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This is the second smack pack that I have bought from my LHBS that hasn't fully swollen. I am trying to do Northern Home Brewing's Hourblonmonstre extract kit, and each time, my Activator package of Belgian Ardens is still only half swollen after 12+ hours. The first package was about a month...

My second batch of John Palmer's Cincinnati Pale Ale didn't go so hot. After two weeks in the bottle, there is a distinct Listerine smell and a similar taste, leaving a dry feeling on the roof of my mouth. Closest I can figure, by reading taste trouble-shooting posts, is that this sounds like...

Three weeks ago I bucketed my second batch of Palmer's Cincinnati Pale Ale recipe. Since I was never able to find a place in the house that stay below 70 degrees. I decided to place the fermentation bucket in a large tub and let it sit in a water bath to keep the temperature low. I swapped...

My girlfriend and I decided to brew our first batch using the Cincinnati Pale Ale recipe from the "Crash Course" from John Palmer's "How to Brew" site. After comparing this recipe with the detailed instructions on the SAME SITE, as well as the actual 3rd Edition book, she and I have some...