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I've got a bunch of bottles that are so ****ing stubborn when it comes to removing the labels. I've soaked them for 3 days and I still need a paint scraper to remove the lables. Ideally I would like to get some sort of industrial strength cleaning solution that will do the work for me. Any...

I've got a porter going; pitched two packs of dry Safale US-05 about 8 days ago. we'll see what happens.

i use pickling salt in my water.

I have a theory on this topic. Through some home brewing experimentation, I have come to the conclusion, that the activity that you are seeing in your carboy is actual a precise replica of the primordial ooze that all of the life on earth evolved from billions of years ago. Basically We all...

I just tossed some cascade pellets into my primary for dry hopping. I've had this American Pale Ale in the primary for 15 days now and in about 6 days I'm going to bottle it!:tank:

It's all about the ritualized initiations and secret hand shakes.

fruit-fly's... I'm still worried about thirsty otters.

Any one ever dry hopped with Ginger? is this a bad idea? I like the taste of ginger ale, and i'm toying with the idea of incorporate ginger somehow in my next batch.... suggestions/ recipes?

Thanks, that put's my mind at ease.

spelling was never my best subject! lol

Just bought a 2 gallon fermentation bucket, Pitched the yeast last night. today I went down to the basement to check how things were coming-along, and noticed very weak tremblings from the air lock. I think I have a bad seal on the bucket. Will this effect the beer inside and is it to late...

thanks Yuri I've never considered cold crashing, but after a little research I'm thinking that it sounds like a great idea. maybe I could bottle the porter, wait 4 weeks for the beer to carbonate, then cold condition for another four weeks? :mug:

Hi Is it necessary to age a porter? is it better to rack to a secondary or can I go strait to bottling after fermentation is complete?

Like you I'm doing my first heavy beer a Barley Wine. Well I've read on one of the posts that to up the alcohol content you can re-pitch a white wine yeast when you rack to a secondary. Call me crazy but I'm really considering going that extra step. I hope the barely wine doesn't turn out...

Hey while making my last batch I broke my hydrometer during the initial sanitation. Now I don't know what the OG was. :mad: Is there computer software that will estimate the OG? I used 6 lbs of coopers light liquid extract and 3 lbs of DME and steaped 1 lbs of specialty grains. I...

My last two beers I used tap water in the wort and toped of the 5 Gal bucket with 2.5 Gal of distiled water:cross:.

I use a kit from a local Salt Lake City Store called the Beer Nut. India Pale Ale (American Style) This recipe was formulated with the help of the original brewer for The Desert Edge Brewery: Peter Kruger. This is what Desert Edges UPA would be if they were not constrained by the 3.2 alcohol...

So like jrakich87 I'm new to home brewing and jrakich87's post just inspired me to taste the fruits of my first batch. I started My first batch on Sep 25, it's an IPA and I had it in the primary for just under two weeks. Well I just tried a bottle out and I think I'm in love! It actualy taests...

Zima; man I hate that stuff. I think I once drank about 6oz's I had to find a shrub to pore the rest out on. here in Utah there is a limit on alcohol content in store bought beer, all my friends are used to beer with an alcohol content of no more than 3.2%. What I really want to do is make...

I just bottled my first IPA today its been in the primary for just about two weeks. You guys have helped out a lot with my question on alternatives to malt extract, so I've decided to forget that whole idea for a while, I've decided to go with a barley wine instead ($47's for the kit at the...