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Any answer to this question? Very curious.

I'm fermenting the California Common as we speak (boil was on Friday). I screwed up the starter (long story) so I had to just put the yeast on top of the wort. Pitched in about 24 hours, thick krausen at about 40 hours (give or take), now its doing just fine. I live in California, normally...

4 year old throead, but I';m adding some pennies: I plan on brewing CA Common next weekend, been researching SF Lager Yeast -- looks like its best to stay below 65 degrees. I live in Coastal SF Bay Area, so the garage is probably where my bucket will live. Looking forward to this beer, single...

Brain Trust -- 2 quick questions re: brewing steam beer Teh recipe I have calls for Briess Gold LME. Okay, I can order that from Midwest Brewing Supplies, but my local supplier sells Pale LME. Looks like both are made with 2-row and added carapils -- anyone know if its safe to assume that...

You're awesome. Thanks! Next one's on me.

Thanks, I actually just purchased a hydrometer, so I can be a little more accurate with my future batches. I have a follow up -- The instructions that I have says that if you leave the eer in the primary too long, it makes it taste kind of off. But that's not what I've been reading elsewhere...

Hello folks -- Secondary-related question: I'm 2 batches into my Home Brewing life. As per the recipe that I was given with my initial kit, I use a primary for about 6 days, then go into my secondary for 10-20 days. But I've just read that a secondary is both not really necessary, and...

Hey, I like the idea of Growlers, mostly cuz they look cool. I used to work at a brewery where you can have all the beer you want so long as you brought your own growler. I noticed that if you didn't finish off your beer pretty quickly though, it went flat just as quick. Anyone have any...

Thanks!

Hello all, I have a porter clone that I'm going to be making in the next few weeks. I am converting an All Grain recipe. The primary grain is Great Western American Pale Grain. Is Great Western a brand name? Could I just use any old Pale malt extract? Furthermore, I see DME Dark...

Bottling my first home brew tonight. I'm so excited, like I'm having a baby. And then stuffing it into 40 12 oz bottles and sticking it in a closet for another 2 weeks. :ban:

Call it a rookie mistake

Thanks, should've mentioned that this would/will be my 2nd brew. The ziplock bag solution is probably ideal for me. Since my grains are mixed together, maybe I'll just use them as specialty grains in an extract recipe. Still green in terms of different malt effects on beer flavor. Does 2...

Okay, so yesterday I got a hair up my nose to brew an All Grain pale. Puchased 9 lbs of malt (8.2 lbs of American Pale, 3/4 lb 40L Crystal). Then, I actually started watching youtube videos on how to AG brew and realized that I am grossly underprepared and probably won't be able to secure...