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    Breaking up the brew day - mash the day before

    Due to family constraints, long work week and long commute, I don't have much free time to myself, let alone 5-6 hours in a row. Anything I can do to break up the brew day makes life much easier. For instance I measure and crush the gain the night before, and get my mlt and BK ready to go the...
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    carbonation chamber

    Since my coffee table was already full of bottles, i started looking around the house for places to leave the latest batch I had bottled. At that point my wife said, "I think its starting to get ridiculous when you are trying to store beer bottles in the baby's play yard". I lol'd, but then...
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    Help me troubleshoot my fermentation

    Assistance would be appreciated. I just bottled an oatmeal stout after 4.5 weeks in primary. OG was 1.07, FG was a disappointing 1.03, or perhaps a tiny bit lower. Yeast was safale s-04. I don't have a ferm chamber, just the space behind a door that is usually around 63-64. The stout had a...
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    Initial Fermentation Time

    Hi, I've finished batch #7, and I have a question on fermentation times. Due to money constraints, I'm stuck doing 2-2.5 gallon batches (AG). For yeast, I've been pitching a single smack pack, vial or packet of yeast, with no starter or hydration. My question is as follows: How long...
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    topping up 20mins into boil with 2 cups of second runnings

    After i drain the second runnings into my boil kettle, i always set my mash tun to drain into a measuring cup. I figured i would save thw wort for starters or something, although i never wind up using it. So tonight, im watching my wort boil for 20 mins, and then i look over at the measuring...
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    Low fermentation temperature - ale

    I have an amber ale sitting at the top of the stairs To my unfinished basement. This area doesn't get heat so it's usually cooler than the rest of my place, somewhere in the low 60's, which I figured is good for active fermentation, since I'm shooting for 68. My problem is that it's been super...
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    1St All grain brew - fermentation slow down?

    Despite a few minor catastophes, my first AG (American amber) seemed like it was going great. I transferred the wort to a PET carboy, pitched the yeast, and all was good. I went to cap the carboy, and then realized I didn't have a cap. So I topped it with tinfoil, and left it in a slightly...
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