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Ok here is my dilemma, is my fermentation stuck or am I being paranoid? Ok the attached picture is at the 75 hour mark I have not seen any airlock activity at all. I did gravity reading and it was 1.040, original was 1.052 but could have been off and most likely closer to 1.060. Tasting did not...

I have a question about dry malt extract. I was working on a recipe that had me use 8.5 lbs extra light. I had 9 lbs, because of the way it came bagged. I was talking 1 and 1/4 cup out for for priming sugar. well what happened I lost tract of what I was doing and took the 1 and 1/4 cup added it...

Well I am in the Kitchen everyone is fast off to sleep and I am brewing a Maple Brown Ale.:mug:

I have my Red Ale in a secondary right now for conditioning and clarifying. It has been there for 3 weeks now. I was going to bottle it tonight but I am not ready. My question is will it hurt anything if it stays on secondary for another week. without being bottled?

Ok with the heading just trying to get attention to this. I brewed a red ale on &-11 so I named it Big Gulp radical red kinda corny I know. so here is my issues. it was in Primary for 8 days and seemed to be done. I transferred to secondary and tool a Hydro reading. Of course I did it after I...

Ok I got to thinking and was readign what I could find here about Maple syrup. I would like to use some in a stout beer. I don't care for the roasted (coffee) flavor of a lot of stouts. So I was thinking a little sweeter using Maple Syrup. Stout or Porter I would like some real good ideas here...

So is anyone else up brewing tonight. I start at 2330 on my red ale so I called in Big Gulp Irish Red. For starting on 7-11. lol:mug::mug:

My question is for those of you who use Grolsch style bottles. Do you replace the gaskets every new batch? Or can you sanitize the used ones for more then one or two batches.

Well I had my real first test on the 3rd we had a big party at one of my co-workers house, and I told them that I would be brings some home-brew. Needless to say I was very nervous as I am the only one who usually drinks what I make. I made and IPA that I am drinking for myself, and brought a 12...

Well in about an hour I am going to rack my primary blonde ale so far on top of 5# of frozen strawberries. I am going to put the 5 lbs in some water and brign up to a boil this should thaw and sanitize them. I will cool them down in an Ice bath then put them into secondary. Rack Ale on top of it...

You would have thought I would have learned my lesson already. When I brewed Friday night. I set a blow off tube on then top of the fermentor. after 3 days the bottle was pretty full and running a nice steady bubbling. I changed from the blow off tube to the airlock. Oops. Yesterday all day...

Well last night at about 1030 I started brewing. here is my results. Pitched yeast at about 130 am. and first photo is of the Dunkel Wiezen at 12 noon. the other tow are of both primaries going at the same time and of my Strawberry blond that is 6 days old.:mug::mug:

Ok I just started my Dunkel Wiezen. who else is brewing tonight. I love wireless N I have my laptop right down here with me it is great, I get to chat it up here and check out all the [post while the steep is going on.:mug::mug:

Hey all just getting into the posting of photos. just added some new photos to my gallery let me know what you think.:mug::mug:

wow I am excited and shocked at the quick response from my little yeasties. What I did was at about 11:30pm last night when I started my brewing, I took a 1 gallon regular water bottle. the same one as I use for my blow off bottle, and sanitized it. put in about 1 to 2 cups of water and about a...

I have two beer in line to brew. I am going to do one of them tonight. and one next friday night as I would love to do both tonight but my ice machine does not produce enough ice for two ice baths. so here are my choices, Dunkelwiezen, and a Strawberry Blonde. I will take a poll, and the...

Hi All just joined the ranks of premium member woohoo. So on to my question. I am going to make a light ale, I was think something along the line of strawberry blonde. I am going to use frozen sliced strawberries. I know I don't add them until he secondary. My question is how much strawberries...

Hello I am thinking of brewing an extract with specialty grain, not ready to go all grain or mashing yet. this is what I have in Mind please let me know what you all think. Thanks. 3.3lbs amber liquid extract 3.3lbs wheat liquid extract 8 oz caramel Vienna (grain/malt) 4 oz chocolate...

Well actually early this morning :mug: Just finished bottling and cleaning up. 0300. it is my IPA I am making I hope it turns out mmmm good. I will probably pop one next Saturday to see how it comes out. :tank:

I have a question? I have a Stout I brewed back in 2002, I just started back into brewing and getting ready to bottle a batch so I am getting my bottles together. I found these down in the Basement cool dry place. I started to empty some of them and realized the are still under pressure...