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1. I did my first starter this past Sunday with the intentions of brewing yesterday. I wasn't able to brew yesterday as some things came up. How long is my starter going to keep? I put it in the fridge last night since the next time i'll be able to brew will be Saturday morning. 2. How...

Pretty much the topic. I have a mead that I am about to rack to secondary. In secondary, I am going to add blueberries, vanilla beans, and more honey. I don't want the yeast to ferment any of the sugar I am adding. So my question is should I add the p. sorbate and camden tablets into the...

So this is what I am planning on doing this weekend unless someone tells me it is a bad idea. 4 gallon batch 13 pounds honey yeast nutrient and energizer Lavin EC-1118 Water to complete 4 gallons I'll let this ferment out. Then I will rack it onto Potassium sorbate and camden tablets...

Ok. So I was planning on bottling a blonde ale this weekend but hit a snag. Yesterday I start washing bottles out like I always do, overnight soak in oxiclean. This morning I go to start rinsing out bottles and did something I don't normally do, I looked in the bottom of the bottle. This is...

So in the next few days, I am going to put together my first wine kit (Vintners Reserve White Zinfandel). I was wondering if the temperature for fermentation was as important as it was for beer. Right now I do the water bath in a cooler to keep my beer fermentation temps down. Should I do...

Ok, so I have made the JAOM, and I definatly want to continue to make mead. In the original recipe, it says that I am going to have to unlearn some of the things I did with JAOM, so my question to you is what are they. Another question I have since I am on the topic of mead...What makes a...

So it had been a little over 2 months since I made the JOAM recipe. It was clear and I was able to read a letter through the bottle. So by all accounts it was done. Then I get the brilliant idea that crash cooling helps clear beer, maybe i could get any remaining yeast to fall out of...

I am having a real hankering for some fish and chips. Do any of you guys (and gals) have a good recipe you wouldn't mind sharing. Also, what style should one use for a beer batter. I was thinking something malty, but I found a few recipes that used pale ales.

Would US-05 be a good yeast to use in an American Wheat. I have a few packages of this on hand and would like to use it if I could. Here is the recipe if you guys want to check it out. Any pointers are appreciated. Amount Item Type % or IBU 5.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM)...

Does anyone have a recipe or have some information for this beer? I had this at a bar over the weekend and thought that it was very tasty.

I think for my next brew I want to brew something nice and malty. I thought that a Scottish 70/- sounded like a good idea. This is the recipe that I came up with. I am going to mash high, around 156 i'm thinking. What do you think? Amount Item Type % or IBU 3.50 lb...

I'm going to brew a pale ale this weekend. Since I just got my order in from Freshops, I decided to get a little crazy with my hop schedule. What do you think of it? 0.50 oz Centennial [10.00 %] (60 min) Hops 16.6 IBU 0.50 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (20 min) Hops 5.5 IBU 0.50 oz Chinook [11.00...

If you did, what did you get? I am about to place an order with Freshhops. I'm getting: 10 oz Amarillo 14 oz Centennial 8 oz Chinook 8 oz Crystal 16 oz Fuggle 6 oz Golding 6 oz Magnum 6 oz Nugget 2 oz Sorachi Ace 2 oz Sterling 5 oz Willamette So lets see what you are...

So my last batch came up a little short on my OG. Can I add some DME to jump it up to where it should be?

I might brew this recipe this weekend if the RIS i'm going to brew doesn't tire me out. I was wondering what you guys thought and if you would add/subtract anything. 8lbs Pale Malt (I might use marris otter here) 2lbs Munich Malt .5lbs Crystal Malt (not sure what I am going to use here...

So I was planning on making the 8-8-08 RIS that many of you guys made. So I was doing some planning and saw that when it was all said and done, after mash water (1.2 qt/lb) and sparge water (.5 gal/lb) I was going to end up with 13.6 gallons of wort. My problem is that I only have a 8 gallon...

Had this been above the beer line, I would have just thought that it was krausen. However, it has gone beneath the beer line, so I was just curious to what you guys thought it was. http://i327.photobucket.com/albums/k454/rschmuck/07-18-08_1557.jpg

I asked this in another thread I posted but never received a response so I thought I would make its own post. I brewed an AG a couple of days ago and I boiled off to much water, and I had a OG of 1.07 instead of the 1.051 that I was suppose to. A few people suggested I add a gallon of water to...

So I had some free time last night, so I decided to do my first AG batch (it was also my first full boil). I followed Ed's Haus Pale Ale from the recipe database. Things were going good (atleast they seemed good) until I had to sparge. First off, I forgot to add in water to account for...

Well, it isn't "really" a better bottle, but it is one of those absopure water jugs. Anyways, I was inspecting it the other day (It was given to me by a co-worker) and I found a scratch in the neck of the bottle. Should I not use this because it could contaminate a batch, or would I be ok if I...