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LOL well , I just finished drinking this "first batch" of beer .. And this quote is true for that batch . I would imagine the last 6 pack was as good as it was going to get because it tasted just like it was supposed to . But!! now its all gone :mad: . But I have a hefe bottled now , and its...

I am a group leader in a manufactured home plant (Ritz Craft of MI) .. Basically just a dumb construction worker ..lol Heres a link if anyone wants to check it out . http://www.ritz-craft.com/

Sorry about that Revvy .. Guess i should have took some more time to search ..

It's been two weeks since i bottled my first brew ..(a Sam Adams summer ale clone) My ? is how long does it take for all of the bottles to reach the same flavors ?? I have managed to sample a couple,few,12, 24 lol, and they have been rather uneven in flavor .. None have been bad , just some...

OK , tomorrow is going to be one week in the primary .. My question is , how long should I keep putting the ice bottles in the swamp cooler ? The , instructions said 3 to 5 days primary fermentation , but it appears to still be fermenting rather well ( bubbling about once a minute) .. I...

It had only been bottled for 4 days .. I know be patient lol .. And the glass was clean when I got it .. That was the second beer while I was making dinner lol .. The recipe is a Samuel Adams summer ale clone I bought from G&G ..

well today being my birthday , I decided to put a couple beers from my first batch (ever) in the fridge last night .. So I could do an early sample today .. I must say it is pretty good !! There is room for improvement (or maybe the aging will bring out some other flavors ?) The beer seems...

Here is what I have done . I hope it works .

OK ..I put the primary in a big plastic tote with water and iced two liter bottles ..

I just brewed a batch a German wheat this morning .. Its fairly warm in the house , so i have placed two 2 liter bottles of frozen water right next to the primary and covered the whole thing with a wet towel , as well as placed a fan on it . The airlock is bubbling like crazy .I dont have a...

What are the advantages to a liquid yeast over a dry yeast ?

What are the advantages to a liquid yeast over a dry one ? The batch in the primary now , i used wyeast .. But I didnt read where it had dry yeast in the kit when I bought it , just that they recommended wyeast ..

I just ordered The German wheat "kit" from G&G .. any suggestions on what i should do when it comes time to make it ? Here is the link to the kit .. http://www.thegrape.net/browse.cfm/4,8273.html Havent even finished the first batch .lol .. just getting prepared for the open primary ...

I had a guy tell me to rack from my primary to my bottling bucket , and let my beer set in there for a while before adding priming sugar and bottling ? Is there any reason to do this or is the guy "full of it" ? He told me that the bottling bucket could act as a secondary , and I could bottle...

Okay just for giggles I checked it with the hydrometer .. Its at 1.017 .. When I put it in the primary it was about 1.050 . and i used wyeast1056 . So does this mean it is progressing well ?