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Well, I did let it sit a leetle bit longer than maybe I should, but both my pale ale (8 wks) and my steam beer (6 weeks) went from primary to bottle to belly and came out just fine. I admit I should have bottled a bit sooner, but these are both goooood beers (the CA beer needs a bit more time...

I see lots of recipes with both LME and DME. How come? Is there a benefit to using both? So far I have just bought LME from my local shop.

Just brewed an IPA Sunday. Since our house usually is quite cool in the winter (64-66), I was concerned with pitching enough yeast. I use the White Labs vials, in this case London Ale. So this time I made a starter with 1/4 pound of light DME. Wow!:ban: Tremendously active in less than...

Been waiting almost 10 months for this stuff....man, is it good! Buying a whole bunch this winter, the goal is to clone. But in the meantime...... :):mug:

Noob, here, with a total of seven or eight batches under my belt (just look, they're all right there...).:D I bottle, never have kegged. Right now just bottle the 22oz-ers, as I like a real glass of beer when I sit down to have one - bought some nice big beer glasses just for that purpose.:)...

Just bottled today. During fermentation, the stuff was rather entertaining at the huge amount of bubbling in my airlock. As active as the Calif Lager yeast was in primary, should I expect a faster carbonation? Yes, I am very impatient. This is a fine tasting brew, even before carbonating...

Just began drinking a stout I made that is very similar to Guiness Extra Stout in mouthfeel and taste. I REALLY like the recently-released-in-the-USA Foreign Extra Stout by Guiness. Two questions as I get ready to brew up another batch of stout: How do I increase the thickness and retention...

How much headspace should there be in a 5 gal carboy with 5 gal of beer in it? I done went and filled my carboy and didn't measure and mark before I did it. Reason I ask is that I might not have 5 gal in there, and enquiring minds want to know....

Brewed my steam beer 19 days ago, and the fermentation is still going strong - probably a big bubble in the blowoff bottle about every 15 seconds. The first week was crazy - almost constant bubbling, pretty fun to watch. Used White Labs CA Lager yeast, and the fermentation temp has been about...

Asked this question in another thread, but thought I would break it out here specifically. I have been reluctant to check gravity when in the secondary vessel, for fear that I introduce additional oxygen and mess up my beer. I use a 5-1/2 gal (about) carboy for the secondary vessel. Am I...

Racked my stout to a secondary last weekend, after two weeks in the primary. Went to check my ale in primary to time the bubbles, and lo and behold, my stout burped! Temp is about 65 degrees, room holds between 65 and 68. OG was 1.070, gravity when I racked was 1.030. Did I rack too...

Does anyone know where I can purchase boxes for 220z bottles? I've struck out so far...

I am about to brew my 5th batch today (a stout), but I am realizing I don't know how to taste and understand what's going on in my beer? I just opened a bottle of my ale, and it has a fruity kind of flavor I'm kinda bothered by - I don't know what it is...Does the beer need to age more (its...

I've just completed bottling my fourth batch, and still my tastebuds harken back to the Williams Triple Hopped Ale that was my first batch. It had a nice hop level, with a nice malty finish. I am an extract brewer, and would appreciate anybody's suggestion for a recipe for a hoppy, malty, pale...

I have a large bag of fresh hops. Tossed them in the deep freeze - do I need to do more in order to use them? I figure to use these to dry hop, I really don't have any analysis of these, so I don't know what the acid levels are. In addition to these I probably got some years worth of dried...

I have a batch of Amber ale fermenting since Sunday (its now Wednesday evening) - activity has slowed down quite a bit. OG was about 1.044. Do I expect fermentation to be tapering off this soon? Is it possible to rack to the secondary too soon? I am anxious to rack to the secondary...