I am wondering about how to add body and taste, if they are not the same thing. I am asking ere so please do not consider that I am advising. I was having problems with the head and lacing in my extract beers and Coopers told me to use Carapils malts, 8 oz in 6 gallons; steeped at 150* for 1...

Hello and welcome. I am new also and do not have a lot of experience but I have been playing like I ma brewing for a few years. Some beers or wines turn out ad some do not. I have a Skype buddie down in Wonthaggi. Are you familiar with the city? He likes to drink it but he does not brew. We...

Howdy from Iowa. Ask away. I will help where I can.

I have a problem with temp control and it is supposed to get hot. I will wait a bit.

So far very good. It is day 4.5 and because I have no patience and I have no experience with this particular beer, I taste it every day now. I bottled on 9/14 mid day and each day I taste a big difference. Today the clove is starting to show it's lovely head. So far, No we have no bananas...

Welcome. I am new to the forum too so I am full of questions and anxious to lean.

I think I will check one about every 3 days and when / if one gets violent I will put as many as will fit, in the fridge. It did not come out with the banana or clove. But it is hard to keep a good mid temp in my apartment especially in the summer. Winter is n the way so I will try again then...

Thanks. I always carbonate in a couple coolers. Just in Case. I know it is going to be heavy on the foam. I just wondered if what I used was way too much, or was actually safe, though not preferable. I guess I will find out soon enough. I want to do some Cerveza next so I will be needing a...

Hi all. I had signed up before but I changed emails and now I cannot use my previous email addy to get in and change to my new one...becaaaause, I have a vacation notice on my old addy and now my yahoo mail is in a continuous loop. I was hombre, and/or hombre243 but now I am el Roncho. My Dad...