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my local store sells them in plastic bags. which rip fairly easily. The same with dextrose. I guess last time I used it I had to change to a plastic bag from my closet and I did not label at all. you all think everybody who homebrews is a pro? I maybe have 8-9 brews I have done, luckily about...

sadly guys this is no joke! but i got my answer here! the slimey feeling got it. My Darwin award trophy should arrive soon 😂

i know its a funny question. but i got it mixed up with the dextrose. and both are sweet to taste, so I am completely lost on how to distinguish between them.

Good luck m8, what's the expected fg for an apple wine?

Thanks for the answer! I'll take your advice and wait it out. Measured sg with hydrometer, 3 times. As I was confused as to how I can go so much over my expected og.

Hi everybody, i am in the process of making my 1st graf, and right at the start i managed to screw it up a bit. my recipe: 1kg extra light dme muntons 350g steep 30l caramalt 200g steep carapils 9 IBU with some bittering hops 2.4 Liter of apple concentrate (this is where i fked it up)...

Hey, I have a chance to buy a small 6L cornelius keg. Since I never kegged before, would it be possible to completely cool it down 24\48 hours in my fridge before serving? can I pressurize it with c02 for lets a week or two, disconnect it, put it fridge for 48H, then reconnect to c02 and serve...

Hey eveybody, I made this recipe up trying to clone a Luma (a dry hopped carlsberg) using ale yeast. I ended up getting a different beer, but everybody who had it says its amazing. Ingredients: ------------ Amount Item Type % or IBU 0.2 lb carapils 0.2 lb crystal 10l 5.50 lb Extra light dry...

this is probably one of the best beers I ever had. I think it will be my first uploaded recipe, as even though its green its amazing. Will obviously wait until the bottles are properly conditioned. to finish this thread and answer the post: I got to 88% attenuation with us-05, working with...

Thanks. I think I will do that then. Use 2l of ice as top off just to lower temp faster. I top off all of my batches with at least 8L of water that is usually 50% ice. Never had much issue. Not saying there is no risk but for me it's the same risk as always.

Thank you. Can I go around the IBU problem by boiling for example, 5L of water with bittering hops, and freezing them? I can then use them as the top off portion of my water. Another approach is to go with less top off and doing basically a no chill. I can time my brewing to finish towards the...

It's my 7th or 8th beer alltogether, so I dont quite understand you yet. any chance for a link or something that can help me study?

I appreciate the reply! I think I will try to do a 5.5l top off, and just use it as a base standard on this brew size. Those IBUs are as high as they get

Hey guys, I am going to brew a pliny the elder clone for the first time, using my own Extract version. The fermenter vol is 13.7L and my top off will be 5.5L the question is, is the IBU calculated by beersmith true? Can i really get to 100IBU's with only about 60g of hop providing most of my...

okay. seems like it has stopped bubbling yesterday and fg is at 1.004 since this has never happened to me (i am new, and do only extract) i will attribute the low fg to the amylase enzyme doing its job. I will let the beer have another week in primary before bottling. however I am sure I am...

just as a quick update to all interested. I made a 1.050 OG beer, with us-05 and added alpha amylase right with the yeast pitch. Dont know if it has anything to do with it but airlock is bubbling hard less than 3H after pitch. Will update on FG. This is an extract beer

last update on this. Beer is friggin awesome after aging for 6 weeks. everybody love it.

Okay, since I got no reply I went ahead and brewed this according to recipe, with minor changes: yeast is k-97 Total lactose is 230G, which is 8oz and 3 Oz total of real pure vanilla extract half vanilla after boil, half when bottling. my thoughts? barely any sweetness from lactose. this is my...

i feel kind of stupid now. i went to take another gravity reading after writing this, thinking perhaps it actually finished as I pitched warm. i saw it didnt finish, as expected fg is 1.012 and it is 1.022, so I gave it a little shake. I could actually see (i use a non clear plastic fermenter)...

as the title says. Some details: brewed 13L in a 26L fermenter SG was 1.054 Current Gravity is 1.022 airlock was bubbling pretty strong, but not strongest Ive seen, starting 2 hours from pitching. its been less than 48H and now airlock completely halted I pitched at 29C, k-97 yeast. any...