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I have been racking to secondary since I started homebrewing several years ago, with only one infection (and I am fairly sure it was not the secondary). Probably starting next batch I will be ditching the secondary unless I lager. But.... I recently brewed two high gravity beers and moved them...

Yeah..not a huge fan of the Vienna style in particular. But theirs is one of the best I have had. Heard their Scottish Ale is bangin..

I had a few parts on hand but somehow broke the damned computer fan when I was fooling around with it. Everything was already soldered in place too. So I had to spend an extra $12 on a new fan and cut/splice the wires..but it is working great now. Mine was still much, much cheaper than one you...

Been thinking about doing this myself. I will probably go with some cheap vodka. Not that any very small amount of any spirit will necessarily be evident in your beer (if it somehow got down in there)...but if it was I would think vodka might be the least evident.

My brother brewed a beer and added blueberries in the secondary. Had some similar problems. To me, they don't much (good) flavor to anything...cept pancakes

Used Horizon for a bittering hop in an APA and it was a really nice clean bittering. Never used it as a flavor/aroma addition.

Thanks for the tip on the UnionJack Clone Stone. Looked it up and the 145F to 155F mash step is an interesting technique. I would like to try that sometime. Unfortunately right now I use a converted cooler/manifold rig (only a year in on AG) so that may not be easy, even though it would be...

I have been a little underwhelmed by their IPA, but its not bad by any stretch. May try to pick some up fresh soon. My office just moved 5 minutes away from their Outpost Brewery in Lexington. Let us know how the clone turns out.

I think I have a base recipe. Holidays are coming up so malt profile is very similar to SN Celebration. Never brewed a Black IPA so added a little bit of Carafa....going for a good holiday IPA with some alcohol, maltiness, and good hops. I am a little bit torn on the yeast. I like the last IPA I...

I think I have read that Galaxy/Simcoe is a good combo I think I am looking for a fruity bomb on the nose with this one...not sure what hops to use where and what hop to bitter with. After more research GB or Topaz could be used for bittering. My LHBS also has Super-Pride which I didn't pick...

Hey folks, just went by my LHBS and they had quite the selection of Aussie/NZ hops, I have never tried any hops from that part of the world. They were fairly low (in quantity) on all varieties, so in a panic, I grabbed 8 oz. of several different varieties. I think my next batch may be a IIPA or...

New Glarus has ssome other great beers..Black Top and Two Women are pretty good too.

Bump-- Buddy just brought some of these great beers back from Wisky for me. Haven't had MM in a year or so...tasting superb. One of my fav APAs! Funny you say this kenlenard ^^^^. Maybe its just me, but does this beer remind any of you of DFH60, especially the aroma? I brewed a 60 clone awhile...

Seems there are some varying opinions about how to handle the equipment once an infection has been inside of it. Once you get an infection in a better bottle or plastic bucket...are they now best thrown away? Can they simply be bleached or sanitized using some other means to use again for...

OK, I will plan to prime with the normal amount of corn sugar in a week then (assuming FG is the same). Thanks alot for your help 66! I feel a little better now that I know 20 gallons of beer may not have to go to waste!

NOt truly sure what it is, but based on the pictures it is brett, lacto, or something like that. I just checked the FG again and it is pretty well the same as when I transferred them to secondary over two weeks at this point (also with a 3 week primary). One thing I did notice is that some...

Just checked my buckets again (haven't looked at it in a week) and they all look about the same. Looks like everything is contaminated with the brett/lactic bacteria. Everything smelled good and tasted fine (albeit the beer was pretty cloudy), so I think I am going to dry hop the one batch (2...

Yes, I do use the same siphoning tube/wand/tubing so yes, there may have been something there. That would make sense. I also had to do some creative secondary transferring from one bucket to another because I only have 6 total buckets. But I feel like the infection was likely there before any...

Alright here goes..had a very ambitious brewday on July 3rd, these are after a 18 day primary and a little over a week in the secondary., but obviously didn't work out the way I wanted. I brewed 3 batches, 5 buckets total (20ish gallons). The first was a Gumballhead Clone (not shown) that has...

How about this one.... I assume you can mash 10lbs in your cooler with a pretty thick mash?? This was formulated at 5.5 gallons/70% efficiency. Fermentable Percentages and IBU:GU (.65) are almost dead on with the original recipe. IBU's and SRM a little bit higher Mashing 10lbs of grain@...