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Stupid mistake. Brewing 15 gallons yesterday from three kits. But I totally forgot to add the sugar (LME) to the boil! Brewed the rest as expected. This was yesterday. Today, I found the unused LME and checked the primaries. I seem to have some fermentation taking place using the sugar that...

My beer is leaving huge "soap-like" bubbles in the bottle during pouring of my final conditioned beer. I switched to starsan from iodophor, and I'm wondering if this might be what's causing it. Taste seems pretty good, not off but not great. Anyone else had this before? These are giant...

I had a bad batch maybe 6 months ago, and it seems like almost every batch I've made since then has been a bit off. Not undrinkable, but not good. Is it possible for my brewing gear to be infected, and is there anything I can do to fix it?

I have a basic setup for my primary - pail with no room for an airlock. My instructions with the kit said to just leave the lid on but not closed. I'm worried this is opening up my batch to infection. Any suggestions to fix this? Can I just cut a hole in the lid for a bung/airlock? Anything...

Just bottled a batch of oatmeal stout. The stuff is crazy sour. I'm thinking it's infected, as it is extremely off tasting (undrinkable as it is now). It's already bottled so I'll probably keep it around for a few months before dumping, just in case it comes around. Question is...

I've had two batches now where my bottle conditioning isn't working. I've had batches in the past that worked fine, but now I get no carbonation. (I add sugar directly to the bottles). The only thing that I'm doing differently is that I'm leaving it in the secondary longer. There...

Got creative and I suspect I'm paying for it. I'm working on an oatmeal stout with a hint of orange right now. Unfortunately, I suspect it's ruined. The recipe (which I mostly made up) called for a lb of rolled outs mashed and then added it to a stout kit. Also added a bit of orange peel...

I've had a batch of red that has been in the bottles for about 5-6 weeks. It has almost no carbonation, to the point where I decided to open the bottles, add a little sugar and a bit of yeast to try to get things moving. During this process, I opened about 10 bottles, each with very little CO2...

I'm interested in converting a coopers original stout kit into an oatmeal stout. Suggestions on quantity/type of oatmeal, steeping time and temp? Any suggestions on yeast to use?

With my little experience in homebrewing, I've come to realize that there are "rules" that really matter and rules that don't really matter. Which side does fermenting temperature fall on? (I'm trying to do a partial mash clone of my wife's favorite beer (Blue Moon), that requires...

Just cracked a red that has been in the bottle for the last 14 days. To my dismay...there is essentially zero carbonation in the bottle, and there is no yeast cake at the bottom. It reached a presentable final gravity. Anyone had this problem before? Is it possible that my yeast died in...

I'm a newb. I've done maybe 4 or 6 batches of partial mashes/kits. In the interest of cutting down the time involved, I'd like to either (1) make multiple (different) batches at the same time or (2) do one large "megabatch". Ideally, I'd like to get to the point where I can do maybe...

I've got a 2L growler, conditioned with some corn sugar. I'm wondering if the Growler would take longer to condition than a smaller bottle?

Just making the jump to partial mash from kits. Need a good recipe. Don't have temp control. Preferably, I would like a wheat or a white recipe. Any suggestions/links for a good recipe?

Don't care what type of beer. Just want a great recipe for my first non kit extract brew. Any suggestions?

Doing a traditional bitter kit (Munton's) using 1 KG of DME. OG was only around 1.04, maybe slightly higher. Was in primary for about a week, secondary for another week. Seems to be stuck at 1.018 though (over a few days). I've tried shaking it just a bit, hasn't made any difference. Is...

My beer seems to have come back from the dead. It's been sitting in the secondary for 2 weeks with very little action,now it's bubbling like crazy. Anyone have this experience before?

After my first successful kit batch, I'm stepping up to try a home kit with some added malts. I know you add the malts to the bag and boil with the wort, but I'm not sure for how long, and I'm not sure if I need to reduce the sugar added. Can anybody offer some help? (You'd be a lifesaver...

I'm working on my first batch. It's a wheat beer from a Coopers kit. Probably going to totally ruin it. Fermenting seems done after 1.5 weeks in secondary plus 3 or 4 days in primary. Last two hydrometer readings about 4 days apart were stuck at 1.010. OG was about 1.040. Wondering...