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    Is 7 weeks too long for a Hefeweizen to sit in secondary?

    I brewed this Hefeweizen... well a little over two months ago. Had a normal fermentation, racked it over to secondary. Things looked fine. Things have since gotten in the way of me bottling this brew--women, travel, grad school, and so on, you know the deal. It's been in the carboy in a...
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    One Step vs. Star San vs. Iodophor. Which is best and why?

    I’ve been reading up on sanitizers in this forum and these seem to be the three anyone talks about. It seems most folks have success with One Step and not too many problems with the main drawback being contact time between equipment and solution (2-3 mins.). Star San seems to be the...
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    Northern Brewer’s “Lord Fatbottom.”

    I received Northern Brewer’s catalogue along with some stuff I ordered from them. Flipping through it while taking a dump, I noticed that they have a listing under their heavy ales for an “American-style barley wine.” The thing is supposed to have an OG of 1.123 and the catalogue says it’s ready...
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    1st fermentation blew the water out of airlock, filled it with beer. WTF?

    This is my first time brewing. I’m making a Russian Imperial Stout. I placed the whole five gallons into the brewing bucket, affixed the airlock with the appropriate amount of water on Friday afternoon. Saturday afternoon there didn’t seem to be much action going on, nor Sunday afternoon...
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    Aluminum is cheap. Must I use Stainless Steel?

    I’m sure this question gets raised about once a month since the inception of the board but I cannot readily find any threads on the subject, so please bear with me, folks. The instructions I got in my kit, and the people at the store I got it from, tell me I need to use either stainless...
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