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    Cold conditioning question

    Im going to keg a batch of pale ale in the next couple days and had a couple questions i wanted to run by the experts :) after transfer i plan on purging the keg with co2 and letting it sit in the basement, i guess id consider this the secondary. from what i've read this should be ok - I...
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    i made my yeast starter yesterday

    but some work issues surfaced today and i wont be able to brew this weekend. can i throw my yeast starter in the fridge and use it next weekend? i would think it'd be fine - just let it warm up to room temperature before I pitched it. just wanted everyone's .02!
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    hand pump for a corny?

    I'll be hitting the lake this summer; 1 or 2 corny's of something in-hand. has anyone rigged one these up to a ball-lock corny before? http://www.beveragefactory.com/draftbeer/pumps/replacement/HP-700.shtml or 8" Black Plastic Hand Pump for Keg Beer | BeverageFactory.com i've...
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    bottling a lager

    I just primed and bottled a lager and since it's my first one im not sure what to do. do let it sit for a couple days at 65 degrees so it can carbonate and then stick it in the fridge? or do i stick it in the fridge and start lagering immediately?
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    do i need to lager my yeast starter?

    im doing my first lager in a few days so tonight im making a yeast starter. because it's a lager and im using yeast lager so the question begs; do i need to lager the yeast starter? or will a 60 room temperature do just fine?
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    oh no... not an infection...

    never thought Id live to see the day :( I've never seen one before so I cant be for certain *snorts* but I have a feeling this is infected: http://img403.imageshack.us/my.php?image=infection2qt5.jpg http://img444.imageshack.us/my.php?image=infection1sm3.jpg I think i know what...
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    Priming Question (and possible mistake)

    I just got finished bottling my batch of wheat ale and I think I might have done something wrong. I heated up a few cups of beer along with .75 cups of priming sugar and put it in the bottling bucket. I stuck the auto siphon in the secondary and started filling the bottling bucket with my...
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    Dry Hopping a Wheat?

    8 days ago I made a blue star wheat beer clone (partial mash) and after a lot of reading on these forums I have a few questions: 1) I bought an extra ounce of cascade hops to dry hop my wheat beer but now im wondering: should I even dry hop it? Is a wheat beer a type of beer you actually...
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    did i ruin my beer?

    im a beginning home brewer and I think I made a really stupid mistake today. I made a partial mash/extract wheat beer- "5 gallon" batch. i made 3 gallons of wort, put it in the primary but instead of topping it off with water at the 5 gallon mark, I topped it off at the 6 gallon mark...
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