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So a few day into these batches fermenting and they are bubbling strong!! I'll let you know how out taste comes out.

so i just mashed in my first batch and it smelled just like mashing in a fresh batch. crossing my fingers. I'll know in an hour or so what kind of sugars we will come up with.

it doesnt taste stale, but it doesnt have the up front fresh.

I ground up 3 batches of grain for 3 different beers back in march. Then I was overwhelmed with many other responsabilities. I want to know if I can still use this grain. After crushed i repacked them in briess 50 lb grain back and taped them up. Thanks in advance....:drunk:

Can I recarb beer that didn't in a bottle Ian keg?

Hey guys i was wondering if you could look at my other thread i have about high abv and what im trying to do. thanks

um....hello?

how about wlp099?

you only used one vile?

I have a couple dozen successful brews under my belt now. But I would like to step out of my comfort zone and brew a 3 gallon batch of imperial breakfast stout. I would like my abv to be 12-12.5%. My question is do I use 2 viles with a 1000 MIL starter? I was told to use a vile with a big...

i think you will be fine, although it will depend on how much you spiced it. for future thoughts, my last pumkin beer i did i used the pie filling and it was so much easier and it gave the same characteristic as real pumkin with a lot less hassle. really you should be fine. when you rack...

Thank you everyone for your replies. I just signed up to this forum less than two hours ago and have more information than i thought i would get in a week.:tank:

dishwasher, we have a newer one that is stainless steel that has a sanitize selection on it. i use that for new bottles. for re-used bottles i use star sans or iodophor and do the submerse in the sink and then set to dry.

ok so this time i heated my mash tun up with a gallon of water at 160 deg. for a few moments before i started my mash. i started my mash with 165 deg water and after an hour the temp was at 153 deg. and i rinsed with 155 deg.

3/4 cup corn sugar 2 cups of water. i just stir it until it all dissolves. i use this for a 5 gallon batch. which is all iv'e ever done.