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I know this topic has been discussed here so I apologize for bringing it up again but this is driving me nuts and honestly I am ready to throw in the towel and just go back to drinking good beer and let others brew it. I have had the last 3 batches over carbonate in the bottles. But now I am...

I just did my 2nd batch using a starter. Northern Brewer Dead Ringer Ipa which had an og of 1.071. My first was the Caribou Slobber - Og 1.056. I did not have a stir plate when I did the Slobber. Just manually sloshed it around. I have since purchased a stir plate to use with my 2nd starter -...

Hi all. New home brewer here. I have done a few extract batches from recipe kits now and am comfortable with the process. I am not ready to put together my own recipe but I would like to try a recipe posted on one of the various sites just to get the hang of it all. I am confused about...

I am not sure how out of the ordinary this is but I was expecting more than 40 bottles. I now realize there will be some loss to trub but that much? I am not doing secondary fermentation or anything like that. Both were Ipa extract kits.I think I did a pretty good job of racking to the bottling...

Hi, New home brewer here. I just bottled my first batch last night. I am not expecting much from it. A month ago home brewing was just a thought in the back of my mind until the local craft beer store started selling kits. After checking it out one day I wandered back in the next and took the...