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  1. jamina1

    First time using Steeped Grains, WAY over on OG

    Hey all, I just finished up brew day with my first recipe using steeped grains. I scaled up a 1-gallon all-grain batch that I had previously made, and converted the primary malt to extra pale DME. I put all this into beersmith, aiming for a 3 gallon batch, here's the recipe...
  2. jamina1

    "No Chill" wort transfer

    Hey all! I'm relatively new and since I don't have a lot of equipment yet I've decided to no-chill / slo-chill. I almost always pitch yeast within 24 hours but as I don't have an immersion chiller I've just been letting the wort cool down in the pot or in the fermenter. This was batch #4, and...
  3. jamina1

    Do you always use a Yeast Starter?

    Howdy! I'm a fairly new homebrewer and last night I brewed my first 5 gallon batch. I've done 3 - 1.5 gallon all-grain beers before hand, but since I still lack equipment for complete all grain at larger size, this was just an extract kit. :mug: The kit came with Danstar Munich dry yeast, so...
  4. jamina1

    Hop residue in bottle

    We just bottled our first IPA which was dry hopped for about 4 days with some pellet hops, right into the fermenter. Unfortunately when we siphoned it into the bottling bucket we picked up quite a bit of hop residue and most of that made it into the bottles (to the point that it clogged our...
  5. jamina1

    Smells like apple juice?

    Took a hydrometer reading to check on fermentation for my very first batch of beer this evening and I'm disconcerted that it smells like apple juice. :confused: It was fermented with Safale US-05 and I'm not sure its quite "done" yet because the sample tasted pretty yeasty, so I'm going to...
  6. jamina1

    How do you clean the inside of the wine thief?

    So the water in my basement is apparently not hooked up to our water softener, which means a lot of minerals. So far, hasn't caused a problem (don't brew with it) but I've been using the utility sink down there to clean my stuff before and after brew day and make up my StarSan. I had just...
  7. jamina1

    Best Fermenter / Process for Small Batches

    Hello! I am relatively new and I have one batch under my belt. It's in the fermentor right now (2 gallon plastic bucket) so I'm not sure if it has turned out yet. However, I experienced some issues with my first batch because it was such a small size, and I'd like to continue to brew small...
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