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I've been away from brewing for several years. I decided to get back into it. So I messed around with extract brewing for five or six attempts before going back to all grain brewing. This was my first Attempt at an all grain in seven or eight years. I decided to make a blonde ale because it's...

I would say take the airlock out and stick a stopper in the hole and you will be fine. If you have a CO2 tank, you can put a little bit of CO2 in the airlock hole before you seal it up. Just my two cents...

I completed my second and third brews since starting back up with home brewing. My first batch was a nice red ale that is all gone except four quart bottles I have stashed away to condition for another couple weeks. My second batch was a vanilla cream ale I brewed in an attempt to get my...

Basically, a 120v 15 amp circuit has the potential for 1800 watts. 120*15. Rule of thumb is to keep it around 80% of max or 1440 watts. That being said, 1500 watts on a 15 amp circuit would be okay. If you had 12 gauge wire, you could run a 20 amp circuit and get up to 2400 watts or 1920...

Sounds great!

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How much total liquid do you have in the primary now? 5 gallons? My only guess is you ended up with too much water.

Looks pretty good to me. Tastes great. A little more time in the bottle should clean up the "green" flavors and make it even better.

I am in like Errol Flynn...

Is 1.08 your OG??

Good idea. I cracked on open this weekend to test (couldn't wait) and it was starting to carb nicely. Not quite ready for prime time, but had some carbonation and tasted great. Another week or two will do the trick. I like Country Wines. There is also a small shop in Oakmont that has a nice...

I have an old coal chute in my basement that is separated from the rest of the basement and is not heated. This winter I put a thermometer in there and found that it generally stayed about 10 degrees F higher than the outdoor temperature. I cold crashed a red ale in there a couple weeks ago...

Update - I moved these to a slightly warmer location. In my old house here in Pittsburgh, it would cost a literal fortune to keep this place at 70 degrees. I did put it in an upstairs bedroom that stays in the high 60s. I am going to give it two or three more weeks before I try a bottle. I...

One quick question. My bottles are being stored in a closet that holds pretty steady at 62-64 degrees. I am guessing about a month to carb the bottles at this temp. Is there a way to gauge carbonation without opening a bottle? Again, it was Nottingham yeast and it fermented with no issues at...

Lived in Randleman NC (just south of Greensboro) for about 12 years before returning north. Good times down there.

Thanks. I bottled tonight and was amazed at how clear the beer was. The transfer to the bottling buck left me awestruck. I was used to the cloudy brew of old. I ended up with 27 22oz bottled. Gave it a taste and it is just what I was hoping for. I have three more dozen 22oz bottles, so I...

This is my first post on this forum. I have been lurking for a few months as I made the decision to get back into home brewing. I started brewing back in the late 1980's in Nova Scotia using prehopped extract kits (Doric was the name - I still remember it). I did finally make the transition...