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good point, thanks, i didnt think of a non-uniform soultion. i do a partial extract 3 gallon boil and add 2, which would def lead to a non uniform solution. i did lose a small amount of wort and added a little water to get to my 5 gallons, and a non uniform solution, this must be the reason...

so i brewed up an ipa last night, my only issue was that my SG was lower than i expected... i got 1.042 and i was expecting more like a 1.050 or higher. i did have some boil-over, maybe 12 ounces total wort lost, maybe that has something to do with it... with it being in the fermenter now, i...

okay, so my pale ale has been sitting in bottles for about a month... still a bit of a sour taste, but ill still drink it. my irish red, however is on day 19 of fermentation, ready to go into bottles tomorow, it is so dark, its hard to tell if it's quite clear enough...

the fg reading is in! sg was 1.045, and my current reading is 1.008. my recipe didnt have expected gravety readings with it, but these numbers are around what i assumed they'd be. still havent racked to secondary yet, i want to be patient. is there any benefit to leaving it in the primary for a...

i can be patient now, my last batch is bottled and drinkable, a little sour (prob due to impatience..). i know now that i can make beer, now im set on making GOOd beer!

my red ale was bubling like crazy for the first 3 days of fermentation, but now 5 days in it has shown very little action. should i take my fg reading now? should i wait the recommended 7 days? can you leave it in the fermenter for too long?

update on the irish red ale fermentation... was very agressive for the first 2 days, but has significantly reduced, still pretty steady but nothing like the past 2 days, is this normal? my pale ale was steady the whole time... as far as the sour taste to the pale ale, is that because it...

bad news first... i know its only been bottled for a week, but my first brew, a pale ale did not come out as expected... i beleive its due to the virtually undrinkable tap water here in florida. i boiled and chilled most of the water i used, but the beer has a mediciny, almost sour taste to it...

one more thing.... the color. when transferring, i couldnt help but notice the color was a lot more amber than pale ales i am used to drinking. will it lighten up? just a question, i am not too concerned, this being my first brew, i'd drink it if it was purple.

wow, thats more impatient than i am! almost tempting me to say screw it and start sanitizing my bottles today...(tempting, but im restraining myself)

it was in the primary for nine days and was finished, i beleive(this is my first batch). og 1.055, fg 1.010. the recipe did recommend use of a secondary.

that is good to hear. when i transferred, the primary was bubbling maybe once every few mins. so i should continue to follow the recipe and bottle in 5-7 days? should i wait till it gets good and translucent?

i transferred from primary to secondary 2 days ago, sampled, seems like it is on its way... my question is since transferring, there has been very little airlock action, almost none, is this normal? the recipe says to keep it in the secondary for 5-7 days. should i bottle at 5, or 7, or even...

i have a batch ready for bottling in a week and a half, and i only got 10 bottles... i am working very hard to empty bottles so i can have enough, haha. will a wing capper work on screw tops?

i definitly have to check that out, its prob only 5-10 mins from my house.

how about spring water? would that be the perferred method? here in florida, the tap water has so much chlorine in it, its like drinking out of a pool, so for my current batch, i boiled and then chilled tap water. it was quite a pain, would spring water bypass the hours i spent boiling and...

hey, im a noob hb'er in palm beach as well, 26yrs old. currently got my first brew, extra hoppy american pale ale, 4th day in the primary. did you order all your ingredients online, thats what i did? have you tried out the hb supply in lake woth, i have yet to go there.

thats good to hear, i was hoping to get it to be a little closer to an ipa, but still keeping pale ale characteristics. i wanted to go for something a lot of people would enjoy beofore trying a recipe just for me, im thinking of something similar to stone ruinition ipa, one of my favs. this...

what should i expect with the extra hops that i added? i added a half ounce extra with the bittering hops and another half with flavoring hops. will it just be a flavor difference?

first brewing attempt is in the primary. it is an american style pale ale, a recipe that i got, but i went a little more aggresive with cascade hops than the recipe called for, hopefully will tun out well. my wife is now completely convinced that i am nuts after she found me huffing fumes from...