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Well, I did it. I successfully brewed my first batch of beer. I work for a distributorship and Sam Adam's sponsors a homebrewing contest. Long story short, I got tabbed on brewing the beer and it was going to be sent to the semi-finals judging between Louisiana and Mississippi. I didn't really...

After 3days of getting the same reading on my hydrometer (1.020) I decided to siphon my Amber ale into the secondary fermenter. Now, I made the mistake of adding my priming sugars into my primary fermenter (I'm a rookie haha) and I read that it would increase the alcohol content in the end. I...

Allow me to explain, then we can all point and laugh at me. I was brewing my own Amber, and followed the instructions from a guy at work who brewed his own beer a few months ago. To make a long story short, I must have misunderstood him and added the priming sugar BEFORE i put it in the...

On monday night, I was presented with the chance to make a home brew. Long story short, I work for a beer distributorship, and whoever has the best brew gets a fancy little prize. Anyway, I started on Monday night, followed the instructions (Amber ale) and my starting gravity (SG) measured...