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My first bottling day will be Friday or Saturday, depending on when I can get help. It will have sat for 4 weeks as of Saturday. I need to move it somewhere so that I can bottle. By doing so I will disrupt the trub. How long should I let the wort sit until the trub has settled back down to...

My hydrometer reading is spot on with my desired gravity. After testing I couldn't help but taste. It tasted like partially flat beer, but there were some unique bitterness to it that I couldn't attribute to the hops. I couldn't help but notice how cloudy it was though. Will allowing it to...

Ok, so my beer has been in primary for 1 week. I have a knee surgery coming up Thursday. I fear that I will have a lack of mobility since I will be on crutches and bedridden for a few days. Unfortunately I'm leaving for school less than a week after that. My question is: Should I go ahead...

Ok, so I'm thinking about my next beer (which would make my second batch). I would like either something dark or something pretty hoppy (not enamal removing but a decent amount). I don't want to do pure extract but I don't have the equipment for sparging (nor the money). suggestions? This...

First Batch, t=+72 hours: Ok, so the yeast finally caught. The krausen is getting pretty high up there. What is the wort supposed to smell like now? I feel like I have a lot of acetaldehyde but I feel like I aerated enough. What is a beer supposed to smell like at this stage? It burns my...

So yesterday was my first brew day. I began to suspect that my yeast was dead earlier that day, but the kit that I had ordered did not have any extra extract to make a starter. Its been 12 hours and not so much as a bubble yet. On the top of the wort there is something floating. I can't be...