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Thanks Yooper. That's what I needed to know. Instructions were clear, but my brewing experience was telling me "that can't be right." Thanks!

Hi all. Making my first wine from a WineXpert kit. Mixed everything together last weekend. Directions say wait 8 days then rack to secondary if gravity below 1.010. My wine is still fermenting actively. Do I rack the still-fermenting wine, or wait for it to wind down a bit. In brewing, my...

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I brewed a porter last weekend with Wyeast 1187 Ringwood Ale. Kind of a spur of the moment grab a recipe and brew session. Been reading up on Ringwood since then and sounds like an interesting yeast. Due to brewer error, my bucket lid was not properly sealed, which apparently is preferable for...

The only source of infection would seemingly be the bottling bucket, racking cane, tubing, and/or the bottles themselves. Since it affects the batch, that mostly rules out the bottles. The bottling bucket, cane, and tubing are frequently used for other brews that come out OK. I'm not saying that...

I boil filtered tap water and top-off with bottled water. I use StarSan to sanitize and PBW to clean. Different batches, different times, different fermenters - same results.

OK. This is going to be rough because I don't know that I can explain the problem well enough to get a reasonable suggestion for a solution. I am an experienced extract brewer. The vast majority of my beers have been quite good. I keg most of my brews, but have started bottling more to...

Thanks for all the replies guys, and the local tip nebben. I was actually planning about 6gal for a 5gal batch. My main concern is transfer of the wort from big pot to fermenter and filtering out the substantial pellet hop debris without clogging the filter. I boil on a nice gas stove that...

Jack hammer?

Doc - Do you have a pic of what your are talking about in the first part? As for the paint strainer deal, this is the type of set-up you are talking about, right?

So, Santa brought this: http://www.northernbrewer.com/brewing/brewing-equipment/brew-kettles/polar-ware-kettles/polarware-10-gal-brew-pot-w-1-2-ball-valve.html :ban: I am going to add a thermometer. I got a wort chiller with the pot. With a full boil, I plan to use the spigot to transfer...

I'm bottling this weekend. Went extra-long in the primary due to a nasty illness. 3 weeks in secondary, and 3 weeks in bottle. Ready for New Year's. Looking forward to my bottling taste this weekend.

Your LHBS or any online store. It's a white powder. http://www.northernbrewer.com/brewing/lactose-1-lb.html

So, I'm looking to brew a Xmas ale with some spices (Cinnamon, Ginger, Nutmeg, and Allspice). The spices are to be added to the wort during the last minute of the boil. I usually filter my trub when transferring the cooled wort to the primary. This will filter out the spices (I think). This...

I was hoping OP would show up. I haven't tasted this yet, but envision a fairly sweet beer (raspberry, chocolate, D2, etc.) Oak would seem to go in a very different direction. I feel like a noob homebrewer again as the waiting is killing me for this one beer, and I have 35+ gallons of...

Starters are popular here, and I am a recent convert... BUT, since you already bought two packs, pitch both and that should be about right, IMO.

Yep! :drunk:

I was thinking of brewing Jamil's "Black Scapular Dubbel" from BCS this weekend. Some questions: The recipe call for "Pilsener" LME. My LHBS store not have this. I looked at Northern Brewer and AHS and can't find it there either. NB had "Pilsen" LME that sounded right. Would Pilsen DME...

Definitely mail order. I got mine from Northern Brewer. Needed some for another recipe as well. From what I hear, there really is no substitute for this stuff. Add my raspberries two weeks ago, and had a surprisingly strong second fermentation. Prepared choco-vodka last weekend. This weekend...

I always add in the last 10-15 minutes of boil.