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Username: Fordude

I have a similar question on this. We brewed a Belgian Double last Friday night, a good recipe that I have brewed before that was awesome! OG was 1.050 Activity has pretty much stopped and took a reading last night, it is at 1.018. I can't recall what the FG was on my last batch and I...

You are right AZ, in a follow up email from five star:

I decided to email fivestar support on this and received a reply very quickly! He is right, the PH of our water is 7.5 right out of the tap! Ya' gotta love the information age! :)

I have been using 1 step since about 1997. I recently switched to Iodaphor mainly because of cost (I brew every 2 weeks or so with friends). Last night I mixed up some in one of my 5 gallon buckets in the basement and noticed pretty quickly that my eyes were burning. Once I got the bucket...

I stopped at LHBS last night and picked up 2 oz of Centennial 9 IBU. One of the employees inquired on my project. After explaining my dilemma, he walked me over to where the additives were and handed me a syringe of "hop shot". He instructed me to use 2.4 ml in 5 gallons of boiling wort for 1...

Great idea - I think I will give this a shot! We had extra honey and my brewing partner thought we should try our recipe with more honey. We learned a very valuable lesson here, small changes to a known good recipe!!

This was a rookie mistake!! OG 1.070, FG 1.010, IBU ~ 20 - This was a 10 Gallon batch and I used WAY too much honey (6 LBS - I normally use 4 LBS)! High gravity, but way too sweet! My question is this, at this point is there ANYTHING I can do to bring more bitter in? This batch has...

I have been thinking of spraying mine with black grill spray paint. Says it is good for 2000 degrees, I would think it would have to offer some fire retardant value to it. During the first 5 hour brew session, the wood hardly warmed up.

Here's the one I threw together this weekend for $50. Burners are screwed to wood, should be getting another bayou burner to replace the old turkey burner soon. Brewed our first Creme ale in it last night. Brew session went very smooth!!