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• Posted in thread: What are you drinking now? on 03-24-2013 at 12:47 AM
  Having a few bottles from my first batch of home brew. It is a german ale. I have an Alt in the
  secondary(2 weeks) for my second batch. The 3rd batch will be a honey cherry wheat ale going
  into the fe...

• Posted in thread: Silly mistakes to avoid... on 02-28-2013 at 02:36 AM
  I will add 1.If I include batch I just bottled tonight, my total is 1;). I did make 3 batches
  about 20 years ago, but I do not count that. Now a silly mistake I made was not shaking up the
  smack pack ...

• Posted in thread: noob cold crashing ? on 02-26-2013 at 06:05 PM
  Thanks for the info. I put the fermenting bucket into a fridge,which is below 40 deg. I am
  planning on leaving it there for 18 hours. The wine fridge had the bucket at 48 deg. for 36
  hours or so.cheer...

• Posted in thread: noob cold crashing ? on 02-26-2013 at 12:03 AM
  Thanks, A little back round about my 1st. brew. I didn't shake up the smack pack to make a
  German Ale. It slowly fermented then stopped(hydro reading). The sample at that point smelled
  good but was bi...

• Posted in thread: noob cold crashing ? on 02-25-2013 at 01:34 PM
  hey all, My first brew is about ready to bottle after some stupid rookie mistakes. Took a
  sample reading and the fg has been steady for 3 days. Any how to make a short story long a
  question. I am taki...

• Posted in thread: Next upgrade? on 02-21-2013 at 01:55 AM
  noob here:o. Does the paint mixer work ok? I know this will not work as well as an o2 tank. How
  long do you use the paint mixer in the cooled wort?

• Posted in thread: 1st.Brew here we go! on 02-18-2013 at 02:24 PM
  update. The brew is burping the airlock a bit (6-8 per min). I don't know if that is good or
  bad. I will take a gravity reading later to see if the reading is lower. If not, I may go to a
  brew store f...

• Posted in thread: 1st.Brew here we go! on 02-17-2013 at 11:10 PM
  Update:confused:. My 1st beer has been in the fermentor for over 2 weeks(2 weeks from when it
  started fermenting). So far,my fg is about 1.030 yesterday so I moved the bucket from a 62/3
  degree room t...

• Posted in thread: 1st.Brew here we go! on 02-10-2013 at 12:12 PM
  Thanks, For the boil I added half the extract at the start and then half with 15 min left,when
  I put in the wort chiller. I should have kept the 60 min clock going,while the wort came back
  to the boil...

• Posted in thread: 1st.Brew here we go! on 02-10-2013 at 02:54 AM
  I will let it be until next week and then check it. Thanks!!