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I racked a pale ale to the secondary last week for Cascade dry-hopping and when i popped the lid today to check, there were several huge bubbles on the top layer, and even more small bubbles. The bubbles had the look of mold. There were 3 or 4 bubbles that were the size of 2 golf balls, and...

Hey guys, I used corn syrup to prime my last batch about 10 days ago. I mixed it with water and boiled it then cooled it and put it into the priming bucket before racking the beer from the secondary onto it. So far I tried a few bottles and the carbonation is VERY disappointing. Any...

I put my grains (Crystal Malt) in the water at about 170 degrees and unfortunately the water hit a boil before i removed them. but they weren;t in the boil for more than a minute or two tops. i seem to recall not removing them before a boil before with no consequences, but some people say it's...

I brewed a batch of Sam Summer Ale, a clone recipe I got off of this site. Half the extract is Wheat. Anyway I've had in primary for about 2 weeks and krausen is down after 4-5 day fermentation and 6-7 days since then. Should I go to a secondary for a wheat beer? On a related note, if I...

Brewed a Sam Summer Friday night. When I pitched the Wyeast American Ale 1065 the smackpack hadn't been broken, so I had to cut the little pack and pour into the carboy. Anyway fermentation began by Saturday morning. This morning though the airlock bubbles have stopped. I know I'll need to check...

If any of you recall, this jackass posted a few threads over the last few weeks about a funky alcoholic, almost cider-like odor coming from my carboy and eventually from the batches of a Honey Wheat and American Wheat beer. Some of you diagnosed that the extract, purchased from a homebrew shop...

I recently brewed two wheat beers, both of which had a strong, sweet, almost cidery odor at bottling. One of them was less so than the other, but they were both a little "ripe". I'm convinced neither will be drinkable. I opened a one-week conditioned bottle from one of the batches and it was...

This question has probably already been answered but couldn't find... I have a wheat beer in a glas carboy as a primary. My first experience using carboy as the primary. Anyway it developed a good head right away, and it's about 2 inches high now on day 2 of fermentation. But the airlock...

I started another thread on the aroma of my beer in the secondary, and have now noticed a ring of mold-looking spots on the top of the beer. There might be 20 little spots in total and they're in a perfect circle covering 80% of the circumference of the top layer of the beer inside the...

Brewed a batch of honey wheat using 3.3 lb liquid wheat extract, 1 lb dried extract and 1.5 lbs real honey. Anyway when I racked to secondary I noticed that although it did smell like beer it was rather sweet smelling and somewhat strong. In the secondary the odor does seem very sweet, almost...

In my first brew I only ended up bottling 42 bottles from a 5 gallon batch. In my second batch I just racked to the secondary carboy and it looks like about 4.5 gallons or so after leaving the trub in the primary. My question is can/when can I recoup some of this lost volume? Is it only...

Brewed a Honey Wheat on Wednesday and didn't get any air bubbles in the airlock until Thursday evening. Now on Saturday morning the bubbles have stopped. I popped the lid and there's a good head on it. Temp in the room is steady 65. Should I consider checking the gravity or even repitching...

I have the following ingredients burning a hole in my fridge. Was looking for some kind of a recipe tool that could take ingredients and spit out recipes that include them together but couldn't find one. That'd be cool to have! So right now I have... 3.3 lb can of liquid wheat extract 2...

Brewed a honey wheat last night and pitched a hydrated yeast packet into the wort when the wort was about 80-85 degrees. At the 12 hour mark I have no activity in the airlock, and it's a white plastic fermenter so I can't see in. I DID shake the bucket after pitching and I did splash in the cold...

I have everything except the grains of paradise. Anybody brew a clone without this ingredient? Is there a suitable substitute? Does the beer truly require it or is it good without it? any ideas? thanks!

I plan to move my beer to secondary soon and wondered whether anyone has done the following: 1) Strained the beer when syphoning into secondary? Obviously this would need to be done as smoothly as possible to reduce aeration - but is it worth the effort/risk? I didn't strain from boil to...

Palmer's book suggests tasting your beer when you take a gravity reading after bubbling stops in airlock. When I did this it tasted pretty good, meaning like actual pale ale. But it was a little watery and not quite as "sweet" as I expected. Can anybody pass on any experiences on taste at 3 days...

Finished my pale ale sat evening. Starting bubbling in airlock almost right away but slowed down Sunday night and is now almost 1-2 bubbles per minute in airlock? Is it normal to only last for 24-36 hours? What should I do? When do I move to secondary?

Brewing my first beer.... I tested the yeast by adding a sugar solution and it came alive...but now that I've finished the boils and am close to being ready to pitch, the yeast has stopped growing as much as it's covered by saran wrap, as directed. Do I need to add another sugar solution...

Hello all, Brewing my first beer this weekend and hoping for something resembling a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. Posting here because I'm looking for all types of suggestions, like... 1. Any good tutorials on brewing? 2. Any tips with this recipe? 3. Any general Pale Ale specific tips...