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I had to substitute German Pilsner for the American Pilsner. Any thoughts on how this may affect this recipe? I plugged everything into Beersmith and it's telling me the ABV is gonna be 5.9%. Seems high and definitely more ABV than I'm looking for out of this beer. Regardless, can't wait...

Ok. Any ideas as to what would create so much trub? I've made this recipe before and didn't experience this. Also, do I need to wait for that to fall to the bottom before bottling/legging?

This is my fifth extract with steeping grains batch (a repeat recipe) and this one has an odd film on the sides of the carboy. Has anyone seen this before? Thanks.

When you say to do late extract additions as well do you mean to split the extract amount, add 1/2 at the beginning of the boil and the other half late in the boil? Thank you!

I have used a couple of kit 5 gal recipes. The instructions required 2.5 gal to be boiled and then top off to 5gal in in the primary fermenter. I am looking at recipes on hopville.com and their 5 gal recipes have pre-boil wort volume at 5.8 gal. Would these recipes be affected by using a...

Cool they sold me a ball lock keg with a pin lock lid. Thanks for the help.

Are there any instances when I would want to purge while the gas was connected?

Tried to push - no go. Unfortunately the guy at the HB store today didn't know how to either. (Sorry for the double post.)

I feel dumb lol.

I feel dumb lol.

That's sweet. I too am curious how you access the inside of the freezer.

So, first time using leaf hops.....filtering from kettle to primary fermenter didn't go so well. So I had to end up transferring all of the leaf hops into the fermenter. Will this effect my end product (a honey IPA)? I can remove them in 7 days when I transfer to secondary/dry hop. Or should I...

Hmmmm it's actually a 5 gal recipe: http://www.brewersbestkits.com/pdf/1039%202013%20Belgian%20Saison%20Recipe.pdf Like I said, I'm a beginner also, should the fermentables be somewhere around 9lbs total for 5gal recipes?

Great info, thanks so much WoodlandBrew. Keystone, you're exactly right it is a Belgian Saison! Were you able to determine that just based on the expected FG being that low? Here is the ingredient list: FERMENTABLES 4 lb. Light DME 1 lb. Candi Syrup SPECIALTY GRAINS 1 lb. Vienna 12 oz...

Have a friend who used a kit. They were in target with their OG of 1.05. FG was supposed to be 1.10. Their reading for FG is 1.005. I am a beginner myself so I'm wondering if this is normal and what may cause the FG to be below the stated FG and also that close to 1.0? Thanks!

Thanks! Every little change is making me nervous this first batch.

Is it normal to accumulate krausen in the blow out tubing?

Cool, I'll throw some StarSan in there. Thanks!

Brewing my first batch, I had to rig up a blowout tube from my airlock tonight to avoid some major messiness. I have it running to a bucket with some water in it. Do I need to keep the bucket with water in it sanitized? Thanks!