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• Posted in thread: Long secondary, add yeast at bottling? on 10-26-2012 at 05:14 PM
  I have a Chimay clone I'm about to bottle, OG was 1.086, did large yeast starter, let it
  ferment for over a month, put in secondary, it's been there every since. Original brew date was
  4 months ago. I...

• Posted in thread: Things to do with "bad" beer on 10-08-2012 at 10:41 PM
  I made a really bad blueberry stout. 10lb of blueberries was too much, made it very very
  wine-likebut ill tell you what, it makes the BEST damn blueberry chocolate chip beer pancakes
  in the world!!!!!...

• Posted in thread: Uses For Spent Grains on 10-08-2012 at 10:38 PM
  I don't know if you care or not, but keep in mind that spent grains have almost no nutritional
  value for humans. (Livestock is another story, as they are able to digest different proteins.)I
  bet you t...

• Posted in thread: OK, I'll be the first..."King Henry" Clone: on 09-30-2012 at 01:10 PM
  How did this turn out?Second that question.

• Posted in thread: Buffalo Wild Wings commercial on 09-30-2012 at 01:04 PM
  Hey I saw a commercial yesterday during the football game. It was making fun of homebrewers!
  Pretty lame if you ask me. I don't think I'll be going back there.Interesting... I don't think
  it's ever a ...

• Posted in thread: Beer Writers Wanted!! on 09-29-2012 at 05:12 AM
  You're from Fredericton huh? I did a job there last year, after I was done with my job I went
  snowboarding on Crabb Mountain, been there? It's pretty cool.. I like Canada. I have nothing
  else to add.

• Posted in thread: Make sure you stir well... on 09-29-2012 at 05:06 AM
  I wouldn't worry too much about it - sure, your OG reading might be off by a bit, but that's
  about all your trouble. Once fermentation kicks off, everything gets mixed up just fine.That's
  kind of what...

• Posted in thread: Make sure you stir well... on 09-29-2012 at 04:52 AM
  So today I came to a realization. Topping off your wort with water, putting the lid on and then
  shaking vigorously back and forth for 20 seconds, stopping, removing your finger from the
  airlock hole i...

• Posted in thread: Yeast starter timeline and stepping up on 09-27-2012 at 07:16 PM
  To do the job properly you need to let the first litre ferment out completely... meaning 24-36
  hours. Then cold crash for 24 hours. Then decant off as much liquid off the top as you can.
  Then add your...

• Posted in thread: Crashing Yeast Starters on 09-27-2012 at 07:04 PM
  I used to make 2L starters, let them ferment out, chill and decant the beer. Been doing that
  for years, but for my last 5 batches I make a 1L starter the night before and pitch the whole
  thing. My fer...