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bobbrews, can you please give some insight on how you came up with these numbers and why? Also, is there something specific you don't like about LME or do you have the normal reservations about freshness, color etc.? Also, what will the corn sugar provide (besides more fermentables)? I'll...

I may have a bit of OCD because I kept tweaking it until I got nice round numbers while keeping the same OG. I have no idea what my efficiency is going to be, so I just left it at like 70%. My thinking is that if I come up short on my pre-boil gravity I'll just bump it up with a bit more LME...

I've been wanting to pull the trigger and switch to all-grain, but have decided to take the intermittent and cheaper (for now) step of partial mashing. I wanted to convert a recipe that I brewed using extract but was originally an all grain recipe. I used Beersmith to convert the original...

I'm fixing to begin buying my hops in 4oz quantities online where they are much cheaper/oz. My concern is storing these puppies since I'll probably only use 1-2oz per recipe. A couple of questions: 1) These hops are frozen at the vendor's location (Farmhouse Brewing), then shipped and I...

I've been looking for recipe kits but always hate paying the $8-$10 for shipping. I noticed on the Northern Brewer website that they have the instructions for each kit, including the ingredients posted for you to download for free. Does anyone know if this document will match the recipe...

I've read all sorts of things regarding water quality. Now that I'm ready to make the move to all grain, I've read that the RO water I've been using for extract brewing will not work very well. I'd hate getting ahead of myself by messing with water chemistry being that I'm still pretty new to...

I fermented this at 62F in a temp controlled chamber, but by the time I was racking to the bottling bucket in this case I had already cold crashed it for a week or so down to about 33F and had let it get back to room temp to make sure it carb'd right. Would there still be residual CO2 there?

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Today, I threw away half of my beer in anger. Siphoning is always an issue for me. I had a Pale Ale that had been in the secondary for 3 weeks and dry hopping for another week that I was about to bottle. On my transfer to the bottling bucket, i noticed a whole bunch of bubbles in the line. I...

Doesn't look like my LHBS has any Simcoe in stock and not sure if they carry them at all, anybody have a good substitute for it? I read there really isn't one, but anybody know of a hop that goes well with Columbus/Chinook based on it's characteristics? Or should I just stick my nose in some...

OK, so I started brewing a few months ago. I'm 5 batches in, 2 one gallon all grains and 3 extract brews. My latest is fermenting in my brand spanking new fermenting chamber, which I'm really pumped about. Can't wait to see what a properly fermented beer tastes like. At any rate, the SWMBO...

1.) I just stepped up to 5 gallon batches from 1 Gallon. I'm concerned about cooling the wort on bigger batches. Guys at the LHBS said since i'm still doing extract brews i can add ice cold (clean) water post boil to top it off and cool it as well, along with the ice bath. I've also read that...

At what point in the fermentation schedule do you dry hop? Or did you dry hop it in the Keg? Also, did you ever rack to a secondary?

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I while back I ran across a post someone made that included a real nice spreadsheet of chest freezer model numbers vs how many carboy/buckets/kegs each could theoretically hold based on dimensions. I've been looking for it like crazy all morning and cant' find that post :confused: . Can...

Quick question by a beginner, does 1.00 oz Simcoe @ DH 7 days mean to dry hop for 7 days or add the dry hops on day 7? If the latter, then does this mean leave them in there for the duration of fermentation?