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Hi, I usually push the bucket lid down in the bucket when sanitizing, which bends the bucket. Will that leave undesired scratches? Also, I used PBW and soaked for 30 minutes after my last batch but the bucket is still stained and smells like hops. Should I just keep soaking, maybe with oxyclean...

So, I finally made this beer. It took a while because I messed up the first batch and had to start again. My local home brew store only had Wyeast 3333 German Wheat yeast so I used that along with wheat dry malt extract of an unknown brand and Hallertau hops. The fermenting temperature usually...

Thanks everyone for all of the great responses. I did probably ferment the beer at a higher temperature than I should have. The room was 70 degrees which I thought was the ideal temp but after reading this forum I realize now that a 70 degree room temp means that the beer is actually fermenting...

Hi, I just brewed my first batch, an Extra Pale Ale from a liquid extract kit. I fermented it for 2 weeks in a primary bucket, bottled it and tried the first one after 2 weeks. I tried a second one 4 days later. Both tasted pretty good, however both left a very slight burning feeling in the...

I just got my 7 pounds of Munton's Wheat DME in the mail and whoa that's a big bag. What's the best way to dissolve all of that, just keep stirring and stirring? I read on one post that warm water is better than boiling water when dissolving dry extract, but this is also a whole lot of powder...

Hi Kaz, I'm going to order the ingredients and make this soon. For 1 oz hallertauer hops did you mean pellets or whole? Also, do I boil the hops at all or just put them in when the 60 minutes of boiling is over? Thanks for your help!

Thanks, I didn't realize that the temperature of the fermenting beer would be higher than the ambient temperature. I read some other forum posts but I couldn't find exactly what the ambient temp should be for fermenting an extra pale ale vs a hefeweizen. What is the best example to follow?

Wow, thanks for the fast response, I'll try this out. My basement stays at around 67 or 68 degrees so I will ferment it down there. I fermented my Extra Pale Ale in a room that was always 70 degrees except for a few hours where the temp in the room went up to 78. Hope it comes out okay.

Hi All, I want to make a hefeweisen as my next (and only second) batch. As a beginner, I would like to stick to mostly extract, but I need some tips. One of my favorite hefeweizens, which I would like to make something close to, is Heinnieweiss Farmhouse Ale from Butternuts Brewery in NY. It...

Hey Everyone, I'm glad to have found this forum. I just started home brewing with a batch of Extra Pale Ale, and have a few weeks to go before I can try it. I sanitized everything really well, so I hope that it will be drinkable. The last time I tried to make beer about 10 years ago it was...