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I just recently subscribed to BYO. Got my first book last month and I was happy with the information I got out of reading it.

These are great. Now I am inspired to name mine. hmmm.. what will I name the next batch.

I used Beer-Wine.com this week and was very happy with the service and speed of the delivery. I put in a order for some liquid malt extract to test them out and 2 hours after I put in my order online I received a email that it had been shipped, received it on thursday. All this was with the...

The wort smelled fine but there was still no activity tonight so I pitched the vial of yeast. It was in a carboy with a airlock so I don’t see any contamination happening. I pitched the yeast and mixed it up a bit, we will see tomorrow if the activities start.

I was laughing reading your post. Thinking back to the first batch that I did and was so worried if I did everything correctly. Don’t worry a bit. There is hardly anything ever wrong with the first batch since every thing is clean and only needs to be sanitized.

I have a 7 gallon brew pot and had it overflow the one time I brewed the entire batch at once. There seems to be a “big foam” after adding the hops that is uncontrollable for the first 5 – 10 minutes. When I do the 3 gallon boil the foam does not get close to an overflow. Also I start with...

I think I screwed up big time here. I got the wort already and was going to rehydrate some dry east from a kit of coopers. But when I rehydrated the yeast the water was almost at boiling temperature. I know that I have killed the yeast but wanted to ask here to make sure. This was all done last...

Janx, hopefully I am understaning your right. Is it better to boil all the water with hops, malt, ext all at once? Ususally I make my wort with 3 gallons and have 2 gallons preboiled that is cold. Just a note also, I have city water and would never use it without boiling it first. To much...

Good info. I think I may have to give this a try. Thanks.

Glad it turned out and you like it. Sounds like what happen to me with my first batch. After I tasted the first batch I did I started 2 more a couple days later.

I just use the city water that comes from my tap. Every batch I have made tasted just fine after I boiled it. I do smell the chlorine in it at first but boiling appears to get rid of the smell, but that could just me my imagination also. I have read that if you buy bottled water you can get a...

Yeah I figured the beer would be ok. This is my third batch and first 2 did not do this. The other 2 batches only filled the carboy with about 4 – 5 inches of foam with room to spare. This is the first batch I tried to brew from scratch not using a kit. This batch was made with 2 oz of...

This morning while eating breakfast I hear this big pop come from the room where I ferment my beer. Now I am worried my dog has knock over my carboy. So I run to the next run to see my airlock has blown off and the wall is covered in wort foam. Looking at the wort still in the carboy, it is so...

I never noticed anything happening in the glass bottles, I did one plastic just to feel where the processes was at. It worked out because I realized that I put to much priming sugar in when the bottle was hard and looking like it was about to explode. At that point I popped a glass one to taste...

I would go with the yeast also. If you emptied the entire bottle including the sediment this may cause it with a weak stomach.

More time time better taste.

I just opened my first bottle of my first batch. Wow!! :D I can’t believe I have been missing this, what a nice flavor that homemade beer has. The batch was made from a kit, Coopers Pale Ale. Tomorrow I am going to start my own recipe and see how that turns out. Any advice? The only part I...

I use a glass carboy for my primary. Granted I just finished my first batch, but I did not have a problem using a 6.5 gallon primary with an airlock. I think if you use a 5 gallon primary there may be a problem with the blow off tube, but I could be wrong. Hopefully more experienced people can...

I found this while looking for information on how to use Iodophor. From this I have been using way to much. http://www.bayareamashers.org/maindocs/iodophor.htm How do you create a link in the message?

After I put my first batch in the bottle last week the taste was not any where close to jet fuel. That would have me nervous.