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• Posted in thread: Carbonating in the Carboy? on 09-15-2012 at 02:00 PM
  How cold is the room where it has been sitting

• Posted in thread: Beer labels and caps! on 09-03-2012 at 07:21 PM
  I have done over 20 batches with laser printer paper and milk. One of the coolest tricks i have
  learned on this forum. The thinner the paper the better. Always impresses my friends and labels
  come off...

• Posted in thread: FG Mystery with Vanilla porter. Help on 08-18-2012 at 08:01 PM
  My Porters with S-04 have always finished 1.018-1.020 and I like them right here, so I see no
  prop. with .021 for a Porter. Your gravity went up because you added lactose, an unfermentable
  sugar. The ...

• Posted in thread: FG Mystery with Vanilla porter. Help on 08-18-2012 at 05:29 PM
  FYI there is a small yeast cake in my secondary so more fermentation seems to have occurred -
  unless it has just settled out.

• Posted in thread: New brewers.Stop trying to doctor your beer ! on 08-18-2012 at 05:17 PM
  My first batch ever was a Brewers Best Irish stout kit. I added blue mountain coffee and it was
  awesome. My second kit was a Witbier. Added Chamomile tea and 25 batches later my wife swears
  it was the...

• Posted in thread: FG Mystery with Vanilla porter. Help on 08-18-2012 at 05:05 PM
  I have an odd question with my Vanilla Porter. Backstory:Made a partial Mash kit from NB. OG
  was 1.058. Used dry Safale s05. Primaried for three weeks and racked last weekend into a glass
  Carboy with ...

• Posted in thread: How long does yeast keep? on 08-11-2012 at 04:58 PM
  The hops might also be a reason for concern.

• Posted in thread: Adding Honey to A NB Cream Ale on 08-11-2012 at 04:38 PM
  I would add at end of boil. This will sterilize the honey but prevent you from boiling off the
  honey's flavors. Honey has its own wild yeast and needs to be pasteurized. Edit:I have brewed a
  honey whe...

• Posted in thread: Kit suggestion for a Bud Light drinker (wife) on 08-11-2012 at 04:19 PM
  Norhern's cream ale kit is pretty light and smooth. It uses Rice for some of the Malt which
  contributes to the light color and flavor. Worth a try, and very drinkable for you if she
  doesnt like it.

• Posted in thread: 6 Lbs. of fruit and almost no flavor! on 07-15-2012 at 10:30 PM
  Carbonation will definitely lift the flavors