In the year that I've been perusing this forum I haven't contributed much but I have absorbed a lot. Thanks to what I've learned in the past year I have been able to improve each batch. I entered my latest brew in the International Lager category of the Tulsa State Fair Homebrew competition and...

It seems that you should get at least 53 twelve ounce bottles from a 5 gallon batch. The most I've managed is 38 because of the bottom trub. Out of 4 batches I've had one bomb and two gushers. I think the priming solution calculated for a full five gallons was too rich. So it seems to me that...

I have a Kentucky Common brew in the fermenter and the final gravity target in the recipe was 1.009. On day 14 the gravity was 1.014, and three days later it hasn't moved. My question is can I bottle it with the gravity 5 points above target? This is my fourth batch of beer. The first three...

I finished my second batch of beer recently. It turned out nice and friends and family have given me positive feedback. This last Monday, 16 days after bottling I had one bottle to explode. None since. I took a couple of random bottles from the case and opened them over the sink (wrapped in a...

I recently received some basic homebrew equipment, John Palmer's book How to Brew, and all the ingredients for a five gallon batch as a birthday present from my grandkids. I've never been much of a beer drinker but the brewing process appealed to the geek in me. When I tasted the first batch I...