Evan!

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Don't ask us. Get out your hydrometer and take a reading. Write it down. Take one in 3 days. If they're the same, then you're probably okay to bottle.

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.planned:
•Scottish 80/- •Sweet Stout •Roggenbier
.primary | bright:
98: Moss Hollow Soured '09 72: Oude Kriek 99: B-Weisse 102: Brett'd BDSA 104: Feat of Strength Helles Bock 105: Merkin Brown
.on tap | kegged:
XX: Moss Hollow Springs Sparkling Water 95: Gott Mit Uns German Pils 91b: Brown Willie's Oaked Abbey Ale 103: Merkin Stout
98: Yorkshire Special 100: Maple Porter 89: Cidre Saison 101: Steffiweizen '09 (#3)

DSLZen

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*snap*

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Diamondzen Brewhouse:
Primary: English Pub Ale
Secondary:
Aging: White Ale, California Common
Drinking: John Bull Pilsner, Austrailian Pale Ale
On Deck: The balls to go all-grain

ARV9673

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Using this recipe, do I still have to prime with sugar? I am assuming so, since it calls for adding the honey to the boil. Would honey work as a primer? Or stick with good ole' brewer's stuff?

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Kadmium

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there is no reason you cannot use honey as a primer, it just takes longer, and really does not add THAT much flavour, aswell as risking infection of the beer in the bottles if you do not boil down the honey for 20 mins (at least) etc etc... better to just stick with a teaspoon of dextrose etc, as its tried, true and you only need to get the bubbles going, nothing fancy!

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Primary: Nierra Sevada

Carboy1: Sanitizer
Carboy2: Sanitizer

Kegged - Burnt down the Hause ale

DSLZen

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As somebody stated above, the honey just takes forever to ferment. Mine has been in secondary over a month, and after I took what was going to be my last hyrdometer reading...I stirred up the yeast a bit and now it's popping every 30 seconds again...

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Diamondzen Brewhouse:
Primary: English Pub Ale
Secondary:
Aging: White Ale, California Common
Drinking: John Bull Pilsner, Austrailian Pale Ale
On Deck: The balls to go all-grain

dougbo

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I've not tried it yet but I think it was someone on this forum that sent this to me. It looks good.

Here's the recipe for:

Blue Moon Ale Clone

5 lbs. Extra Light DME
2½ lbs. Orange Blossom Honey
1 oz. Hallertauer pellet hops (4½% - boil 45 minutes)
½ oz. Hallertauer whole hops (2.4% - steep 10 minutes)
1 oz. Coriander Seed (crushed - ½ boil 10 min, ½ steep 10 minutes)
1 oz. Orange Peel (zested fresh and dried, steep 10 minutes)
500 ml Wyeast #1214 Belgian Abbey yeast starter

Specifics:
Recipe type: Extract
Batch Size: 5 Gallons
SG: 1.059
FG: 1.010
Time in Boil: 45 minutes
Primary Fermentation: 7 days
Secondary Fermentation: 9 days

DSLZen

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OK, just bottled this today after over two months in secondary...crystal clear and oh so tasty! Great smell and taste. Can't wait to taste cold and carbed!

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Diamondzen Brewhouse:
Primary: English Pub Ale
Secondary:
Aging: White Ale, California Common
Drinking: John Bull Pilsner, Austrailian Pale Ale
On Deck: The balls to go all-grain

homebrewer_99

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It's not supposed to be clear...

Comment was made earlier about boiling for 1 hour and adding the malt during the last 15 mins...and a shorter boil without the benefit of the bittering hops.

I just wante to add you can reduce your boiling time and obtain the bitter from the bittering hop this way: if the recipe calls for:

1 oz for 1 hour (full 30% AA)
2 oz for 30 mins (15%AA X2 = 30%)
4 oz for 15 mins (7.5%AA X 4 = 30%).

It's all the same.

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DSLZen

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Well, it is CRYSTAL clear. Why do you suppose that is?

I'll have to serve it in a frosty mug to fool the snobbery.

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Diamondzen Brewhouse:
Primary: English Pub Ale
Secondary:
Aging: White Ale, California Common
Drinking: John Bull Pilsner, Austrailian Pale Ale
On Deck: The balls to go all-grain

sirsloop

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Ive been brewing thegrape.net's belgian wit kit with WL belgian wit yeast for a while. Its not exactly like blue moon, but its still an awesome beer! I find they get a little more "creamy" tasting after about a month in bottles which is a real treat. Its actually easy to get a nice cloudy beer with bottles... just pour 3/4 of the beer normally, swirl the yeast up in the last 1/4 and pour into the glass. This puts the yeast cloud in there and adds a nice thick aromatic head. I leave the orange slice for bar purchased beers tho

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