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I made an IPL (recipe details below) and, long story short, my final gravity is way off. I fermented for 17 days at 54°F, did diacetyl rest for 48 hours at 65°F, and just now racked to secondary to bring down to lagering temp (35°F). Is the final gravity supposed to be this off before...

I think I've come across my first infection. I don't know how it happened, but the beer is overcarbonated (foams over the rim of the bottle several minutes after it's opened), looks like mud (this is after 5 weeks of bottle conditioning at about 65 degrees F), smells very yeasty and earthy, and...

I like to make my iodine solution for sanitation in a large bucket, about 25 gallons. I recently came back from a military deployment to find that I had forgotten to empty it previously, and it wasn't pretty. Anyway, it got me thinking, what is the shelf life of an iodine solution? How long...

First off, I've brewed a few extract batches and (with your help) I've even made a couple recipes of my own. I've got experience but I still consider myself new to all this especially since I've never brewed a lager before. I just acquired a new fridge for lager brewing and it unfortunately...

This is an extract brew (APA) with 6 lbs LME and 1 lb DME, summit/cascade/centennial hops, and .75 oz of lavender. I brewed it on the 7th of this month, and used wyeast 1506. Now, I planned on throwing a lavender tincture in today, but the brew seems to still be in primary. Is this normal with...

I've gotten a request to try to make a lavender beer. Most of the suggestions I've seen on here and other websites suggest wit beer, but I don't really like wit beers very much. I'm planning on trying it with an APA. My goal is to obviously make the lavender the focus tastewise/aromawise, But I...

Hi all, this is my first time designing my own recipe. I used beersmith along with some reading material and some guessing. It's meant to be a robust porter, and I plan on adding some pumpkin to it to make it more for the season. Now, I'm aware that it probably has a plethora of problems. But...

I made the mistake of putting my (supposedly) complete brews in the refrigerator. Upon opening it, I decided that it needs more conditioning. Will those bottles condition in the fridge or are they forfeit to the home brew gods?