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I had the same experience with my first big beer. I racked it according to plan instead of according to the gravity. Start at 1.091, wait two weeks, rack, and wait again. I should have waited until the gravity stablized. Even if it doesn't show activity, it probably is. Most big beers take...

Where did you get malted sorghum and in what physical forms is it available? I believe the Spoetzl Brewery in Shiner (I think available only in TX) uses primarily sorgum for their brewing. I have always wanted to try it in my homebrew.

Yes, they are rotated. It's just easier to keep the files in this orientation for printing and cutting purposes. What is pitched lettering?

It's nothing fancy. I based it off of Westmalle's lables. It's easy to modify and very flexible. My logo needs help, for sure, as I'm not much of a graphic designer.

Well damn, that puts me to shame. Those labels/logos are friggin' awsome. I just figured out how to post images and was going to post my lables for critique. But now I'm a little embarassed. I'll go ahead and start my thread but maybe I'll take you up on that offer. I really need help...

I hope this post works. It took all of 5 minutes to approximate your logo, insert it on the lable and play with the colors.

I just made you a lable template based off of my own template design. I use GIMP2, so if you use it (it's free BTW) you can just change the name and stats. Only problem is I'm not so proficient at using message boards and can't figure out how to post the lable I've made. Can anyone help me...

Most of you aren't fortunate enough to have Lone Star at the ready, but I'm more that willing to drink the National Beer of Texas all night long. Save the home brew and micros to be apreciated some other time.

"thumb goes above the 2 in the pink" FIFY

Why do people always leave the thumb off the shocker?!? Any woman (or monkey if you prefer) will tell you, the thumb is key to successful shocking.

Bump. Still looking for help. Does anyone know where I could find this brew in the states?

Hey I'm trying to get SWMBO interested in brewing. For her first batch, she said she wants to clone Abby de Leffe's dark beer, which is not available in Austin and I have never had. Has anyone here had it? Could anyone approximate a recipe? I only have the gear for partial mash brewing...

I'm not advocating for a stout that is 1/3 Coke. I'm just saying that that is how much I had to mix into Guiness and Anchor Porter to get a flavor difference. Now, the sugar content ruined the beer long before I could taste the Coke, but fermentation would take care of that issue. My...

Wow, some posters can be real hum-bugs, huh? I think it's a great idea, but you'll have to use way more than a can of Coke to taste anything. I had this great idea too, when I first started brewing. In experimenting to see how much of the flavor would come through, I mixed Coke with Guiness...

Like I said, it's only my second batch to go in kegs. I haven't won the lotto yet, so I have to acquire gear peice at a time:( Soon enough though, my friend. Soon enough.

Okay, so I just racked my blonde ale from secondary to the keg. The secondary was cold crashed so it was close to 35 deg in the keg. I turn up the pressure to 25 psi and shook the piss out of the keg. I hear the regulator pushing extra co2 into the beer for about 2 minutes, finished up with a...

Thanks for the responses y'all. I was only considering it to save time, so I guess I'll just do this the long way. Steeping the grain for 15 minutes doesn't sound like a bad idea instead of mashing for 45, but I'll have to consult my fellow nascent brewers on that one. Thanks again for...

I'm trying to save some time tonight since I'm having to brew on a weekday evenning. I'm doing a partial mash and plan to start the boil (3 gallons) with all my sugars in at the same time that I start the grain mashing (2 gallons, with sparge water). Then I'll add the mashed grains to the wort...

I want to ferment some Tang (the powdered veriety). I've long considered using it as an adjunct in a batch of Apfel Wein.

I have Photoshop and GIMP, I just don't know much about using the filters to create cool effects like that. I'll google around and look for a tutorial though. Thanks for the advice!