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For a American wheat style bear what kind of final gravity could i expect? I know this is a very broad question, but any insight will help. I brewed up a kid of of an American wheat bear that i recivied from my local brew shop thursday, and left it at my bothers house to ferment. I came back...

So my first brew is a failure unfortunatly......... :( well on a bright note i think i know what i did wrong. As far as carbination it tastes great, but there is no carbination. When i was priming the beer i added the sugar and water mixture then began to pour the beer from the priming bucket...

So i poped my first beer from my first batch of homebrew today. Everything tasted great except there was basically no carbination at all basically. The beer has been sitting in bottles for 6 days now. Is this to early to expect any carbination, or is there a chance i messed things up when i...

Im going to transfer my first brew into my secondary today. Im about paranoid about infection. When i first cooled my wort i stuck my hands in the pot to get the thermometer a few times so i think i might allready be on the wrong track :( Anyhow i have some bleach, and some 5 star sanatizer...

I've been reading john palmers "how to brew" book, and he recomends for beginners to by pass the secondary. What do all you vets out there think? On this sunday my batch will have been in the fermenter for 2 weeks and i am trying to decide if i should put it into the secondary, or just go...

Here's a long list of mistakes that i made during my first brew. Im wondering if it's gonna be drinkable. 1) didn't continuesly stir the wort at first (stired it maybe once a min or so) 2) took forever to actully get the wort to a boil 3) took forever to cool the wort (proubly close to a...

Hello all, A quick question. I've watched a few how to brew your own beer video's on youtube and the guys brewing there beer added dextrose before they let there wort ferment. I am about to brew up my first batch and i have a malt extract, the only dextrose included was a small bag thats...