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I was thinking when adding the wort to secondary, I could put 1 gallon of water in first along with another packet of the same Wyeast in case they died off? Good idea? Bad?

Hi guys, Started brewing way too late in the day and at the end, I was tired but thought it went well. Gravity was a bit high (1.101) but hey, I was brewing a high gravity beer so I didn't think too hard on it. 4 days later and I realized: I forgot to add top off water! I've got a bit less...

It's been about 2 months since bottling and I think I noticed the sourness becoming less of an issue. However, that could be wishful thinking since it's still pretty sour. Like I said, it's not undrinkable. Wouldn't an infection continue to get worse even in the bottle?

Hi guys, My last batch of beer was particularly sour. Not completely undrinkable, but enough so that my friends have gone on to call it my "bad batch". It's a Canadian Export LME that I bought at my local beer store. I'm hesitant to say that it was due to infection since the only unusual...

I actually just racked my Belgian tripel today. I was going to bottle it in 3 weeks from now! Is it really worth waiting 3 months to bottle (and then another three)? Edit: I should mention that this is only my second Belgian tripel!

I was worried about this batch ever since I found out my friends were opening up the bucket to smell the beer about 2 weeks in. Sigh... Oh well. Making a "DO NOT OPEN!!!!" sign now for next time lol. Thanks, guys! On to the next batch!

Nevermind, it is. I tasted it and it tastes sour and terrible :(.

My third batch. Is this contaminated, guys? :( Munton's Nut Brown Ale. Been in primary for close to 4 weeks.

As am I... looking forward to a chemist's response :)

Hahahaha yeah that's not gonna happen :D. There's some head just not as much as I'd like. It's been in the bottles 3 weeks after all!

My Cooper's Lager has finished (my first batch ever!) and it tastes pretty good! Definitely watery, though. Needs more body and needs more head! I already have plans on how to fix this for my next batch (e.g. mixing a Cooper's malt with another malt!). You guys think it would taste better if I...

Uh oh... lol

When my father was showing me the ropes on how to make your own beer, he was surprised to find a batch he made and forgot about in the basement hidden away in the back of the shelves. He reckoned they were about 14 years old!!! Luckily, they were stored in Grolsch bottles! We went outside and...

It was a brand new pot I bought specifically for boiling wort so naw... no bacony goodness :)

Yes, lesson learned there :(. I would have strained it had I noticed the flakes earlier! Oh well... I'll rack it to secondary and hope for the best! But I don't have high hopes for this batch!

lol well... would putting it through a secondary help or should I bother?

So I opened a belgium tripel LME that I bought at the homebrew shop and brought it to a boil for 5 mins (as per instructions). I then gave it a nice ice bath for 20 mins to cool it down in the sink. When I poured it into the fermenter, I noticed black flakes in the liquid. When I was done...

Awesome :).

Sorry to revive an old(ish) thread, but does this particular quote mean that for extract kits that come with a packet of yeast, we should be concerned about autolysis and should seconday? I ask because I bought an extract kit from my LHBS (newbie here) and it came with a packet of Cooper's yeast!