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Giada is perfect. We will no longer discuss the size of her head. Her chest on the other hand. :drunk:

mmm....Giada.

I like www.thebrewingnetwork.com

Here's a very nice guide and calculator for starters. http://www.mrmalty.com/pitching.php

I'm also a recent BYO subscriber. I dig the mag, and like the recipes they include. Can always keep for future reference.

yea, I just shoved them in there. My hands and the the carboy were clean and sanitized. W/ all the alcohol in there and the hops, the risk of infection wouldn't be too great.

Hi guys, I've been dry-hopping my APA in secondary for two weeks, will be bottling tomorrow. I'm kinda concerned about racking over to the bottling bucket though. I used whole hops and was wondering if I'll have clogging issues. I went down to the LHBS and picked up a muslin bag...

Hehe, yea I took the wiff in primary right before I racked. It was pretty funny actually, very surprising.

Hi Guys, I brewed up an APA 7 days ago and transferred it to secondary today. I gave the beer a whiff, and man, my nostrils were burning from the alcohol or CO2. Is this normal? Part of me thinks I may have transferred a bit too early, there was still a bit of krausen, about an inch, and...

Yea, I'm racking to secondary and was gonna let it sit for at least 2 weeks before I bottled.

I brewed an APA this weekend and forgot to add the Irish Moss. It's sitting in primary right now. Is there anyway to clear up the beer in secondary? I don't have the means to cold condition, so any other alternatives?

You mentioned a piney flavor Janx. This leads me to believe that my first batch was infected. I still have a ton of bottles from that first batch, I was thinking it would age and taste better but it just doesn't taste good. Pine flavor is too much. Now my second batch on the other hand...

And I actually have a small 2 gallon igloo cooler I'll be using for the mash. This should keep the temps ok, right?

Thanks for all the help guys! I was also wondering if you think I should do a starter on this one. I'm using White Labs California Ale yeast, in the pitchable tubes. I'm thinking it's not necessary, but I bought a little extra DME just in case. If I did do a starter, would it be ok to...

Hi guys, I'm looking to do my first partial mash this weekend. Do I need to steep the specialty grains seperately, or just add to the base for mashing?

I've got an update to this recipe. I'm about to head down the the LHBS. Here's what I'm getting. I'm limited to what they have in stock. 3.5# American 2-row 1# caramel 20L .25# cara-pils 3# Light DME .25# Wheat 1oz perle 2oz cascades I'm thinking that there wasn't enough DME...

Hehe, I used beertools.com. I know some of those amounts will be hard to get. I'll have to round up or down I guess. Do you think the wheat in the recipe is ok? And is there a difference between torrified and flaked wheat? My LHBS only sells flaked it seams.

Hi Guys, I'm looking to brew an APA this weekend and was looking for a little help. Here's the recipe I came up with. Any input would be appreciated. 3.69 lbs. American 2-row 1.25 lbs. American Caramel 30°L 0.17 lbs. Belgian Cara-Pils 4.08 lbs. Liquid Light Extract...