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As of thursday December 8th, 2005 I officially became a father. Louryn Mae Brady has come into my life to steal my heart and never return it. :) She weighs 6lbs 14 oz and is just beautiful. Pics of me and my girl!

My basment is around 60F during the winter, am I going to get effective bottle carbination down there? I currently use 1 cup corn sugar and 3/4 cup water to carbonate the beer. Im also thinking about trying dme, seeing as how most of you guys use that. How much dme would you use at this temp?

Im looking to start making wine. I was wondering if there was a reason wine is kept in large bottles and if there is any reason why i couldent bottle it in beer bottles. Heres why; If i make wine it will be drunk in very rare occations, and in small amounts. I dont want to open a large...

Guys, I need a well established Hefeweizen recipe. Post some recipes that youve used and liked. Ive looked on beerrecipes.org but I want to make something that people know they like.

I have a beer in bottle conditioning right now and i forgot to find the og and fg while i was making it. Anyone out there with some software that could help me out with some estimates? Id like to estimate the strength of the beer. ½ lbs. American 10L 3lbs. Light DME 3lbs. Extra Light DME...

How do you keep your fermenting buckets warm during the winter? I live in minnesota and my basement might be in the 50's. I was thinking about filling a tub with water and using a fish tank heater in it.

Ive read a lot about reusing trub. I really dont want to use the trub from the primary becuase I dont want to bring extra stuff like malt or hops. Does anyone know if the trub in the secondary is acceptable?

Which do you prefer and add a why.

This is a picture of my first brew. This is the most basic of basic, using only liquid extract and it turned out wonderful. Thanks to walker for hosting my picture.

Ive been reserching doing yeast starters on this board. Ive come up with the fact that yeast starter multiplies your yeast to create quicker/better fermentation. Makes sence. My question is, how long can you keep this yeast alive once youve done a starter, and how do you do so? Basicly im...

It was my first time using the wyeast liquid yeast, and i was just wondering if everyone creates a yeast starter or not. I chose not to for lack of time. Im trying to figure out why my beer is taking so long to ferment. Its been in the primary for 10 days now, and im still getting a...

I know the rule of thumb is to rack your beer to the secondary after 1 week. This is the first time ive used the liquid wyeast and im still getting a bubble in my airlock once every 4 seconds. Its been exacly one week, shoud I put it in the secondary tonight?

Are the 5L minikegs that you can buy filled with beer such as coors light reusable? Do they make bugs to seal off the red plastic tap and reuse them with a co2 tap, or are their only spacific kegs that are reusable?

This is only my second brew so im very new to this. My question is: is it normal to have fruit flies near the airlock? It was in the primary for a week, now its been in the secondary for about 12 days and i just recently saw about 2 or 3 fruit flies buzzin around the airlock. This is called an...

Hey guys, i saw this keg system on ebay and i was wondering if anybody knows anything about it. Please let me know what you think. http://cgi.ebay.com/Roto-Keg-for-Homebrewing-Lager-or-Ale_W0QQitemZ4404736802QQcategoryZ38172QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I made my first cider today, and i used the same recipie as buddhabuddha. I was going to add the concentrate but i couldent find a concentrate that didnt have preservitives. Is there a concentrate w/out preservetives and i just need to look harder, or is it ok to use one with preserves if the...

Hello, im new to homebrewing as you can see from my post count. For beers that need time to age any given amount of time, can you age it in the secondary(glass carboy) or is it better to age in bottles under compression.