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Just wondering if anyone has ever (or is willing to) put together a comprehensive infections post with various infection pictures?

I am wondering what are good methods to clean off the dried up gunk on the inside of a blow off tube after use?

Almost had a sticky mess this morning. When I woke up the primary lid was swollen up and the top of the lid barely contained the blow off liquid that came out.

Mine was 6.5 gal @ 1.062. I think its lower because I used 7-8oz maltodextrin which was meant for the 5.5 gal recipe.

Is 8oz volume or weight of malto dextrin

Off topic but whose the competition open to and how can I get in on it? =)

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Im trying to calculate my efficiency but am unsure of some units. The formula I am using is Total gravity of wort/Total potential gravity of grains. What units should the volume be in? US gallons? or Imperial gallons? Also the recipes found on the forum usually state 5.5 gallons. are...

How much nutmag did you use? Did you put it right in the boil?

Vancouver has one of the cleanest water supplies around. I've never had any problem with taste or other issues. I say use it straight up.

I have a friend who invested in all of my brew equipment. He lives with 3 other guys who are all enjoy beer. In return I brew them a batch a week at cost and I keep a bit of the beer myself. It is a very nice arrangement.

The yeast in the bottom is just yeast that has settled out and is still good. Your beer still has the ability to ferment because there is yeast still floating around. The amount of fermentation is mostly governed by the amount of sugars in your wort. I find I get decent carbonation after 1-2...

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How does increasing boil duration affect beer? I don't have my brewing process down to a science yet so sometimes at the end of my hour boil, I would have too much wort. Is it fine to just keep it boiling so more water will evaporate?

I have just learned that it is very acceptable to use only a primary and it is not necessary to rack into a secondary for further fermentation. What I would like to fully ferment in the primary. When fermentation is complete I would rack into a different container in order to mix in priming...

Wow thanks for all the responses. I just started browsing this forum and didn't realize it was so active. To answer a few of the questions. Why would I want to do this? Well my LHBS said my beer will be ready to bottle from secondary after 3 consecutive days of hydrometer readings where...

I'm told that a few consecutive gravity measurements will indicate that my beer is ready to be bottled. Does anyone have any thoughts about just dropping my hydrometer in my secondary carboy and leaving it there so that I dont have to draw samples? I believe there is enough head space at the neck.