Recent content by keithslater

Did you ever brew this? How did it turn out?

Thanks guys. I think I will start tonight since I'm busy tomorrow night anyway.

I am planning on brewing 2 beers this weekend. I want to make starters for both of them but I only have 1 stir plate. I do have 2 Erlenmeyer flasks. How would be the best way to go about making both starters? If I'm brewing on Sunday, should I start the first one on Tuesday? Let it go for 2...

I have about 100 Founder's bottles and I am having a lot of the heads breaking off. I broke about 10 of them while capping and I'm not pushing really hard or anything. Now I opened one and the head broke off of it and it wasn't carbonated. Is there a difference in the glass or something?

Just finished brewing this. Came in real low on my batch size at 4 gallons. OG was 1.070.

Thanks, another question... how long should I ferment if I'm using the California Lager (Wyeast Labs #2112) Yeast? I'll be fermenting at about 66 since that's what my basement is. I was thinking 14 days in primary and 30 days in secondary.

What do you guys think about using more Cascade hops instead of Cluster. My LHBS didn't have cluster.

I accidentally milled 40L crystal malt. Does that mean it will just have a lighter color?

I like better bottles

What do you guys think about using a dishwasher to clean and then sanitizing before bottling?

I want to try this one next week. Which recipe sounds like it turned out the best?

I made this on Sunday as my first all grain recipe. The process went pretty well and it's fermenting like crazy. I'm glad I used a blow off tube because it would have definitely blew my air lock. I do have a couple questions. If I don't cold crash, do I need to ferment longer than 9 days or...