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Hey guys, so my last 3 batches got infected, I think by a lactic bacteria (Looks like what this guy had http://imgur.com/a/P1l8f). So, I tried replacing my rubber hoses and washing my bracket very well as well as soaking it in Starsan. I also sanitize using Starsan in every brew. So...

Hey, Tried to brew a stout, after 3 weeks opened the bucket to find this. Anybody knows if the beer's ruined? Should I toss it?

Hey, I am making cider in my dorm so my beer brewing equipment isn't here so I use the following method \ equipment to try my hand with hard cider (it's more conviniant in dorms then brewing beer). I have a glass carboy with a stopper and an airlock. I made sure the system's air tight. I...

As people suggested, I dilluted. Now I will pitch and hope for the best. Its actually a mixed blessing because among my many accidents I also over hopped a little. Hopefully it will help with that. I will let you guys know what happened to this batch.

just finshed checking. Hydrometer says 1.080. Keep in mindd wort still needs to cool a couple of degrees. It should've been 1.050. The wierd thing is that I did all grain so it's wierd gravity's that high (even assuming the hydrometer's slightly off). I guess I will dilute it in that case...

Hey, I made a mistike and didn't calculate how much wort do I have (Due to lots of accidents in the process - it wasn't my brew day). I now have 15 litres of cool wort with no way of making more. My question is - What's the best way to go from here? I thought about diluting the wort to 16 - 17...

I was under the impression plastic non alcholic bottles are bad as fermentors because the reactions could leak chemicals from the plastic, that's why I thought I'm limited to my 5 litre glass jar I have. Am I wrong?

Hello, I want to start aging some cider in my dorm room (I'm legal no worries). Because of this lack of space I want to use a small 5 Litre glass jug I have as a fermentor and I want to be able to make as many batches as I can, so I was thinking about fermenting for 2-3 weeks, then backsweeten...

Hey, just wanted to say I did as you guys told me and just checked the final gravity. Got it right where the recipie said it should be. Who knew it was so easy? It was all about draining REALLY slowly and increasing the mash time to 90 mins! Thanks a lot you guys.

Hey, So my beer order came and the guys at the LHBS made a mistike and gave me S-33 instead of an S-04. I was planning on brewing a nut brown with this recepie: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f67/nut-brown-ag-30187/ Going back means i'll have to wait a week becaue it's a holiday in here (Happy...

Thanks, it's too bad you didn't experiance the nightlife in Israel but I'm glad you enjoyed your time in Israel. Homebrewing is becoming more popular in here as well as craft beer, but it's still hard to find knowlagable people which is why this forum is very helpfull to me, but at least two...

Ok, so my problem was probably draining too quickly. I've been opening the valve half way through, so I will try to open it even less, what's what people mean by draining slowly right? The tip with the extra time to mash is another good one, will try that too, thanks!

Great explanation thanks (-: Sounds like I was doing fly sparging, but since I've been getting low gravity I think i'll give batch sparging a try then.

Hey, Kind of new to all grain, still getting the hang of it. So I read some instructions on how to mash and I got confused: Some people told me to mash, get the first runnings, then, when the water runs out, put the sparge water, wait about 10 minuets and start the process of geting the second...

Hello, This is the second time I attempt all grain. The first time, I got some help from this forum and managed to brew an ESB. I wanted to push the envelope a little so I decided of making a wheat beer. I didn't find a recepie I liked, but from what I read there isn't much room for...

No, I'm asking for help. Thank you, I will try that.

Hey, So I have a few swing-top Grolsch bottles I love very dearly, and unfortunatly I fergot to rinse one right away and now it has this dry - beer marks on its side - You probably know what I'm talking about. Anyone knows a magic remedy to save it? Hot water doesn't work and soap doesn't...

Exellent, you got me up to speed. As I write this the water is boiling, and I am ready to begin :) Thanks for the detailed response.

Thank you, that was a super clear and helpfull post. I will paste the mash scedual so it will be clearer: I'm a bit confused about your explenation about the sparging. What does the "10 mins" refer to?

Hey, So I am making the final preperations for my frist all grain after a year of extract and specialty grains. I got everything I need to brew a Common Room ESB, a recepie I found on the forum: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f64/common-room-esb-83878/ Its simplicity made me think it's a good...