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I mainly do wheats and maybe would try a stout in the winter

Thanks for the input. I may decide to go bigger first

Had a quick question, I just saw on homebrew finds this was on sale for 19.99. My question is, is this big enough to do an all grain 5 gallon batch? I do extracts now and felt this was a good value and way for me to get into all grains.

I just finished bottling a cherry Blond ale, I used 4lbs of frozen cherries (thawed) and pureed them. Added to the secondary. First problem was definitly was the amount of debris when siphoning to the bottling bucket so I used a hop bag to filter as much out. And after tasting it really needed...

Racked my blonde ale into my secondary with puree'd cherries about 7 days ago and I just took a reading and it's at 1.12 so seems the yeast is done. But I noticed alot of debris from the cherries. Will that settle or can I strain when I siphon I to the bottling bucket.

I have this recipe for american wheat ale, but its an all grain recipe, I wanted to know how much and what i can use to substitute the all grain to extract. This is what I have in the grains: Briess 2-Row Brewer's Malt 4 lbs, 4 oz Briess White Wheat 4 lbs, 4 oz Any help is appreciated

I agree 100% there is def the off flavors, Since i started putting together my on ingredients I have been using liquid yeast and it does exactly what I want

I think the "Brotherhood/Sisterhood" here and at the LHBS makes it so much more fun as well. Especially for the DIY in everyone

I just wanted to share my recent observations since i have jumped into this great new hobby. To get some background, I recently started brewing in January, with the purchase of a "Mr.Beer". Now this is where my observation start, and let me preface this by saying I am not knocking Mr Beer, but...

heffe brew bottle

Heffe Secondary

I thought the same thing regarding the surface temp, but then I recall seeing alot of people using the Fermometer strips on their primary

I found a infrared laser thermometer on Amazon for 15 bucks so I was wondering is this worth grabbing

Was looking for a proven recipe for this beer. I found one in the forums but no results. Has anyone tried this one with success. Also I'd be doing an extract version. Thanks in advance

That sounds like a nice one :)

I wanted some input for some of your favorite Summer brews. I want to start thinking of that next batch to be ready for Summer

I have not taken a reading I will have to get back...

The frequency of the bubbling in the airlock

My first 5 gallon batch has been in the secondary for a week, the fermenting has dropped alot. The Airlock may burp once every few minutes. Should I wait till it has completely stopped before bottling? Also I added Bananas when i racked it to the secondary, that seems to be still floating at the...