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I just finish brewing my first self developed recipe. I tasted the wort for the first time after checking my OG and it was very bitter. Is it normal for the wort to be so bitter or is that actually how bitter my beer will be? Next I used my first pouch of Wyest. I used 1450. Does the yeast...

How much priming sugar should I use for a one gallon batch? I'll be using regular table sugar and the beer is a red ale

I read somewhere the home brewed beer that has been bottled should not be stored laying down due to a risk of infection. Is this true? Doesn't really make sense to me.

I just received the supplies to brew my first self developed recipe. I'll have some left over grains and hops. What is the best way to store these items for future use? And how long will they keep.

Does any one know of a program to check one gallon recipes? I'm trying to put together my first recipe and would like to get a rough idea of the final product before I spend the money. Any help would be appreciated.

I made a cherry wheat about 8 - 10 weeks ago. Life got hectic and i forgot about it. I used real cherries and just wanted to make sure i can still bottle it?

I will be brewing an american wheat tomorrow which i will turn into a cherry wheat. My question is how much cherries do i put in the secondary for a one gallon batch?

Yesterday i decided to harvest the yeast from my caribou slobber to make my first starter on my next brew. While reading some posts about harvesting yeast today i think i may have messed up. When i harvested the yeast i just left a little wort in my one gallon jug, swirled it to get the yeast up...

Im about to bottle up my caribou slobber and would like to harvest the yeast to attempt my first starter with my next brew. I have a mason jar to put the yeast it. My two questions are: 1. Do I need to sanitize my mason jar before putting the yeast in it? 2. Ive been told the refridgerator is...

Anyone know what it should be?

Just popped the top on my first home brew and I must say it is AWESOME!!

Just bottled my first batch today and plan on brewing my second tomorrow. My question is how long should i run a fish tank pump in my one gallon fermentation jug? Ive got a stainless steel diffuser and a .5 micron filter. Ive read that 15-20 minutes is enough but didnt know if the time was...

Anyone know what the FG of Northern Brewers Irish red should be? The OG was 1.040

Is it common for your beer to appear to have a greenish color while fermenting? Its been fermenting for a week now but appears green until you shine a light right up at the jug then its a nice copper color. The beer is an irish red from northern brewer

As a new home brewer I see a ton of recipes id love to brew, however most of the are sold as a five gallon kit. Being still very new to this I want to stay with a one gallon to help build confidence and some space issues. Is scaling down these kits as easy as dividing all the ingrediants by 5...

Brewed my first batch friday, an Irish red. I pitched the yeast around 615 Friday. Saturday I had strong fermentation leading the having to set up a blow off tube with lots of turbulence in the carboy. Its now 7am Sunday morning and I have no bubbles in the blowoff tube and very little...

What causes blowoff? I brewed my first batch yesterday, an Irish Red. Been fermenting just over 24 hours. Eearlyer today I found I was having a blowoff. Luckily I caught it very early and quickly fixed up a blowoff tube and everything is fine now. Just wondering what causes a blowoff.

I brewed this today. Its an irish red. Pitched the yeast at about 5 hoirs ago. Im new to all this so im worrying a little. Does this look normal?

I done my first batch today. It contained some specialty grains to steep. Per the instructions with the kit it said to steep the grains for 10 mins as the water heated up, so thats what i did. Everything ive watched and read said to steep only after your water has reached 170°F. So my question...

Just brewed my first batch of home brew, an irish red. I measured the correct amount of water but when i siphoned into my fermentation jug i only had about 4/5 of a gallon. (its a one gallon kit). Im sure i will still get decent beer but what happened to the amount of liquid?