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My wife has been taking an active roll in our last two brews. Tonight's plan was to bottle what was in our secondary and brew up a new batch. All goes as planned until it's time to cool the wort. As I am to spend the next 20 or so minutes getting it down to 80ish, she takes the equipment to...

The title sums it up. I've just been given 40 extra swing top bottles and would like to brew a batch that I can let sit for years, enjoying a few bottles on special occasions. I'm looking for an Extract recipe that would involve bottle conditioning for 1+ years. I'd like to stay away from...

After 2 weeks in the primary and checking my Hydrometer (og: 1.60 ... fg: 1.10) I decided to bottle my Paulaner Hefe clone. I bottled around 3 gallons of brew before I realized how parched I was. I fill up half a pint of my clone and start drinking it. After I bottle a couple more beers...

A couple firsts for me. #1 First Hefe #2 First time using a Starter I finished up last night around 11pm and woke up at 6 to notice that it was already bubbling. :ban: I'll always be making a starter from now on! A few questions. I've read the Hefe's can have a quick and violent...

I'm going to be doing my 5th batch soon and was wondering if instead of DME I could use LME for the starter? It's going to be an extract brew, so I was wondering if I could use some of the LME that I'll be using in the actual beer making. If I can use LME, how much should I use? If it's...

Brewed a Belgian White with OG ~ 1.60. I brewed it last Tuesday (10/17) and it took off by Wednesday morning with about 1bubb/5secs. It's been going at that rate since then and is still bubbling 1/5seconds. My question is, after 10 days should I rack it to the secondary? I'm without a Thief...

Magic Hat #9 Clone OG: 1.051 IBU 25 FG: 1.011 SRM 13 5.1% Alc/Volume Crushed Grain: 1/2# 60oL crystal Malt - Steep for 20M @155o Extract: 5.5# M&F light DME .5# M&F wheat DME Hop Schedule: 1.5oz Tettnanger 60m 1/4oz Willamette 15m 1/4oz Cascade 15m 1tsp Irish...

I have a question about possible bottle bombs. My last batch had an SG of 1.70. I let it sit in the primary for a 6 days and siphoned it to a secondary (gravity was at 1.20 then) Let it sit in the secondary for roughly 11 days and bottled it. Gravity at bottling was about 1.15 I believe...

I brewed a darker strong ale on Tuesday the 18th. It started off fast and was down to a bpm within 3 - 4 days. I waited until the 25th and put it into the Secondary where it has stayed not bubbling for the last 4 days. Since it is a darker beer, is it still good practice to let it sit for...

How much water do you use to boil the priming sugar? Is it terribly important?

Looking at so many other peoples' secondaries, it makes me wonder what is brewing in mine. I racked it last tuesday, it's been done fermenting since wednesday and these spots have been there ever since. They look similiar to grease spots on top with a few little white chunks.

When talking about how long the wort has been in the primary ... do you start right when you throw it into the Carboy/bucket or when the yeast starts working and fermenting? I'm on 9 days of time in carboy but 6 since fermenting started.

My first batch is fermenting at a solid rate (1 bubb / 2-3seconds) but is releasing a pretty nasty smell. It's pungent and just kinda weird. I fear that it being my first beer, I might have rushed into things and contaminated it! Here's a picture of it ... Recipe ... Fat Tire Amber...

An initial THANK YOU for all the information I've absorbed over the past 3 weeks. Now the questions ... Is there way to make sure / test to see if you have an airtight Primary (using a 6 gal. glass carboy with stopper and bubbler). I have the plug almost all the way in with the bubbler...

I don't plan on brewing it for about a week or two ... Where should I store everything?

After a few weeks of research I'm purchasing my brew kit tomorrow and looking forward to brewing my first brew this following week or two! I've scoured this board and a few others trying to take in the numorous information available. If anyone from the Omaha area wants to swap brews (after I...

I would first like to say Hello to everyone! I've had a great time browsing the forums and absorbing quite a bit. My first question is this ... I have a $200 budget that I can spend on Brewing Kit for Beer plus first set of bottles / bottle caps. I'm going to be brewing as my primary...