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So I've got two brews under my belt. The first was a pale ale that came out kind of tangy, sweet, and almost cidery. I'm guessing it was mostly because the fermentation temperature was between 70-76. My second batch was a pumpkin beer and it tastes a bit better but there's still a tangy off...

My first brew was a kit from Northern Brewer called Vandal Eyes. It was a one gallon kit and it fermented for 2 weeks then I bottled it and tried it after a week and a half. The carbonation is decent but the beer has a funky sweet/cidery taste to it. Could this be from an infection? I fermented...

I'm looking at the recipe https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=14860 for making apfelwein. My question when I bottle this could I add "Fermenter's Favorite Fizz Drops" (basically just sugar) to carbonate? I have some extra from a couple beer kits. Just making sure I don't make some...

I'm looking at the BeerSmith app for Android and I'm wondering if there is a feature to make adjustments to recipes like changing the volume of the batch. Does the app support this? For example if I change just the batch size will it automatically adjust the amounts for malt extract and hops?

I brewed a pumpkin beer night. It's been rather unseasonably hot the past week and fermentation began very quickly. The temp of the fermenter when I checked this morning was about 76. I moved the fermenter into a swamp cooler and I have it down to 69 now. Does the krausen look normal? It looks a...

I'm relatively new to brewing. I have brewed a one gallon batch which seems to have turned out okay. It's bottle conditioning now. I was disappointed by the small yield that I got from it so I'll probably moving up soon. I have limited space and only enough room for a 3 gallon carboy. My...