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Seems like making a starter with table sugar is also a bad idea.

I'm going to be honest, that article did not make me feel better about my situation. I'm not sure I want a full bodied, ester bomb IPA. It is a Sculpin clone, which is a little fruity I suppose... It doesn't sound like a good idea. Is there anyone is the Imperial Beach, CA area that would like...

The guy at the HMS is the one that said that two viles would do the trick, but I trust my beersmith more than that guy!

I was actually thinking about taking some first runnings and making a starter with that. But that would only get me about 3 hours tops of a starter. Plus I am doing this alone so stopping in the middle of a mash to make a starter will probably do more harm than good..... Do you think it is a big...

So I am going to be brewing on Monday (prezidential IPA) and after entering a recipe in beer smith it is telling me that I will be about 50 billion yeasties short... I am doing an IPA with an est SG of 1.071 and an est ABV of 7.8. I live really far from my HBS and SWMBO will not let me make the...

So it's better because there is more yeast in suspension while the beer is primary? I figured the same amount of suspended yeast would be in the bottle, I mean for the amount. The beer to yeast ratio would remain the same?

What are your guys thoughts on letting your beer go in the primary only long enough to completely ferment then go straight to bottle to condition? Do you think that beer conditions faster or slower in a bottle rather than a primary? Do you think that sitting on yeast cake would help clear...

Yeah i just bought a new mug that i thought would be big enough but turned out to be just 18oz which is about 2 oz short of perfect for a bomber.... It leaves behind just enough beer to make me feel like I am wasting good beer lol pretty much about an inch of beer, almost three fingers which...

So I have been drinking a batch of APA lately and it is all bottled in bombers. I have been wondering if people have a trick to pouring a bomber into a pint glass? A bomber is like a pint and a halfish so I always have to pour some then set it down (which usually kicks all the sediment into...

I'm sure everyone in here will tell you that there is no spot on answer to that question. There are a lot of unknown variables (method of aeration, ambient temp, yeast strain, etc...) and as mentioned above the bubbles (or lack thereof) are never a sure sign of fermentation. I will note that in...

I believe that John Palmer's How to Brew goes through a day to day description (www.howtobrew.com) well it is in the latest version anyways.

A APA I call "Rabid Pale Ale" with some caffeine pills and about six more pages to go on my essay on the French Renaissance. Is it a bad idea to guzzle down home brew+caffeine+no sleep? Well at least tomorrow is Sunday! God gave us all Sunday to recover right?!

A friend who is has experience with AG brewing. A HomeBrew.

My water is always coming from the same place but I really not too sure how accurate the report actually is and I dont know the amount of water that was tested. It is one of the things needed for the water profile tool in Beersmith.

I used WLP001