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Hey there partners: I only got one question: How do you ferment. Always with yeast starter? I ask this because i made a amber that had gravity of 1063 with an hidratated munston yeast pack and got a gravity when i bottled of 1023 and it was with no activity i mean no bubbles in 3 minutes...

Hello Everyone: Well on my 2nd batch of amber ale, it started a different smell from the first one with the same Munston yeast, but the second one at day 2 of fermenting started to have an strange sulfur smell, wich makes me think maybe i cleaned badly my PET carboy. I used hot water and i...

Hey there partners: I just wanted to know how do you handle this issue. I put mi 5 gallons plastic carboys into a bigger pot with water on the outside and control the water outside only with ice (i have not brewed beer during cold times)... Now, this is my question: What automatic...

Hey there partners: I have a question. I've seen some thermodinamical equations about mixing boiling water to raise temperature or just with knowing the pound/gallon ratio and some temperatures the temperature you have to have the water before mixing. Are there any bad opinions on this? I...

Greetings everyone: Well yesterday i did my second amber ale 5 gallon batch. The recipe says that is abot 13,5 lb ob grain and should have 1052 gravity. I did the same steps and i got 1063 gravity. (this was a 5 gallon batch) SAME THING happened last time. The recipe is: (more or less) 12,5lb...

hi everyone: i am posting this cuz in my first and second batch of all grain beer something really strange ocurred. first i got my water to 153° more or less and then i added the milled grain. the temperature dropped and it was very hard for me to raise it up. i raised the flaime and still...

hello everyone: i am posting this to know exactly what do we seek when we crush the grain... i have only crushed grain once and i think i got it too crushed. any thoughts are VERY welcome!!! regards JLubbert

hello everyone: i have a corona grain mill and i've just used it once. but i noticed that there are others like roller grinder (i don't know if it is the right name) that are more eficient. is it corona grain mill acceptable for high quality beer? regards JLubbert

Hello Everyone: I am new to this and i am trying to understand the process the best i can. First of all, when do you guys measure OG? Just when the beer cooled off? if u do it this way, and you are a bit higher, how can you tell how much water to add? Second of all, i noticed a lot of...

Hello everyone, my name is José Lübbert and i am a noob brewer. I've brewed about 5 times all grain recipees and i've read and seen a lot of good things on this forum so i just joined... So that's pretty much it. Happy brewing everybody =)