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Hey All, I just finished a brown ale Brewhouse kit I was given. Original FG was 1.050 (or possibly 1.058, for some reason I thought it was higher than 1.050) pitched May 19th. Wrote it down in my log book, then I did my standard "pitch your yeast, watch it for a few days, then ignore it...

Hi All, Thought I'd share some excerpts from my wonderful brew day yesterday, see if anyone gets a chuckle. To cut down on bulk, I'll only mention the things that went wrong. -Get distracted mid way through filtering some water, and walk away until the water has overflowed the bucket...

I was wondering if anyone had an idea for a clone of Okanagan Spring 1516. This is a Canadian beer, and one of my favorites. The main marketing for it is that it complies with the bavarian purity laws of 1516. http://www.1516.ca I'd love to do a clone, but I'm not advanced enough with...

I've got a batch of Rolf's Irish Red Ale happily bubbling away in my fermentation chamber. I pitched notty on Sunday, and am holding the temp at 18*C (65*F). I usually ignore a new batch for a solid 3 weeks before bottling, but I'd like to do another batch ASAP, and I'm wondering how long...

Hey All, I've got 30 lbs of 2 row that is rapidly approaching the 1 year mark. My brewery has been out of commision due to renos for almost 3 months, and I'm running out of beer! I'm hoping some more experienced brewers can point me in the right direction. My goal is to brew a few good...

Hi All, I'm hoping someone can confirm what how I'm interpretting my water report. I just did my first AG using filtered tap water, and the end product has a harsh bitterness to it. Not pleasent bitter... smack you in the face bitter. I've been reading up about water quality, and I'm...

So I'm having one of those "oh crap" moments. I was mixing up a batch of Graff last night, and didn't double check my recipe before adding my DME. Turns out I only added 1lb instead of two. I pitched last night around 10:30pm. I probably won't have a big krausen for at least another 24...

Hey All, I recently ordered a few things online, and I'm pretty sure they sent my package to my home address instead of my work address as requested. What this means is that instead of sitting in my nice warm office until I got them, they've been sitting in a community mailbox since...

Hey All, I just cracked into my first beer, and it's really good. A brewhouse octoberfest kit. It was a lot of work (mostly caused by the fact that I'm a newb, and almost all my gear is second hand aka dirty!), and it was from a brewhouse kit (hard to screw up), but it's my first, and I'm...

Hey All, I've got a brewhouse octoberfest kit on the go downstairs. It's basically a 15L premade wort that you top up with 8L of water then pitch... something between AG and extract. I've been following instructions so far: Started in an 10G plastic pail (lid just sits loose on top, no...

Hi All, I've got a question about dry yeast and standard snail mail. I'm having a lot of trouble finding Montrachet yeast in my city, and on any canadian supplier's sites. Snail mail is cheap, and yeast packets are small enough to fit into an envelope. If I can someone willing to send...

Hey All, I fired up my first batch of apfelwein on Oct 18th. It's happily bubbling away downstairs... and I was thinking about gifting some of it around xmas time. I'm planning on doing 2 beer kits as well, and I thought a tasters pack would be a good gift (and it gives me a good excuse...

Hey all, I'm trying to get my hands on some oddball items that I can't seem to find here in Canada. Most US retailers won't ship to canada, or charge a small fortune to do so. Here's my list: Starsan (16oz) Montrachet Yeast (several packs.. I'd say at least 5). I'm kinda hoping I...

Hey All, I've got a question regarding mixing no rinse sanitizers with tap water. I've tried to search it out, but I haven't had much luck finding an answer. The water in my area is very hard and treated with chloramines, and I know not to use it for brewing. I have been using it for...

Hey All, I've been lurking around here for the last 2 months, and I think it's finally time I put up a post or two. I'm located in Edmonton, AB, Canada. I've got a small setup in my basement for the bulk of the work, and my trusty stove for all the hot stuff. Definately still a newb, but...