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I live in Louisville. Which brewery are you talking about? Though we're known for bourbon, there's some good beer being brewed here. I'd love to travel North and hit the IN and MI breweries. Hello, Dark Horse!

Great question. I know a Hefeweizen sure tastes amazing out of the traditional tall 0.5L glass. Allows the head to build up properly.

33,007 + 4.5 gal Bier de Garde + 4.5 gal Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald clone = 33,016 gallons (I messed up my boil volumes)

Ha!! I get the same grief from my wife. May I suggest brewing styles she likes? Mine likes an American Wheat that I do. But never stop brewing!

My earlier question was wondering whether adding a sugar like honey could kick-start stalled fermentation. I recently brewed a batch which had a FG above what my target was. Could a sugar addition get those yeast going again?

Is this a good solution to a FG reading that is higher than the target? How much honey are we talking about? Thanks!

5 gal Southern Hemisphere IPA 5.25 gal Kolsch 18141.75 + 10.25 = 18152 gal

Great question. Wondering the same thing as it regards ordering DME in bulk. Could save $$ that way, but most recipes call for DME and LME. If I correct for OG, should DME be interchangeable for LME?

Wouldn't dispute anything said on here. Good thing is grains are cheap to replace. Can dump em in compost bin if they've gone bad. Hops should be no problem since they're vacuum sealed.

Would love to see a pic! Great idea. How much of the bottom did you etch? Same basic concept as Mentos in diet coke.

Brewed the oatmeal stout on MLK, sat in primary then bottled two weeks ago. I used 1.2 oz of maple syrup and dextrose to make up the remainder of priming sugar. Forgot the good advice and put the maple syrup in for 2-3 or so of boil (dextrose had been in for 10min by then). I like the...

Ericbw, Had the same issue almost exactly. I calculated the OG to be just above 1.060 but it measured at 1.050-1.052. Still in the primary so not sure how far down the gravity will drop.

5 gal American Wheat 5 gal White House honey ale = 13675.5 gallons

I thought Carter legalized home brewing during his term 30+ years ago. Am I wrong?

Check out www.myoldkentuckyhomebrew.com and go to their Beer Making portion. I've used their American Stout recipe before. Upped the sugars to increase ABV but had to up hops a bit too to stay within parameters. There is a converter for AG or Extract depending on which type they start with...