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I have a bunch of grapes ready to come off of a vine. White grapes. Can someone get me a step my step, that will get me into the first carboy. FYI... grapes are my dads, he's gone on vaca left no instructions, just called me to inform me that "I need to get me @ss to his house on such and...

I normally take my OG before I pitch my starter? I am pitching onto a yeast cake today, what is the procedure. Fursther more what is the order of putting wort in the carboy? 2 gallons of water, then wort, then top of? I usually start with 50F water, will this temp have any adverse affect...

I hace a Hefe in the primary. I wanted to bottle and brew another batch tomorrow. The airlock has no activity, but there is still a very small layer of krausen. OG was 1.58, it's was at 1.2 yesterday(one bubble per 12seconds), today it's at 1.016. Before you ask what the rush is to get it...

The sample I used to get my OG, was pretty dark. Just looking for some guidance on future brews. I used 5# wheat extract and 3# extra light. Boiled 3 gallons(split in two pots at 1.5 gallons each) with 2# for 45 minutes, got down to about a gallon in each pot. Added the remaining extract...

What give? Thermometers off or the fermentation producing heat?

Beer distributor on Metropolitan Ave and Gardner Ave. Basically every other type of beer as well. No Paulaner. I am in no way affiliated, just thought I would pass it on. I have been looking for augustiner since I had it in Munich.

Made a starter yesterday, but I think it was around 75-80 in my house. Brewed first thing in the morning, poured my starter in, but it had a weird smell. Should I be concerned? I made a Hefe two months ago but don't recall if the smell was present in that starter.

I have a grill with a burner on the side. Anyone ever boil on one of those? Do they provide enough heat?

I was planning on brewing two hefe's in a row. I have two main questions. 1. LHBS only had 8# of Wheat extract. I picked up 6# of regular extract. Can I make hefe's using 4# of wheat and 3# of light? What can I expect the final beer to taste like? Or should I just wait until I can go...

My second batch, 1st with a hydrometer. OG was 1.44 on saturday, fermented like mad since saturday. slowed to a crawl yesterday, only 1/4" of Krausen left. I took a reading yesterday, 1.011. Should I rack to a secondary? give it a few more days and bottle? Should I be scared that it...

I read the link on saving yeast. Seems pretty straight forward up to the part where they don't recommend using a home freezer that has a free and thaw cycle. Since this is the only freezer i have access to, I was thinking about possible solutions. The only one I came up with was putting the...

hoping to brew a hefe tomorrow... Making a starter in a few. wondering if using a gallon jug will work? Any think particularly wrong with it?

1/2# vienna 1/2# crystal muntons i think they are 60L 6# Wheat DME 1oz Hallertau or tettnanger(havent gone shopping yet.) Liquid Hefe yeast(haven't gone shopping yet to know specific brand) Steep grains in 2 quarts 160 water for 30minutes remove grains add extract Bring to boil add hops...

I have been perusing the recipes on that site with 5000+ recipes... anyway, some extract with grain recipes call for steeping by raising the water to certain temperatures holding and moving higher and holding etc... i.e. go 60...hold for 15 minutes, go 133 hold for 20 minuts... got to 160...

I have one brew under my belt... didn't buy a hydrometer. I'm a big fan of the KISS principle in most things in life. My only fear is that it's just one more thing to freak out about.

Title says it all... Warmer weather coming around, I figured a nice light beer would be good. Plus the garage would be nice and warm for fermentation... You guys have any extract plus grain recipes...

I'm planning ahead for my second brew. My first batch was more of an impulse experiment than anything... So i'm in question asking mode... I ended up with around 4.2 gallons of beer in the bottles. I'm pretty sure I started out with less than 5 gallons in my primary. When I racked to the...

I bottled my first brew three days age... stuck the bottles in a plastic container with a lid. I opened the lid and heard some hissing. Didn't have time to dissect how many where actually hissing. I think it's like 2-4 out of 30. I drank one yesterday, it had carbonation already. I may have...

I plan on brewing my second batch. I guess I should of asked this before my first. Here goes. On my first batch I saved about two bags of ice from my fridge ice box, dumped the ice into my primary, filled with water up to about 2 gallons. I then strained my wort into the ice bath. Should I...

So I bottled my first batch two days ago... took a peak at a bottle and it appears as though some yeast(i think?) has settled at the bottle of some bottles. Looks similar to wha was at the bottom of my secondary. Obvious newb question.. is this normal? Maybe this should be an acronym... ITN?