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I have a wort that I brewed very late Saturday/early Sunday and still haven't pitched the yeast. I'm going for an Oktoberfest style ale as I'm fermenting with Nottingham. I was counting on my basement being around 60F, but with the recent heat spell and our old Central AC unit, the...

The question is: Should I rack an O-fest off it's yeast for lagering? I'll be bottling this so I'm worried that if I rack off the yeast I'll have problems with carbonation since I'm bottle-conditioning the beer. Also, is lagering even necessary when using a an ale yeast like US-05 fermented...

I'm planning on brewing this Oktoberfest recipe today: 3 lbs Munich LME .5 lbs. Pilsen DME 1 lb. Caravienne I have an ounce of Hallertau hops that are a little higher AA% than I anticipated them being (4.6%). I was originally going to go with this schedule (based on the hops being 3.8%)...

3.0 lbs. Munich LME 0.8 lb. Pilsen Extra Light DME 1.0 lb. Caravienne 60 min. - .50 oz. German Tradition 20 min. - .25 oz. German Tradition FO - .25 oz. German Tradition I'm mainly looking for a yeast that can ferment warmer and I want to stick to dry yeast as I've had really...

I was just wondering if you can use the 5 gallon water jugs that are used for an office water cooler as a better bottle/carboy substitute? I'm assuming that you can, but just want to know if anybody's tried this. Thanks for your help.

I did a search and didn't really see anything relevant to my situation. I brewed yesterday and ended up with way more wort than I expected, a little under 6.5 gallons. The problem is my plastic bucket fermenter is 6.5 gallons, so there's barely any head space. I pitched the yeast last...

I got an ounce of these thrown in my latest homebrew supply order as an extra. I'm thinking of using them in a porter recipe that I'm going to brew. I'm wondering what people have had most success with: boiling or adding the nibs directly to the primary fermentor? Also, is adding one ounce...

I'm brewng an extract clone of Black Butte Porter: 6 lbs. Gold LME 1lb. Light DME .5 lb. Chocolate Malt .5 lb. Caramel 60 L .25 oz. Cascade 60 min. .75 oz. Cascade 30 min. 1 oz. Tettnang 15 min. I want to use a dry yeast if possible. The original recipe calls for Wyeast 1318...

I bought the starter kit from Northern Brewer that comes with a 6.5 gallon pre-drilled bottling bucket. It was leaking due to a poor drilling job. They replaced the bucket with another bottling bucket which works fine. I'm trying to come up with a way to convert the leaky bottling bucket...

Okay let me know if this IPA recipe is alright. I'm not sure about the flaked barley or the yeast so fire away... 6 lbs. Northern Brewer Gold Malt Liquid Extract Syrup 2 lbs. American Crystal 40L 1 lb Flaked Barley 1 oz. Northern Brewer 60 min 1 oz. Cascade ea. @ 15, 10, and 5 min. Safale...

I had a quick two-part question about an amber I brewed about a week ago. All signs of fermentation have slowed and I'm thinking of trying to bottle it this Sunday. It was a pretty straight-forward amber: 6.3 lbs of Amber LME 1 lb. of Caramel 20 Specialty 3 0z. of Cascade US05 Yeast I...

I just brewed an American Amber and am waiting to pitch the yeast (US05). It's a little too warm in my apartment (73 degrees F) and a little too cool in the basement(55 degrees F). I know that with low temp's you run the risk of yeast dying and too warm you get the fruity esters. Which is...

I'm actually literally brewing as we speak. I had a few questions. I have the 6.5 gallon plastic fermenter from Northern Brewer and they have directions for a blow-off hose for better bottles and carboys but not for the plastic buckets. I was just wondering if it's not necessary or if there's...