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I am making a Island mist kit... when I was degassing it I was stirring very vigorsly (or however you spell it) with the small end of my spoon.. so much so that some little pieces of plastic came off the spoon.. The directions say to leave it in this carboy till I bottle but do you think I...

Degassing my first island mist kit and see a hair floating in the carboy... Boooooooooooo.. Im definetly not going to dump it but... sure failure?? :(

Ok.. just to start off so we are on the same page... I really am not enjoying making wine.. Beer I can't get enough of.. but this is my first wine kit and I havent enjoyed any of it.. It was just a cheap store bought 7L kit.. I did everything right (I think) up till now... I am suppose to filter...

So I have read many posts about extract kits that are expired. Basically try it and if it tastes good... well... it is good... my question is does this effect the shelf life of the finished beer? Will it last just as long as a fresh extract batch on the shelf or will it be shorter... wondering...

I just finished starting a batch of Brewhouse Honey Blonde.. Once I was done (of course) I noticed that the date on the box was september 2007.. I checked their website and they say ideal shelf life is 9 months.. Im am more annoyed at my LHBS then I am worried about a bad batch.. but just...

Happy thanksgiving fellow Canadians... :mug:

ok so I needed to make my fermentor cooler tonight. So I put the pale in a rubermaid full of water and ice.... I think I will probably do this from the start from now on.. Any chance that this method will ever make it to cool?.

Started up a batch last night... sit there and think.. should I use a blowoff?... NAH!!!!!!.... serves me right to get the mess I got when I got home from work.... seems like I get a blowoff almost everytime.. My only question is that I had to take the lid off for about 3 mins or so to clean...

Brewing a 1 gallon batch of mead Im going to try it this weekend.. Just curious of other brewers results.. Thanks

Are "Bitter" and "Best Bitter" two completely different beers?.. Do they taste different?? Thanks!!

So i went to visit the folks last night in my hometown... Desided to check out the LHBS to see what they had... Now i realize that i am a nOObe.. (5th extract kit is fermenting).. but I made some small talk and just asked how the beer kits were selling.. (most people around here are into...

Hello guys and gals.. Just a quick question.. Just racked my malt extract kit to my carboy.. noticed there was not as much wort as usual in the carboy.. maybe a few litres less then normal.. is this ok?.. i just put the airlock in and put it in my brew closet.. thought id check.... Cheers...

:ban: Just put on a batch of Brew Canada-Canadian Red Beer... Anyone try it??

Hey all, Just wondering if anyone tried this kit. Its only $7 down at the LHBS and I was wondering if it was cheap because it was terrible. Dont want to waste the fermentor space. Any info would be appreciated. Cheers!!!!

Hello, I just bought a can of "Coopers Bitter". When I read the instructions it does not mention a secondary fermentor. It just says to leave in the primary for 4-6 days and then bottle. SHould I put it in secondary? Thanks in advance.

Hello all, I am a new brewer. I finished my first batch of Pale Ale with success but Im afraid I may have messed up my second batch. I disolved the priming sugar in the water and added it to the bottling bucket, then racked the beer in. I forgot to stir when it was done. Is my batch ruined? Or...