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Hello, I am in Orange County, CA, and a new brewer. My latest brew was a 1 gallon batch of NB German Blonde Ale, and I would appreciate comments/critique from someone with some experience. The beer is definitely drinkable (I've had a few of them), but I also feel that there is some kind of...

Hi, I just bottled yesterday, the NB German Blonde Ale 1 gallon extract recipe, and had a question due to the taste. I noticed that the taste was a bit 'harsh' (I don't really know how to describe it well). It definitely tasted like beer, but made me want to 'pucker' just a bit when tasting...

I have a German Blonde ale that's been in primary for 16 days now. After a very active first several days, requiring a blow-off tube, things have been very calm since then. I'm a little puzzled because nothing has changed at all visually for at least a week, and it seems like things have...

I am using an STC-1000 sensor to monitor wort temp during fermentation, with the sensor taped up to the side of the carboy and insulated with a bit of bubble wrap and tape. I have noticed that when the mini-fridge shuts off, the sensor temp will continue to drop a bit. Nothing extreme - it...

Brewed up an extract kit today, the NB German Blonde. I'm excited about it because I now have a mini-fridge/stc-1000 setup going so I can keep my fermentation temp in a proper range. Yay! I've got the sensor taped to the side of the carboy with a couple of strips of bubble wrap heavily taped...

Getting ready to bottle my first brew, and I noticed yesterday that after about two weeks of my beer looking unchanged (nothing on top but a few brown-colored floaties) it suddenly now has a lot of lighter colored stuff on top. It doesn't look like infection, just new yeast rafts, but since...

Just brewed my very first batch of beer a couple of weeks ago, and I'm now wondering about the sanitizer that I used. I had mixed up some Star San in a 1 gallon glass carboy, and noticed that it was a bit cloudy right from the get-go (I used tap water through our refrigerator's filter). I...

I recently brewed my first batch of beer. It's a 1-gallon kit from NB (Irish Red Ale). Within 24 hours, it appeared fermentation had begun. (Thick layer on top with lots of bubbles) Great! However, after only another 24 hours it looked like fermentation was already nearly completed (thick...

Hello to all. Well, after wanting to do this for years, I finally got around to brewing my first batch of beer. I received a 1-gallon kit from NB as a gift, and brewed up the Irish Red Ale recipe a couple of days ago. It took me a few months to get around to using the kit :o, so perhaps the...