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• Posted in thread: beer is not fermenting on 07-17-2010 at 01:00 AM
  thanks you guys, I forgot that math has to be done. It's my second batch of beer. I started
  this beer at 50 degrees as it says, but the darn weather snuck up on me and it got up to 70 for
  about 3 days...

• Posted in thread: beer is not fermenting on 07-16-2010 at 10:14 PM
  I put up a pilsner Urquell, boiled the mash by accident but it still has good smell and taste,
  partial grain. It's been 5 weeks and the spec gravity is 1.012this is according to the gauge
  about 2.5% a...

• Posted in thread: Accidentaly boiled my malts while trying to steep on 06-21-2010 at 11:41 PM
  Great idea. Here's the problem. I had a really tasty batch of pale ale fermenting in my closet.
  Using the 5 gal plastic buckets with the spigot just an inch or so up from the bottom, you know
  the kind...

• Posted in thread: Accidentaly boiled my malts while trying to steep on 06-21-2010 at 11:31 PM
  Ive made about 4 batches and haven't had any come out bad so I guess i need to screw something
  up to find out what doesn't work

• Posted in thread: Accidentaly boiled my malts while trying to steep on 06-21-2010 at 11:30 PM
  Ya, well I guess I'm still in the nervous stage of brewing

• Posted in thread: Accidentaly boiled my malts while trying to steep on 06-21-2010 at 11:25 PM
  It says steep at `150 for 20 min. Who knows???Ya that's my next step. right now i have a few
  things i need to take care of that are more important than beer. Ya I know,,,, WHAT... more
  important that ...

• Posted in thread: Accidentaly boiled my malts while trying to steep on 06-21-2010 at 10:48 PM
  Maybe, what I really need is some higher tech equipt. I have a propane burner I salvaged from
  an old bar-b-que at the junk yard, a burner stand I made from a xmas tree stand and thats it.
  Oh i have a ...

• Posted in thread: Accidentaly boiled my malts while trying to steep on 06-20-2010 at 09:17 PM
  Well that makes me feel better. It's darn hard to keep my pot at 150, right now it's about 40
  out so it cools real quick. thanks

• Posted in thread: Accidentaly boiled my malts while trying to steep on 06-20-2010 at 09:08 PM
  I am making a pilsner urquell, with some grains and some extract. The grains were supposed to
  steep at 150 for 20 min. I accidently got them boiling, they boiled for about 2-5 min before I
  notices and...

• Posted in thread: My hydro readings, and some nasty tasting wort on 02-16-2009 at 05:57 PM
  Thanks for all the replies. This beer was made with 3lb Coopers hopped IPA malt, and 3lb Bries
  Sparkling Amber malt. I followed the directions in 'the book' explicitly, and also got some
  tips from Lar...