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I'm currently in the process of brewing an Octoberfest. I've been out of brewing for a few years. My floating thermometer broke in my last brew with a pumpkin beer two years ago and it kinda ripped my soul out of my body and took the passion away from brewing for me. I put a ton of work into...

I'm putting this here hopefully to get more views. I just finished brewing my Pumpkin Ale and while cooling it down my floating thermometer broke in my wort because it hit my wort chiller. The end of it broke off and all of those black bb's in the bottom are now in my wort. Is the wort lost? I'm...

Anyone tried the pumpkin ale kit from Midwest Brewing Supplies? I just ordered it last night and I'm planning on making some changes to the recipe as everyone that left a review said to up the spices and pumpkin. Here's what I'm planning: 6 lb. Gold liquid malt extract. 8 oz. Carapils 8...

I have a Saison that has been in primary for 11 days. My OG was 1.076 and my final gravity is supposed to be around 1.018, don't have directions right in front of me. I took a reading today and it was at 1.065? I was thinking I might have gotten the yeast too cold as I used a Wyeast Belgium...

So I have a Saison that's downstairs bubbling away right now along with a cream ale. The problem is my ferm chamber isn't tall enough to support one of my ferm vessels with an airlock and the Saison is getting too hot, around 72 to 74 right now. So I can tell this beer is going to be a violent...

So I bought a Cream Ale Kit and a Summer Lemon Saison kit from Austin Homebrew Supply a few weeks ago. I brewed the Cream Ale yesterday and I'm getting ready to do the Saison here in a little bit. The ingredients for both are as follows and I'm highlighting the areas I changed on accident and...

Quick question, I made my starter according to Palmer's directions. I'm making a Cream Ale from Austin Home Brew Supplies using yeast strain WLP080 White Labs Cream Ale Blend. What I did was start with 3 cups of water with 1/2 cup of Extra Light DME. Boiled for 10 minutes while stirring...

So I had originally decided to use a fridge I had gotten for free for my chamber, but it worked fine so I use that fridge for all my beer. This build was a two week process with some of the ideas being used from both builds. Basically used wiring from son build with size of mother build. Don't...

I've done two batches in the past, but have used LME both times. Is there anything specifically that I should do differently with the DME compared to the LME? I've already read Palmer's book, but I'll be using it as a guide again, but I can't remember there being anything special in reference to...

So I'm wrestling with the idea of whether to build a keezer or a kegarator and have the following question. The kegarator build seems much easier to me either with a small fridge or large fridge. Seems like all you need to do is hook the keg system up. The keezer builds always seem more...

Saw this on craigslist and it sounds like a good deal. What do y'all think? http://desmoines.craigslist.org/app/2229595864.html

I'll be doing my second brew day tomorrow and will be brewing a Bavarian Hefeweizen extract kit. The kit has the following ingredients: 1. 2 cans of 3.3 lbs of Muntons LME Wheat 2. Safbrew WB-06 Yeast 11.5 g 3. 2 bags of Liberty Hop Pellets at 1 ounce each BG 1.045 to 1.049 FG 1.008...

So I'm already planning my second batch of beer as my first one has turned out okay. I obviously want to get better and better at this and realize besides sanitation, temperature control is key as well. So if I went out and bought a chest freezer to turn into a fermentation chamber, would all I...

Well I tried my first taste of my American Wheat after two weeks in bottles. I wanted to try it a week early so I can compare it to next weekends taste test. Seemed to be carbed well, got the fizz sound when I popped the top. Had bubbles making their way to top of the beer as it was sitting in...

So, my first bottling day went off without a hitch.............for the most part thanks to the wiki. The only issue I had was my bottling bucket started to leak from the spigot. The reason it did this is the plastic nut inside came loose just enough to allow the bucket to start to leak. So I...

So my original gravity of my American Wheat was 1.050 and I put it in primary last Thursday. Just checked it again today and my FG was reading 1.020? It's supposed to be between 1.012 and 1.014...............should I be concerned and why didn't it finish lower? OG...

So, I put my American Wheat in primary on Thursday the 6th at Noon. What I plan on doing is checking it for a gravity reading on Thursday as the bubbling has stopped in my airlock and that would give me one full week in the primary. I then will wait two more additional weeks and then bottle and...

So as the title says I did my first brew today and put it in the primary at 12:00 central time. I did an American Wheat and here's the ingredients and what I did. 2 cans of LME-Wheat (Muntons) 1 oz of U.K. 1st Gold Hop pellets (7.3% Alpha) 1 Package of Muntons yeast rehydrated 1...

Obviously I'm a noob and I plan on brewing my first extract batch tomorrow, American Wheat. I've been reading John Palmer's book "How to Brew" 3rd edition and he talks about rehydrating yeast in the book. He says this is a better techinque that will give you a better shot with the yeast than...

Went to my LHBS today instead of ordering online and I'm glad I did. Between the shipping costs and a few price differences I saved about $100 going there instead of ordering online. Picked up the following items: Bayou Classic 36 qt stainless steel stock pot Bayou Classic SP-10 burner...