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  1. xaturnascends

    Bottle conditioning with new yeast?

    Hey everyone, I was a fairly steady homebrewer for a while but had to take a couple years off while serving on active duty in the army. I recently got out and got back into home brewing. I recently did this recipe: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f65/irish-red-1st-place-hbt-comp-141086/...
  2. xaturnascends

    Air Lock Question

    I brewed my first AG brew on Sunday and it's in a 5.5 gallon primary fermentation bucket, I left very little air space in the bucket and it started fermenting like crazy yesterday, leaking foam out of the airlock and all over the bucket. Today when I got home the airlock was clogged with trub...
  3. xaturnascends

    first AG brewed yesterday.

    I did my first AG yesterday and it went perfectly and I just wanted to thank everyone for all the advice they gave me to make everything go so smoothly. Did a 6 gallon batch of citrus wheat, hit all my temps, hit OG right on the mark at 1.045, my fly sparge went perfect and damn does it smell...
  4. xaturnascends

    First Partial Mash...help please!

    Please help! I did my first partial mash today, a hoegaarden clone, and I really hope it turns out okay but i'm really worried. I was following the recipe to the T. I did a stove top partial boil, about 3/4 of the way through my 45 min boil I discoved that the ingredient list included 1.25 lbs...
  5. xaturnascends

    45,000 btu enough?

    In your opinion, is a 45,000 propane BTU turkey fryer enough for a keggle? I know the king kooker is only 55,000 and i know people use them....advice?
  6. xaturnascends

    Looking to build a keggle...aluminum or stainless?

    I was at my first local home brewer's meeting last night and a bunch of them suggested that I get some kegs to turn into keggles for my brewpot and mash tun, however, I was also told not to use aluminum. Which used kegs, ig. commercial beers, use steel instead of aluminum for their kegs? I...
  7. xaturnascends

    New from South Jersey.

    Hey everyone, I've posted a couple threads but never really formally introduced myself. I've done a couple extract brews, this sunday is my first partial mash and i've been steadily collecting and building equiptment for my first AG next weekend. Anyone in here from around south jersey? I'm...
  8. xaturnascends

    Anyone know where to have labels printed?

    I would like to get some labels printed on black glossy label paper for fairly cheap, probably around 200 for now.
  9. xaturnascends

    Some questions on AG brewing equipt, with pictures.

    Hey Guys, I'm getting ready to do my first AG brew next weekend, this weekend is a partial mash. Anyway, over the last 2 days I have built an MLT and a immersion chiller. pics are below. I couldn't find the recommended parts so I had to improvise in some areas of my builds. On the Immersion...
  10. xaturnascends

    shower head for sparging?

    Hey guys, just got finished building my 5 gallon army cooler MLT. I was going to buy a 10 gallon but as i'm in the army and we had one lying around for free i decided I minus well build it, and only cost 7 dollars in parts, although i built it differently then other's i have seen, will post...
  11. xaturnascends

    Suggestions?

    Hey guys, I'm doing my first partial mash brew this weekend and have a couple questions. I am not sure with method i'm going to use for cooking the malt. I have a 4 gallon stainless steel pot or a turkey fryer. Is a 4 gallon pot enough? I'm planning on brewing about 5 gallons of a hoegaarden...
  12. xaturnascends

    Help with a setup

    Hey everyone, this site is amazing and it makes me giddy just to read how much everyone here loves beer. It make me feel like I found long lost family! Haha, enough of the corniness. Here's my deal, I bought my dad a Mr. Beer kit for Christmas, as we're both very avid beer drinkers and both...
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