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Just did the batch myself using a very similar recipe. We used 5 total oz of Saaz (2 oz at bittering and three separate 1oz 45m, 15m, and finish) along a combo of Briess White Wheat and 10L and 3.3lbs of Briess Pilsen LME and 3.3 of Wheat LME. I used the Wyeast1010 at pitch. Orig gravity came...

I have it in my current beer - its in secondary. I only went to one stick for 5 gal.... put it in during grain boil. when racking to secondary - it was a good melow taste

hate to relive a thread - but Could I borrow your Mulling Spice Ale recipe?! I have been trying to figure one out all summer....

looking to make some sort of spiced (think mulling) beer for late harvest/fall time. Anyone encounter a similar venture? I was thinking of buying a wheat kit and adding the mulling spices to it. Thoughts?

hs! damn fine job!

Did you pour from pot to carboy? or Pot to Pale to pitch then carboy? Hopefully you used the second method questioned. If not - next time pour to pale, cool wort, pitch yeast, areate and then auto sipon to carboy.

thats what i thought! i'll follow the norm and watch and wait, test and wait. thanks Bio!

asking for permission is worse than asking for forgiveness. (take it from me - female :) ) In my case - i have to find a husband brainwashing kit to let me gut the kitchen to make room for a ferment cabinet and gas stove :) :rockin:

Brewing based off the Red Hook ESB recipe from my hb store's recipe books - and ferement time for primary says 4-5 days. This seems pretty short - do i go by this as a "bendable guideline" and wait for fermentation to complete then rack to secondary? suggestions?

thanks for the help - now heres a noob question but how can I sucessfully transfer from primary to secondary without airating the brew? siphon? i know... DWRHAHB

Morning! Had a quick question regarding fg before bottling. My brown ale reached fg this morning and i want to wait another day or so to confirm another fg reading. Question is - how long can I allow the beer to sit between fg reached and bottling? Reason i ask is I have almost all of the...