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Discovered this bug (just a tad smaller in size than a penny) floating in my wort after i added my DME. I am 100% certain that the bug was in the sealed bag. I do a BIAB inside my apartment. And order the grains and DME from Brewmasters warehouse which is in Atlanta. (any Atl'ers know what that...

So I brewed a dead guy clone and pitched Wyeast 1338. I've read other threads on this forum that this strain is slow to ferment, but that wasn't the case for me, I made a starter and fermentation began at about 24 hours. Normal temperature was at around 64 F and the fermentation process brought...

So say the beer has been in the primary for 2 weeks and has reached its FG. At this point, assuming the temperature doesn't go above 70 F (not a remote issue where I live in March) does a drop in temperature really matter? I plan to keep the beer in the primary for 4 weeks (2 weeks remaining)...

I have been fermenting in the upper 60s. I plan to dry hop once fermentation is more or less finished. Would a 10 degree temperature change have any difference on the effectiveness of dry-hopping? Say I lowered the temperature to high 50s - or would something like this not matter at all?

So in hind sight this was not very bright. In preperation of washing yeast, I bioled some glass jars with about 95% of the label removed in my brew pot. Unfortunately, the 5% of the label still on the jar was stuck with some pretty good adhesive. In the boil, the adhesive was freed from the jars...

OK so I'm using this link as a proxy for my OG. Yes, I know I should fork over cash and use better software - but i haven't done that just yet. http://powersbrewery.home.comcast.net/~powersbrewery/mastercalculator.html I do a partial mash on the stove top with a bag. On the link there are...

If this is a dumb question please tell me. I've got sanitizer-water filled 1/4 full in a 2-liter container which is my blowoff container, since my beer started to ferment, the bottle is now about 5/8 full. Could I just decant the sanitizer and salvage the yeast at the bottom? I feel like there's...

So I too must admit, that I over obsess with my beer in the first few days after I put it into the fermenter. So the rubber fitting on the top of my fermenter lid that fits in the hole and helps form a seal between the plastic bucket and the airlock, tore a little bit. So the airlock wasn't as...

I've read the document by Ken Schwartz that spells out how to convert recipes between all grain and partial grains. I have a question about his statement about in order to ensure avoiding a stuck sparge, over 50% of the partial mash should be husked grain. Ok so I'm not certain what is a husked...

Ok - so this was my first time doing a partial mash, everything went well in my opinion, I got my mash a 152 F (what the recipe called for) and it stayed there for 50 of my 60 minutes (I was getting it down from 156 for the first 10 minutes). I followed the 1.25 quarts of water per lb of grain...

I saw this partial mash recipe and would like to make it. I just don't know if I can. I've posted the recipe and then my comments/questions. Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast: Wyeast 1272 Yeast Starter: pitched on cake Batch Size (Gallons): 5 Original Gravity: 1.092 Final Gravity: 1.028 IBU...

I've seen plenty of good recipes for outmeal stouts or breakfast ales. However, my question is that since I'm not experienced to start all grain or partial grain, are these recipes possible or worthwhile converting to an all extract recipe? Or do they not convert right because the oatmeal needs...

I feel like a complete jackass even posting this, but in my clear, level-headed thinking I believed it to be a good idea to fish out my hop bag using my hydrometer. The upper part broke off and the base sunk like an anchor straight to the bottom. I was kind of freaked out and thought the...

Ok so I a new brewer and haven't been paying much attention to hydrometer readings until I started reading some threads on here. My dilemma: I brewed a batch (5 gallons) 5 days ago and completely ignored the OG when I sealed the fermenter bucket. I opened today to dry hop and decided to take a...