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First it was too hot, then there were fruit flies, and now what looks like an infection. (I attached a photo of the infection, not sure how this works!) I've read all over the forum and I know well enough not to dump it (or do I?). Should I just bottle it? Rack it? Hold a funeral?

Hi there, I'm Prunella and I'm from Halifax, NS, Canada. I've been making my own beer for just over a year now, but I've only been brewing from grain for a couple months. Before that it was festabrew, which was fun and rewarding, but now I'm up for bigger challenges! I'm a punk "kid" with...

We get a pretty nasty fruit fly colony in our house in the summer, and it's kind of impossible to keep them away from everything, especially giant quantities or sugary, fermenting liquid. My primary is a bucket and we've had some issues with flies getting inside. Does anyone else have problems...

So I just brewed my first all grain batch (solo, that is) and now every little thing is freaking me out. I made a brown ale on Saturday night, put it in the primary (using a bucket) and pitched the yeast. The temperature read around 80. I checked it in the middle of the night and there was a...