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• Posted in thread: Minimum time to force carb on 02-06-2011 at 11:45 AM
  I know this is an age old question as we are all eager to try our new brews. I got a bit of a
  late start kegging the beer I had made for my super bowl party. What's the shortest length of
  time I can g...

• Posted in thread: Has something gone wromg here? on 02-02-2011 at 01:18 AM
  Smells outstanding. 1.5oz of simcoe. That sounds promising. The fermentation has been complete
  for about 8 days now. There is a small green "haze" at the top; the co2 maybe clinging to that.
  Hop bag s...

• Posted in thread: Has something gone wromg here? on 02-02-2011 at 12:56 AM
  This is a pale ale brewed a couple weeks ago. I dry hopped it for the past 6 days. Tonight I
  took the hop bag out and all of the sudden I started getting white speckles on the top of the
  beer. Is this...

• Posted in thread: lagering question on 09-27-2010 at 03:58 PM
  I've brewed my first lager (Oktoberfest) and have a few post-fermentation, lagering
  questions.After my d-rest, I racked to secondary and put in the temp-regulated freezer Each day
  dropping it a few de...

• Posted in thread: diacetyl rest on 09-10-2010 at 01:12 AM
  So then Yooper_Brew, if I read this correct, even if I am passed my 75% fermentation, I can
  leave it in primary at ~70° until the taste is gone, then rack to secondary put back in the
  keezer, and lowe...

• Posted in thread: diacetyl rest on 09-09-2010 at 10:53 PM
  I'm doing my first lager, specifically an Oktoberfest. It's been at 55° for 12 days.
  Fermentation appears about complete however I have not taken a gravity reading. Have I missed
  my diacetyl rest peri...

• Posted in thread: Johnny Jump Up Cider on 08-26-2010 at 12:43 AM
  does the apple juice need to come to boil or do i literally just pour everything in the carboy

• Posted in thread: Road Trip Brew Tour on 05-07-2010 at 04:28 PM
  I just visited Hopcat recently and was very impressed. I grew up in Holland, MI, so I'm
  semi-partial to west Michigan breweries, especially New Holland. Hopcat is an interesting set
  up and I was pleas...

• Posted in thread: Irish Moss necesary in Belgian Wit? on 04-20-2010 at 01:23 AM
  I've used it in most of my recipes, but a Belgian Wit is one of those tweeners that sometimes
  having a bit cloudy is ok. Thought?

• Posted in thread: How do I connect bottling bucket spigot to the bottle filler? on 04-10-2010 at 08:53 PM
  Normally I keg my beer, but I have gotten a little ahead of myself so I need to bottle this one
  (no empty kegs). I bought a kit that came with a bottling bucket and bottling equipment,
  however my bott...