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Thanks Kee. Do you think additional yeast will be needed if I'm bottling this early? Would cold crashing be wise? I could stick the carboy outside for a couple of cold nights which would cool it down quite a bit. Edit: As for letting it age a whole year, that will only work if I let the...

I brewed this 10 days ago and followed the CSI technique of slowly ramping up from 64 to 80 over 7 days. I held it at 80 for 24 hours and then killed the heat. I just checked and I'm currently at 1.009 with the hydrometer and the refractometer in agreement. I was shocked at how good the...

Just started brewing so I'm definitely in need of bottles. Any would be greatly appreciated. Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina

This is incredibly helpful. Thank you very much for taking the time to post it.

I would like to make my first all-grain brew the NB Abbey Clone Recipe below: Ingredients Amount Item Type % or IBU 13.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) Bel (3.0 SRM) Grain 74.50 % 2.50 lb Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 14.33 % 0.50 lb Caramunich Malt (56.0 SRM) Grain 2.87 % 0.25 lb...

Hi all, I would like to make this my first all-grain brew. I apologize in advance for the noob question, but what volume is this recipe intended for? The reason I ask is because when I added it to BeerSmith, it is suggesting that a 5 gallon batch size for the recipe above would yield an...