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Getting ready to prepare a starter for my third home brew. Its Caribou Slobber from Northern brew, My kit came with Safale s-04 dry yeast, but the instructions called for Danstar Windsor ale yeast or Wyeast 1332 northwest ale yeast. My question... I have on hand, a bottle of White labs...

After three weeks in primary, I moved my brew to the carboy. I think I may have goofed adding the last dose of the hops. I had transferred about two gallons when I realized I had forgotten the hops. I stopped the siphon and added the hop pellets then resumed the siphon. The hops just sat on top...

does anyone know what a proper F G should be for Dead Ringer kit? I took a sample from my primary after one week I'm at 1020 @ 68 degrees.

Brewed a 5 gallon batch of dead ringer on Sunday. used a starter made from white labs 001 yeast.by Monday morning, fermentation was crankin. slowed a little by Tuesday and today,its slowed even more. Temp on bucket surface is 68. My OG was 1070. My question, I'm thinking of adding a little...

Brewed some dead ringer yesterday. My target OG was 1064 but I ended up at 1070 at 72 degrees. Why am I high and do I care? I followed direction 100 percent...well almost 100 %. When steeping my grains, I waited until water was 170 degrees and then steeped the bag for 20 minutes instead of...

Just put 5 gallons of Dead Ringer in the bucket! Smells awesome looks awesome! Love this stuff. First time in my life I actually followed ALL the instructions on anything. Many thanks to the forum members...got a lot of help. What a day...Smoked a salmon, brewed a beer, and fired some high...

Having ruined my package of Wyeast1056 by using too little water, I am now going to mix White labs 001 with Briess bavarian wheat DME and One liter of water. Can someone please give me a proper ratio. I don t own a scale need cups or spoons? I plan on brewing dead ringer tomorrow at half time...

First a confession...I followed a youtube video. I didn t come here first. Activated Wyeast 1056 at 11 pm Wednesday . Began starter at 6 am. The bag was well inflated. I combined 2 Cups of water with 2/3 cup of LME and boiled for 15 min. cooled to 72 degrees, added yeast. stirred vigorously It...

I made a starter with Wyeast 1056 last night. its in a beaker, but i dont have a stir plate. when i got home from work today there was a layer of stuff at bottom of beaker. there was very little bubbling goin on. I swirled it for about 3 minutes. how do i know if I have a viable starter? how...

I'm making a starter for dead ringer IPA. Using Wyeast smack pack. And some of the LME which came in the NB kit. I plan to combine 2/3 cup of LME with 2 cups of water. I pitch the yeast at about 70 degrees? Do i keep this starter at room temp? I'm brewing this batch on Sunday and I already...

My Dead Ringer kit has arrived. The yeast pack defiantly has some gas in it already. it is about 3/4 of an inch thick. Is this just a packaging gas? I can feel something in inside, activator? And hear liquid. I'm brewing this Sunday prior to the Superbowl. What should I do ? open it?

My German wheat is at the end of two weeks in fermenter. Gas production has all but ceased. But not quite. Perhaps a burp every 30 minutes or so. My LHBS guy told me to wait until the cup in my three piece airlock is sitting atop the tube with no gas evident. my OG was 1060 and my FG is now at...

Today's the day...bottling day, but i'm in a quandary. I've sampled some of my fine work and find it wanting. Its a German wheat, fermenting for 2 weeks at 68+-, its a kit from my LHBS, I followed almost all the instructions (i added a pound of Belgian dark sugar)and as much as I try to love my...

is there an advantage/ disadvantage to siphon or bucket with a spigot? seems a bucket with a spigot is a no brainer, easier than working a hose and racking cane?

Many thanks to Billy-Klubb for turning me onto Bells Two Hearted Ale. This brew is FANTASTIC! Feel like I have been on an often meandering quest for the perfect IPA and I've finally found it. Now I must brew it! On Klubb's advice going to try Dear Ringer. Anybody have any opinions or advice? The...

Noticed an increasing number of small bubbles attached to the side of my air valve . Is this indicative of any problem? real or imagined? this is my first brew it is a german wheat it is on its forth day in secondary.

I am awaiting the completion of my first brew. a German wheat. I may have blown it by adding too much sugar.(wanted some extra kick) I am looking for advice/recommendation for my next brew. My regular beer is Harpoon IPA. Also enjoy sierra pale ale, shock top Belgian White. I think wheat beer...

i'm brewing a german wheat my og was 1060 and after one week in primary it was 1011. i sampled it prior to racking into glass carboy for second fermentation. the color is a beautiful amber, it smells strong but wheatie, but tastes like a hard cidar. note...i added a pound of dark belgian sugar...

just moved my first home brew to a secondary fermenter. sample tastes terrible. there was no foam in primary. hydrometer bottomed out. did i blow it? og was 1060. it is a german wheat beer kit.

i ve just moved my first home brew from the primary to a secondary carboy. the sample tastes terrible. my hydrometer bottomed out. there was no foam at top of wort in pprimary. color looks good. question...did I blow it