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simple question can you age for to long? I have had a batch in the secondary going on 3 months. been real busy with work to find time to bottle :( can this beer go bad?

So I bottled my first beer the other day. Really stoked to see what the results will be of all my time an money invested Into this new hobby.. I do see some what looks like trub in the bottom of the bottles.. Small amount. I had a final gravity of 1.008.. Do I drink this?

I'm in the process of designing a British ipa. I got the idea when ready the history of ipa where it states British troops brought over beer to india in oak casks. I'm sure the use of oak chips have been tried. Just wanted to hear what everyone thinks. Also a hop bill suggestions would be cool...

Ok I hope I don't got problems. I went to brew this weekend and was using American ale smack pack wyeast. Well it didn't well so I dropped a muntons packet I had for back up. I decided to open the wyeast and seen that it was because that stupid bubble didn't pop.. In frustration I poorer the...

What's the purpose of a starter? Up until now I only used wyeast. I'm wanting to try a stater after this next batch. But before I wanna understand as much as I can about it. I asume u are creating more yeast to eat sugars in your wort.. Correct? If so can someone explain a little about how they...

Will the smell of the beer come out of my fermeter.. I washed it with bleach water and I still smell beer. Does it matter? Should a just wash out one more time and brew away?

Tonight I loose my beer brewing v card! I have been doing my reading now it's time to put my knowledge to the test. I'm going to brew A Amarillo pale ale with Midwest wyeast or a autum amber with denny's fav. 50 from wyeast, with a pound of honey. Any thoughts on witch one I should do? Any first...

Can someone explain the reason behind moving beer into secondary fermenter? To open up the primary for a new batch? More time for yeast to break down sugars?do I siphon eveything out of primary into secondary? Or do I just use a funnal to dump the whole batch into my carboy? Is this when I dry...

Ok this hasn't happened.. Yet. I got a good idea for my hop garden, but my fear is it will grow into the wire on the dog pin. This will look cool, but will my dog have problems if they consume the plant?