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Hey all, it has been a while since I have last posted; hence the e-mail that just reminded me. I have not brewed a whole lot lately due to health and finances. Money has been a little tight, but last July I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes and had to really learn when and how much I could...

I am just getting done with fermenting my first lager. I decided to start with a dopplebock. My O.G. was 1.097 and I just transferred after 40 days of fermentation and it is currently at 1.033. My estimated F.G. was 1.024. The question I have is do I transfer to my lagering fridge and leave it...

I know that some of this has been touched on in the forum. What I am really looking for is a table or graph that will list each strain of yeast with a flavor/ester profile in regards to temperature range. If anyone knows of such a spread sheet or website that would have this I would greatly...

I have been thinking about this lately: I want to get something else for my brewery, but what. I have narrowed it down to 3 items of what I want to get. The first is a grain mill, next is pump and then a refractometer. Just looking for some answers from others on which order should I purchase...

I ran into a find. I ended up with 2 8 gallon oak barrels and the only thing that they were used for was red wine. When I go them they had not had any wine in them for about 6 months, but were half full of water to help keep them moist inside. What is the best way to help condition these? I am...

After getting my daily gross of freecycle e-mails I ran across one where a guy was getting rid of some of his old brewing equipment and bottles. When I got there, he had about 150 quart bottles, 2 20 gallon fermenting buckets and then he gave me 2 8 gallon oak barrels that he keep filled with...

Here is the question I brewed a high end IPA but reading and what the calculator gave me was more of and IIPA. Here is what I used and please tell me where you think it should fall. .25 lb of Melanoidin malt .5 lb of victory malt 1 lb of carapils 1lb of munch 1 lb of corn sugar 3 lbs of...

I have gotten a few old beer bottles from a friend and there are a couple of green bottles in there with Koala Bear on the neck. I was just wondering if anybody knew what was orginally in the bottles.

I have harvest so far: 1st year Chinook plant 3.9 oz dried. 2nd year Willamette Plant 1.7 oz dried Total 5.6 oz dried. :mug:

I have noticed that some of my leaves are having some sort of insect eating big holes in some of my leaves. I have my hops growing on my fence and most of the leaves that are being eaten are those closest to the fence and maybe about 6 inches back. The only other animal I know of is soon to...

Looking at using corn sugar for my belgian blonde. But while talking to a local brewer at the local brew pub, he recommended using Turbinado sugar instead. I am just trying to get a feel from others on if they would do the same thing. :)

I am looking at bottling my Belgain Blonde and was wondering if regular 12 or 22 oz beer bottles will hold between 3 and 3.5 volumes of CO2. Thanks in advance for the info! :tank:

Has anyone ever had their secondary expand out the top of the carboy? I had an IPA in my carboy and I racked it onto 2 oz of hops for some dry hopping action and it filled about 2 inches below the bung. Now I have an IPA pushing its way into my airlock and smelling rather tasty, but it still...

Well, I had a friend give a free Miller keg. I have depresserized and removed the dip tube and started cleaning. What are some of the next steps that I need to take?

1/4 lb of Chocolate Malt 1 lb of Flaked Oats 1 lb of Munich Malt 3/4 of Roasted barley (300) 1 lb of Wheat malt .125 oz of Lactose 7 lbs of extra light LME 1.7 oz of Goldings (4.2% AA) @ 60 min 1 oz of Goldings (4.2% AA) @ 5 min Added Lactose with 10 minutes left in the boil. Pitched Wyeast...

I just brewed a Chocolate Oatmeal Stout and the target gravity was supposed to be 1.054. But my OG was 1.105. This seems a lot higher than it should be, did I oops somewhere. Here is the recipe that I used. 1/4 lb of Chocolate malt 1 lb of Flaked Oat 1 lb of Wheat malt 1 lb of...

I bought a kit and made a nut brown for the first batch. Kind of interesting, added 8 lbs of dark DME to the boil and then fermented. Bottled a week later, and drank the first one 2 weeks later on my birthday. Happy Birthday to me and I can't stop drinking them. I have shared them with...