-active yeast. cleaned up, and inserted clean, sanitized airlock - same thing. i couldn't stay home to babysit my beer, but i'm...

i pitched danish lager yeast at 56 on Jan 12th, set up primary fermentation on my back porch. it sat for almost a week at 50ish temps, then we got an arctic freeze in vermont - porch temperature was in the 20's. thermometer on ale pail only goes down to 36, and it was definitely colder than...

i think this might be the dumbest post i've ever made, but honestly i need to ask it, because i feel like a dork when i go into my homebrew store now. :o i gave the owner two samples of my black raspberry ale (2 different batches), and her comment was "it was really bubbly" - is it because i...

hello from vermont - i'm new to this forum, but i guess i'm not really a newbie brewer any more. i'm about to brew my 14th batch; have only brewed partial mash, but have a nice variety. i've been looking for some clone recipes, but the few that i've found don't give enough information. i'm...