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I picked up a 1 gallon all grain kit on the super cheap from one of those half off half type discount stores. It is an American pale kit that came with the 1 gallon jug and the basic gear one needs to make a beer. My expectations were not high but it's been a little while since I last brewed...

Brewed in September, has been in the primary until last night. Starting gravity 1.081, finished at 1.006 @60f (took the measurement last night before bottling) Of course, I tasted it and its "hot" (alcohol) hard to taste much beyond that. Color in the carboy is dark, but in the test tube, has...

I have several (11) new Flojet Model N5000-192 Beverage (syrup) pumps. CO2 or Dry Compressed air operated 20-80PSI. For sale or trade, although I'm more looking to sell, but if you have something you are wanting to get rid of hit me up. retail on these is $45+, I'm willing to go down to $30...

Went to Sams with SWMBO and to my surprise she let me pick up a turkey fryer, 36qt version, same as all the other cheapies with the timer/safety stuff (to be bypassed before use) I got to thinking about the belgian strong golden ale extract kit I have sitting around and ran the numbers...

I'm planning on doing a Belgian Strong Golden Ale extract w/ specialty grains, wyeast 1388 from NB. I initially plan to do a starter, despite the instructions stating that it is optional, and am wonder what other tips some of you folks who have experience with a beer of this style may have. I'm...

I'm considering brewing a tripel, I've got a weizenbier sitting on its cake right now, "Munich" -- Anyway, thoughts on reusing that cake as a strong starter for a strong tripel?

Weizenbeer, still in active ferment, was coming through the air lock this morning so I jammed my blowoff tube in the carboy and put the other end in a bucket of sterile water. Get home tonight to find the tube leaking what once was krausen on the floor with obvious evidence that my preschooler...

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Extract w/specialty grain SNPA Clone (NB Sierra Madre) OG 1.054 FG 1.010 Primary fermentation, 1 wk. Bottle conditioned, 1 wk. The beer hit FG in 4 days, and i bottled on day 7. Have happily drank three today (day 14.) The fermentation was a little higher, primary fermentation shorter, and...

So against conventional wisdom I bottled my brew as I personally feel that it is fine after a week fermenting. I guess I will find out for sure in a couple weeks. Bottling is somewhat of a hassle, and a tip for any newbies reading this, put your carboy higher than your bottling bucket when...

Really, its more along the lines of deviating away from the general consensus here which is to let it sit in the primary for 3 weeks before bottling. I noticed my first batch *edit (NB Sierra Madre (SNPA Clone)) stopped fermenting after 4 days, so I took a gravity reading and it was at the...

Did my first brew last night Sierra Madre (NB kit w/ specialty grains) Everything went perfectly as far as I can tell, although I did pitch my yeast @ 70deg F. wyeast 1056 It looks like I'm fermenting at ~74deg. My wife is 36weeks pregnant, so turning the house AC down to 60 is not an...

I've always been interested in brewing beer and almost got into the hobby probably 10 years ago, but life happened, and I never got around to it. A couple months ago a buddy gave me some homebrew that he got in trade for some work he did and it rekindled my interest. I'm getting ready to try...