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I could have pulled some of the trub off the bottom.

This was my first batch and I only did a single fermentation. It was in the fermenter for 2 Weeks. It tasted like my wife's dinner rolls that weren't fit to eat. She blamed bad yeast. Could it be that I messed something else up.

Nottingham dry yeast. It has been in the bottles for at least 3 weeks and yes it is still cloudy.

My first batch tastes strange. It has a yeasty taste to it. Could it be the dry yeast.

I feel really dumb but thats nothing new. I shock the carboy took another reading and right on. Thanks for replying to one of my many dumb questions.

My original gravity reading is way off. I am brewing a holiday ale. Og is suppose 1.058 and mine is 1.01. I double check all ingredient and cant figure it out. The only mistake would be I had 4oz to much honey. It called for 1lb and I measured 16oz but later I weighted it and I add 4 oz to...

Would I be better off boiling my wort in the kitchen on a electric stove or outside on the turkey fryer?

Thanks. We have been using oxyclean for years. I didnt think about using it on glass.

I have a glass carboy that has been in my basement for at least 20 years. Does anyone have any ideas how to clean it and get 20 years of dust and grime out of it. Or should I just leave it alone, I would hate to ruin a good batch because of a bad carboy.