quick update, beer turned out great. So much so that I got another kit that I intend to keg this summer...one thing that is still bothering me is the full closure of the fermentor, my knowledge and the comments are all in line with the fact you don’t do that unless you want a beer bomb. so I...

Hey guys, New to the hobby, took a year to educate and equipped myself. I did everything backwards, I started doing all grains, I wanted to learn the process and understanding each step. Made some mistakes along the way but the worst so far is a bitter that turned flat but still tasty. I now...

UPDATE: Hey everyone, today was bottling day for this batch, turns out I got a FG of 1010 bottled just under 6G. I am happy with it considering the mistakes I've made and learned from. Smelled liked beer, tasted like flat beer. Bottle conditioning it goes! Thanks for all the feedback, keep it...

Thanks for the feedback! All I am hoping is something drinkable. 4.6 isn’t too bad for a first session, but I need to get better. Lid wasn’t totally closed but will remove entirely next time. pas for yeast, I brew kombucha and baked sourdough which is why I wanted to do a starter. I have lots of...

Hi there, New to the hobby, just brewed my first batch and it didn’t go as planned. Looking for any comments to point out what I did wrong, what I could’ve done better etc. Brewed an Abbey Ale kit, all grains Biab. 5.25G Recipe called for Est. OG: 1.062 Estimated FG 1.015 Pre boil vol 6.25G...