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• Posted in thread: NorthernBrewer Bourbon Barrel Porter on 04-25-2011 at 11:40 AM
  Anyone else having trouble getting this to carb up? I bottled this mid March and I have only
  had 1 12oz bottle carb up properly. I mostly bottled 22oz bottles. The 1 12oz bottle i i did
  have carb up w...

• Posted in thread: Priming sugar question on 03-11-2011 at 02:49 AM
  Hey guys, I made a stupid newbie mistake and probably only used 3oz instead if the recommended
  5 of priming sugar when I bottled. I plan on letting the hefe that I made sit for at least 3
  week at abou...

• Posted in thread: NorthernBrewer Bourbon Barrel Porter on 02-16-2011 at 01:08 AM
  Hey guys, I'm ready to move this to secondary I think. I had an OG of 1.065 and now it is at
  1.021. I keep hearing about this dreaded stuck fermentation at 1.021 (this is only my second
  batch). Is thi...

• Posted in thread: NorthernBrewer Bourbon Barrel Porter on 02-07-2011 at 08:20 PM
  I made this on Thursday night, this is only my 2nd brew and I NAILED the volume and OG right on
  the money. I'm really looking forward to this one.

• Posted in thread: NorthernBrewer Bourbon Barrel Porter on 02-02-2011 at 08:00 PM
  Awesome thanks for the tips. I have read that I may want to cut back on the first hop addition
  by about 10% and add them with the last addition. Any experience with this?

• Posted in thread: NorthernBrewer Bourbon Barrel Porter on 02-02-2011 at 05:45 PM
  Ok so add all extract at 60min for doing the full boil? That would be all the DME and LME at
  once?

• Posted in thread: NorthernBrewer Bourbon Barrel Porter on 02-02-2011 at 04:26 PM
  I have a quick question regarding the direction. It says to start by boiling 2.5 gals of water
  then later adding 2 gals to the fermentor. This will give you 4.5 gals but realistically with
  the boiling...

• Posted in thread: Wyeast Smack Pack on 02-02-2011 at 03:59 PM
  Thats pretty much what I figured, but I wanted to make sure. Thanks guys!

• Posted in thread: Wyeast Smack Pack on 02-02-2011 at 03:49 PM
  Ok so I'm making a starter for the first time last night and its my first time using a smack
  pack. I smack the pack, it appears to swell, I make my wort, sanitize and cut open the smack
  pack. DOH! The...

• Posted in thread: NorthernBrewer Bourbon Barrel Porter on 02-02-2011 at 01:42 PM
  Wow, I actually made my starter for this kit last night, I'm glad I came across this post!
  After reading the posts about the possible stuck fermentation I am going to double my starter
  and let you all...