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I have brewed about 8 batches and every time had crazy airlock activity for +- 3 days but on my last batch the airlock activity was weak for one day and then nothing. It is an Amber Ale. Here is the recipe : http://www.brewapp.com/recipefiles/BREWER%27S%20RED%20-%205%20GAL.pdf It is at...

In a never ending attempt to keep SWMBO happy I promised to make her a apple cider drink as close as I could to a product she loves from the old country, South Africa. So se loves a Savanna. http://www.savanna.co.za/about All that I know is that it is a dry 100% apple cider of 6% abv. I have...

What is the DME / Water ratio for large starters? I recently did a lager and MrMalty called fr a 1.5L starter. I know you are trying to achieve 1.040 and normally that is 1qt.(1L) H2O to 1/2 cup of DME. Can I safely double, triple and so on and it will stay at 1.040?

Although I reminded myself 20 times during my brew session yesterday (Belgian Wit Ale aka no hoe in das gaarden) not to pitch the stirbar with my yeast I did anyway. Also dropped my glass thermometer right at the end. Time to invest in double of all these essential items I guess. Sadly I cannot...

I am a new brewer with a massive three brews under my belt that is two in bottles and one in the secondary. The first brew was Brewers Best continental pilsner and it came out ok. The second was from my LHBS a Belgian Blonde Ale. The brew went well other than steeping temperature temporarily...

I have a chest freezer with a ranco controller for lagering. It is set to stay between 35F and 42F and seemingly that is what it does by its digital readout but I added a small freestanding freezer thermometer today and it shows about 6F colder than the ranco shows. The ranco sensor is loosely...

Ok I did my first yeast wash as described in the famous post on the topic. It went smooth and I have 4 lovely bottles of yeast and ready to make a starter on my newly built stir plate. The yeast was from my just bottled Belgian Blonde Ale (7.7%) and was the White Labs Belgian Wit WPL400 yeast...

Anyone out there in brew-land that has an extract recipe for Spaten Optimator DoppelBock? Hands down one of my top 3 beers. Thanks!

I brew a lager last night and pitched the yeast form my very first starter into 5 gal of well aerated wort. There is now some crazy action to the point that it pops the lid off my 6.5 gal primary fermenter (bucket). I did take some photos that I will upload next. Questions: What now...

I made my first starter but could not use it immediately due to a leaking spigot on my brew kettle. I had it out at room temperature for two days and then in my freezer at 35F to 42F. It is a lager yeast. I took it out of the freezer this morning to get it to room temperature. It has a...

Product Page here: http://fermentap.com/view_product/19793/100550 Instructions here: http://morebeer.com/public/pdf/WL101.pdf Just a heads up for anyone thinking of a Fermentap Weldless Spigot. I have a nice polar double bottom kettle and wanted to install a spigot since I am now doing full...

From my Clone Brews book most of the extract recipes calls for sparge. I am getting ready to clone the Castle Larger. It goes like this: Crush and steep grains in 1/2 gal 150F water for 20 min Strain the grain water into brew pot. - Question: does the word strain here mean transfer to...

Anyone out there in brewland ever use the paint stirrer sold at lowes / hd to aerate? I am talking about the one that you attach to a drill with a long metal shaft and the hamster cage at the bottom. They are made for 5gal paint buckets and I have used them (in paint) before and they kick ass...

Just installed a ball valve in my kettle so the next thing is tubing to drain to my primary from our kitchen gas stove. I have read that thick wall silicone tubing is the best but is there anything at lowes / hd that can be used? I am thinking temperature and food grade is important factors...

I am on a roll and planning my third brew this weekend. I am going to clone a South African beer - Castle Lager. My LHBS supplied me with the White Labs: Pilsner Lager Yeast WLP800 (liquid) but the expiration date has passed (Jan-28-12) so they threw in at no cost two extra tubes of the same...

This is my second brew and my OG is very high. I am loosing sleep over it trying to figure out what I did wrong. This is what went down: Belgian Blonde Ale Grains Wheat 0.25 lbs. Crystal 40L 0.75 lbs. Cara-Pils 0.75 lbs. Munich 0.5 lbs. Extracts Pale 0.5 qts. Adjunct 2.0 qts. Super Light 0.5...

I am new to brewing and are planning for my 3rd brew. I brew extract and the recipe I have calls for these ingredients. Where can I get the exact list? 2.5L German light crystal malt German Vienna malt M&F extra-light DME corn sugar Spalt @ 5% AA (% HBU) (bittering hop) Tettnanger (flavour...

Please critique the steps for my second ever (extract) brew planned for this coming weekend. The instructions is a bit vague and I think geared towards the experienced brewer. It did not give me OG, FG or ABV? Belgian Blonde Ale Grains Wheat 0.25 lbs. Crystal 40L 0.75 lbs. Cara-Pils 0.75 lbs...

This is my first brew and I am ready to go to 2nd stage for lagering. I am brewing Brewers Best Continental Pilsner: http://www.brewersbestkits.com/pdf/1008_Continental_Pilsner.pdf This is from the instructions: "SECONDARY/LAGERING Transfer the beer to a clean, sanitized 5-gallon...

This is my first brew and post. Thank you for a fantastic forum! Just have a few questions. I did hit all the temperatures and timing for the ingredients spot on and had a perfect OG (fist pump). 1) I have a brand new Polar SS pot and after a good clean used it for the first time. Should I...