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Just bottled my Hefe last night. I took a sample to test the FG, but didn't actually check the gravity until this morning. The FG was a bit higher than anticipated, at .015. After the gravity test, I drank the sample and noticed a bandaid overtone. I recall hearing someone at my LHBS talking...

Some sort of critter ate my bag of priming sugar. I have never used cane or brown sugar for priming. Anyone know how much to use to prime a 5 gallon batch for bottling?

Since we are talking cleaners today. Where do you guys buy oxi-clean? I looked around Costco and could not find any. Been brewing a little over two years and never used anything besides a scrubby pad, water and Idopher to clean. Is that nasty? About time I gave everything a good cleaning. No...

I brewed the Black Pearl Porter found here:https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f126/black-pearl-porter-ag-24243/ The OG was 1.060. Left it in primary for 9 days then transferred to secondary before checking the gravity again. After putting my secondary back in the closet, I checked the gravity on my...

Just racked my Indio Pale Ale to secondary for the upcoming Phish shows. Dry hopped with an OZ of Cascade :ban: Any other Phish heads in here headed to the Halloween fest? Catch any of the recent shows? Bringing any tasty beers to the show for show and tell?

I'm brewing an Oatmeal stout this weekend. I was planning on brewing today, so I went ahead and toasted my flaked oats in the oven. After they were done, I had second thoughts about brewing today and am thinking of brewing tomorrow. Any downside to toasting the oats a day early? I figure it...

Yea, baby! My 1st Phish show in a loooooong time. I was thinking about packing some of my IPA's and checking them on the plane to share with my buddy in Chi-town. Do you guys think they would explode? I'm thinking yes. Next thing you know, I'm brewing jail house juice at Gitmo.

I added grain, stirred and thought I had my temp around 155, recipie calls for 152. Its about 10 mins until it should be done and the temp is still hovering around 155 - 156 degrees F. Is this ok, or will the higher temp screw me up?

Ideas? I have about 6 liter bottles of water in the freezer for ice blocks. I figure I would water bath the kettle and run the garden hose in the bath, so it refreshes with cool water. I would then santize the outside of the ice bottles and drop them directly in the wort to bring down to the...

Just cracked one of my IPA's at room temp and it's a gusher. They have been bottle conditioning in my closet for about 3 weeks now. After the gusher, I threw them all in the fridge. Any hope for fixing the gushing or do I just have to deal with it now?

I was pouring one into my glass the other day. I turned to rinse out the bottle, turned back to find a silver fish floating on the head of my beer :eek: unfortunately the wife saw this also and is now very skeptical about the health standards in my brewing space / garage. Guess it's time to...

I have been brewing for a little over a year now and feel it is time to make the leap to all grain. However, while I do have a spare cooler, it is not rigged for mashing. What is the simplest method for preparing a 1st (5 Gallon) AG batch without any special gear? Grain types and quantities...

Been lurking the forum for a few weeks. Good info to be had here. Started brewing about a year ago, but still consider myself a noob. I want to try brewing without extract soon. Time to look for some tips.