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I screwed up. I didn't check to see if I had my bottle capper when I tried to begin bottling. So OBVIOUSLY when I went to cap the first bottle, it was nowhere to be found. So, now I have a little under 5 gallons of beer in my bottling bucket with the priming sugar already in it. When it...

For my third attempt at this, I'm going to try an imperial choc. stout. I found a nice easy extract recipe, I just have a couple questions about the directions. There are steeping grains, and after the 30 minutes in the water the instructions tell me to "rinse them back into the pot with hot...

So, I just received some hop vines in the mail. I'd like to plant them. I have no idea what to do next though. These aren't like mail order or anything, a friend sent them to me wrapped in wet paper towels. Inside bubble wrap. Haven't unwrapped them yet because I don't want to accidentally...

I'm slowly acquiring equipment for when I cut the cord and go all grain. I was just given a roll of mesh, or screen that is used for windows, and screen doors I guess. I was wondering whether or not this could be used for the filter or false bottom of a mash tun. I don't really know HOW I...

I used too much water in my brew pot, and didn't have a strong enough stove to be ale to bring it to a vigorous boil. I would characterize it as a weak ass boil. All the ingredients were in before I realized it wasn't going to be vigorous. I'm curious as too what effect this will have if any...

In a couple weeks I'm going to be brewing my second batch ever. It's a True Brew Irish Stout out of an extract kit with steeping grains. The kit comes with a packet of Muntons yeast. I wanted to try and do a starter for it, but as I'm researching it I'm reading that you should only do a...

the beer that I have bottle conditioning for 10 days tastes like ****?? I know I'm supposed to keep it bottled for 3 weeks, I just didn't expect it to taste SO off. It's a Brown Ale brewed from extract, and it even tastes like a Brown Ale, but I was just so discouraged by how off it was...

I'm on my tenth day in Primary with a "True Brew Brown Ale" (First batch ever, very excited) I was taking a gravity reading and came up with 1.022. The kit called for a range of 1.010-1.012 for final gravity. I'm not too confident in my gravity knowledge, but I'm pretty sure that means it...

Ok, I've just put my first ever batch into my Primary Fermenter two nights ago. I took an initial gravity reading and it seemed like it was right on for what the kit called for. But now that I have the beer fermenting I'm feeling a little angst over how to take another reading. The air lock...

Popping my Home Brewing cherry this weekend, and I have a LOT of questions. I've done a whole lot of research on the process. I ran into a little confusion though when I opened the kit for my first batch. It's an all malt brown ale. First of all I'm not really sure what "all malt" really...

Hello, Hello from RI. I have yet to brew my first batch, but I've been researching the **** out of it. I have a LOT of questions and was just trying to find a community to learn more. My wife bought me a basic setup of home brew equipment and a kit for an all malt brown ale. (still not 100%...